commit e12557db2d973f6578772c3c05d1ebc07fa44add
Author: Binh Van Nguyen <binh37@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 26 14:56:00 2011 -0500

    initial checkin

diff --git a/docs/10efw2.pdf b/docs/10efw2.pdf
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diff --git a/docs/link b/docs/link
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+http://www.ssa.gov/employer/efw/10efw2.pdf
diff --git a/docs/plans b/docs/plans
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+the goal of this library is to take data from our records
+and convert them into accuwage format for e-file to the IRS.
+
+
diff --git a/fields.py b/fields.py
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+
+class ValidationError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class Field(object):
+    creation_counter = 0
+
+    def __init__(self, name=None, max_length=0, required=True):
+        self.name = name
+        self._value = None
+        self.max_length = max_length
+        self.required = required
+        self.creation_counter = Field.creation_counter
+        Field.creation_counter += 1
+
+    def validate(self):
+        raise NotImplemented()
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        raise NotImplemented()
+    
+    def __setvalue(self, value):
+        self._value = value
+
+    def __getvalue(self):   
+        return self._value
+    
+    value = property(__getvalue, __setvalue)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+
+class TextField(Field):    
+    def validate(self):
+        if self.value == None and self.required:
+            raise ValidationError("value required")
+        if len(self.value) > self.max_length:
+            raise ValidationError("value is too long")
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        return (self.value or "").encode('ascii').ljust(self.max_length)
+
+class StateField(TextField):
+    def __init__(self, name=None, required=True):
+        return super(StateField, self).__init__(name=name, max_length=2, required=required)
+
+class MoneyField(Field):
+    def validate(self):
+        if self.value == None and self.required:
+            raise ValidationError("value required")
+        if len(str(int((self.value or 0)*100))) > self.max_length:
+            raise ValidationError("value is too long")
+
+    def get_data(self):
+        return str(int((self.value or 0)*100)).encode('ascii').zfill(self.max_length)
+
diff --git a/model.py b/model.py
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+from fields import Field, TextField, MoneyField, StateField
+
+class Model(object):
+    def __init__(self):
+        for (key, value) in self.__class__.__dict__.items():
+            if isinstance(value, Field):
+                field = getattr(self, key)
+                if not field.name:
+                    setattr(field, 'name', key)
+
+    def __setattr__(self, key, value):
+        if hasattr(self, key) and isinstance(getattr(self, key), Field):
+            getattr(self, key).value = value
+        else:
+            self.__dict__[key] = value
+
+    def get_fields(self):
+        fields = []
+        for key in self.__class__.__dict__.keys():
+            attr = getattr(self, key)
+            if isinstance(attr, Field):
+                fields.append(attr)  
+        return fields
+
+    def get_sorted_fields(self):
+        fields = self.get_fields()
+        fields.sort(key=lambda x:x.creation_counter)
+        return fields
+
+    def validate(self):
+        for f in self.get_fields():
+            f.validate()
+
+    def output(self):
+        return ''.join([field.get_data() for field in self.get_sorted_fields()])
+    
+
+        
+class TestModel(Model):
+    field_a = TextField(max_length=20)
+    field_b = MoneyField(max_length=10)
+    state = StateField()
+