ansible/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/encoding.py

"""Functions for encoding and decoding strings."""
from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
__metaclass__ = type

from . import types as t

ENCODING = 'utf-8'

Text = type(u'')


def to_optional_bytes(value, errors='strict'):  # type: (t.Optional[t.AnyStr], str) -> t.Optional[bytes]
    """Return the given value as bytes encoded using UTF-8 if not already bytes, or None if the value is None."""
    return None if value is None else to_bytes(value, errors)


def to_optional_text(value, errors='strict'):  # type: (t.Optional[t.AnyStr], str) -> t.Optional[t.Text]
    """Return the given value as text decoded using UTF-8 if not already text, or None if the value is None."""
    return None if value is None else to_text(value, errors)


def to_bytes(value, errors='strict'):  # type: (t.AnyStr, str) -> bytes
    """Return the given value as bytes encoded using UTF-8 if not already bytes."""
    if isinstance(value, bytes):
        return value

    if isinstance(value, Text):
        return value.encode(ENCODING, errors)

    raise Exception('value is not bytes or text: %s' % type(value))


def to_text(value, errors='strict'):  # type: (t.AnyStr, str) -> t.Text
    """Return the given value as text decoded using UTF-8 if not already text."""
    if isinstance(value, bytes):
        return value.decode(ENCODING, errors)

    if isinstance(value, Text):
        return value

    raise Exception('value is not bytes or text: %s' % type(value))