attrs.go

//Copyright 2013 Vastech SA (PTY) LTD
//
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package gographviz

import (
	"fmt"
)

//Represents attributes for an Edge, Node or Graph.
type Attrs map[string]string

//Creates an empty Attributes type.
func NewAttrs() Attrs {
	return make(Attrs)
}

//Adds an attribute name and value.
func (this Attrs) Add(field string, value string) {
	prev, ok := this[field]
	if ok {
		fmt.Printf("WARNING: overwriting field %v value %v, with value %v\n", field, prev, value)
	}
	this[field] = value
}

//Adds the attributes into this Attrs type overwriting duplicates.
func (this Attrs) Extend(more Attrs) {
	for key, value := range more {
		this.Add(key, value)
	}
}

//Only adds the missing attributes to this Attrs type.
func (this Attrs) Ammend(more Attrs) {
	for key, value := range more {
		if _, ok := this[key]; !ok {
			this.Add(key, value)
		}
	}
}