client.py

"Prototype Use Case Example Code"
from document import Document

# Creating a document containing a list of two lists
ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT = Document("Original", [[1, 2, 3, 4], [5, 6, 7, 8]])
print(ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT)
print()

DOCUMENT_COPY_1 = ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT.clone(1)  # shallow copy
DOCUMENT_COPY_1.name = "Copy 1"
# This also modified ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT because of the shallow copy
# when using mode 1
DOCUMENT_COPY_1.list[1][2] = 200
print(DOCUMENT_COPY_1)
print(ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT)
print()

DOCUMENT_COPY_2 = ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT.clone(2)  # 2 level shallow copy
DOCUMENT_COPY_2.name = "Copy 2"
# This does NOT modify ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT because it changes the
# list[1] reference that was deep copied when using mode 2
DOCUMENT_COPY_2.list[1] = [9, 10, 11, 12]
print(DOCUMENT_COPY_2)
print(ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT)
print()

DOCUMENT_COPY_3 = ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT.clone(2)  # 2 level shallow copy
DOCUMENT_COPY_3.name = "Copy 3"
# This does modify ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT because it changes the element of
# list[1][0] that was NOT deep copied recursively when using mode 2
DOCUMENT_COPY_3.list[1][0] = "1234"
print(DOCUMENT_COPY_3)
print(ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT)
print()

DOCUMENT_COPY_4 = ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT.clone(3)  # deep copy (recursive)
DOCUMENT_COPY_4.name = "Copy 4"
# This does NOT modify ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT because it
# deep copies all levels recursively when using mode 3
DOCUMENT_COPY_4.list[1][0] = "5678"
print(DOCUMENT_COPY_4)
print(ORIGINAL_DOCUMENT)
print()