class SupportedType:
    """
    Wrapper class for the 'filetype' elements in the config
    file. Nothing tricky here, except that the accessor for the
    template should intelligently determine which of the two fields
    (template_file, template_data) is used as the template source.
    """

    def __init__(self,
                 name = "",
                 description = "",
                 extensions = [],
                 template_file = "",
                 template_data = ""):
        
        self.name = name
        self.description = description
        self.extensions = extensions
        self.template_file = template_file
        self.template_data = template_data

        return


    def GetTemplate(self):
        if (self.template_data == None or self.template_data == ''):
            # The data is not given explicitly, so rely on the
            # template file to provide it.
            template_file = open(self.template_file, 'r')
            template = template_file.read()
            template_file.close()
            return template
        else:
            return self.template_data