IPython/core/payload.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Payload system for IPython.

Authors:

* Fernando Perez
* Brian Granger
"""

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#       Copyright (C) 2008-2010 The IPython Development Team
#
#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
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# Imports
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from IPython.config.configurable import Configurable
from IPython.utils.traitlets import Dict

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# Main payload class
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class PayloadManager(Configurable):

    _payload = Dict({})

    def write_payload(self, key, value):
        self.payload[key] = value

    def reset_payload(self):
        self.payload = {}

    def read_payload(self):
        return self._payload