move some methods of FormattingConfig to general Config type

PyTeX/format/formatterif.py

@@ -1,7 +1,35 @@
-from typing import List, Optional, Dict, Tuple
+from typing import List, Optional, Dict, Tuple, Union
+import json
+import yaml
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
+def clean_dict(dictionary: Dict) -> Optional[Dict]:
+    aux = {
+              k: clean_dict(v) for k, v in dictionary.items() if type(v) == dict
+          } | {
+              k: v for k, v in dictionary.items() if type(v) != dict
+          }
+    aux2 = {
+        k: v for k, v in aux.items() if v is not None
+    }
+    return aux2 if aux2 != {} else None
+
+
+def recursive_merge_dictionaries(dict1: Dict, dict2: Dict) -> Dict:
+
+    aux1 = {
+        k: v for k, v in dict1.items() if type(v) == dict
+    }
+    aux2 = {
+        k: v for k, v in dict2.items() if type(v) == dict
+    }
+    merged = {
+        k: recursive_merge_dictionaries(v, aux2[k]) for k, v in aux1.items() if k in aux2.keys()
+    }
+    return dict1 | dict2 | merged
+
+
 class Config:
     def merge_with(self, other, strict: bool = False):
         """
@@ -18,6 +46,49 @@ class Config:
                     raise NotImplementedError
         return self
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls, content: Union[Path, Dict]):
+        if isinstance(content, Path):
+            with open(content, 'r') as config:
+                content: Dict = json.load(config)
+        config = cls()
+        config.set_from_json(content)
+        return config
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_yaml(cls, path: Path):
+        with open(path, 'r') as config:
+            path: Dict = yaml.safe_load(config)
+        return cls.from_json(path)
+
+    def set_from_json(self, content: Dict):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def to_json(self) -> Dict:
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def dump_as_yaml(self, filename: Path, clean_none_entries: bool = True):
+        with filename.open('w') as file:
+            if clean_none_entries:
+                simple_dict = clean_dict(self.to_json())
+            else:
+                simple_dict = self.to_json()
+        if simple_dict is not None:
+            yaml.dump(simple_dict, file)
+        else:
+            pass  # TODO
+
+    def dump_as_json(self, filename: Path, clean_none_entries: bool = True):
+        with open(filename, 'w') as config:
+            if clean_none_entries:
+                simple_dict = clean_dict(self.to_json())
+            else:
+                simple_dict = self.to_json()
+        if simple_dict is not None:
+            json.dump(simple_dict, config)
+        else:
+            pass  # TODO
+
 
 class FormatterIF:
     """

PyTeX/format/formatting_config.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import yaml
 import json
 from .enums import NamingScheme
 from .generic_text import GenericText
-from .formatterif import Config
+from .formatterif import Config, recursive_merge_dictionaries
 from .git_version_info import GitVersionInfo
 from .constants import *
 from .enums import TeXType, TeXFlavour
@@ -30,32 +30,6 @@ class VersionInfo:
             return self._repo_version
 
 
-def clean_dict(dictionary: Dict) -> Optional[Dict]:
-    aux = {
-        k: clean_dict(v) for k, v in dictionary.items() if type(v) == dict
-    } | {
-        k: v for k, v in dictionary.items() if type(v) != dict
-    }
-    aux2 = {
-        k: v for k, v in aux.items() if v is not None
-    }
-    return aux2 if aux2 != {} else None
-
-
-def recursive_merge_dictionaries(dict1: Dict, dict2: Dict) -> Dict:
-
-    aux1 = {
-        k: v for k, v in dict1.items() if type(v) == dict
-    }
-    aux2 = {
-        k: v for k, v in dict2.items() if type(v) == dict
-    }
-    merged = {
-        k: recursive_merge_dictionaries(v, aux2[k]) for k, v in aux1.items() if k in aux2.keys()
-    }
-    return dict1 | dict2 | merged
-
-
 class FormattingConfig(Config):
     def __init__(self):
         self._naming_scheme: Optional[Union[NamingScheme, str]] = None
@@ -133,29 +107,6 @@ class FormattingConfig(Config):
         self._include_ins = docstrip[YAML_INCLUDE_INS]
         self._docstrip_guards = docstrip[YAML_DOCSTRIP_GUARDS]
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_yaml(cls, content: Path):
-        with open(content, 'r') as config:
-            content: Dict = yaml.safe_load(config)
-        return cls.from_json(content)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def from_json(cls, content: Union[Path, Dict]):
-        if isinstance(content, Path):
-            with open(content, 'r') as config:
-                content: Dict = json.load(config)
-        config = FormattingConfig()
-        config.set_from_json(content)
-        return config
-
-    def dump_as_yaml(self, filename: Path):
-        with filename.open('w') as file:
-            simple_dict = clean_dict(self.to_json())
-            if simple_dict is not None:
-                yaml.dump(simple_dict, file)
-            else:
-                pass  # TODO
-
     def to_json(self) -> Dict:
         return {
             YAML_INFO: {