plantextract 0.2.9

Plant Extract Document processor
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A package for interacting with and creating [SunSpec](http://sunspec.org)
Plant Extract Documents and the standard blocks contained therein.

Installation
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Using pip::

pip install plantextract

Usage
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Typical `parse` usage looks like this::

#!/usr/bin/env python

from plantextract.pedparser import PlantExtractParser
from plantextract.smdx import SMDX

pedp = PlantExtractParser()
pedp.parse('ped-cls-to-process') # automatic parsing of envelope
pedp.parse_data() # will parse an included sunSpecData block
print pedp.plant # the Plant block
print pedp.plant.name # the Plant's name attribute
# ...etc...

print pedp.sunspec_data # the sunSpecData block
print pedp.sunspec_data.device_records[0].models[0].smdx # SMDX info of model
print pedp.sunspec_data.device_records[0].models[0].points[0] # block structure

Typical `create` usage looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from plantextract.ped import PlantExtract, Plant, Location
from plantextract.ped import NamePlate, Array, Equipment

ped = PlantExtract(
Plant(
uuid4(),
activation_date="2013-03-02",
location=Location(latitude=1.1, longitude=2.2,
city="Redwood City",
state_province="CA"),
name_plate=NamePlate(props=[
Property('installedDCCapacity', 'float', '6.5'),
Property('installedACCapacity', 'float', '6.4')
]),
design_elements=DesignElements(props=[
Property('plantType', 'string', 'commercial')
]),
array=Array(props=[
Property('description','string','Carport')
], array_id=1),
equipment=Equipment(props=[
Property('Mn', 'string', 'MeterManuf'),
Property('Md', 'string', 'MeterModel'),
Property('uncertainty', 'float', '0.5')
], equipment_type='meter')
)
)

Requires [lxml](http://lxml.de) 3.2.1.