get_parent_maps

get dict of all parent maps

Generates a dictionary copy of all the MaciDataObj's currently mapped parent attribute name references to its children, and returns a dict of the maps. This method currently has no parameters.

Useful if it is desired to view or reference all parent attribute names with their child mappings.

data.get_parent_maps() -> dict[str, dict[str, str]

Basic Example of getting a dict of current parent mappings of the MaciDataObj

dict_data = data.get_parent_maps()

In this example, we simply use the get_parent_maps method on the MaciDataObj to get a generated copy of the current parent attribute names with their child mappings, currently held inside the maci object, as a dictionary, and assign the returned dict data to a variable.

Parent maps have their own dedicated key name. Example below shows maps with a basic reference.

Example output of parent maps with basic references

{'attr1': {'attr2': 'attr1'}, 'attr2': {'attr3': 'attr2'}}

Parent maps will have their own parent key name matching its attribute name with a value to all child maps referencing the parent attribute name.

The values of the child maps will have their own child key name matching its attribute name with a value to the parent attribute name they are referencing.

For more information on the mapping concept, see Map Assignment Glyph in the language section and map_attr.

partner methods

Methods that provide related utility to this method

map_attr -> Map an attribute name unmap_attr -> Unmap an attribute name