utils.py

"""
Some basic utils 
(previously were in helios module, but making things less interdependent

2010-08-17
"""

import json

## JSON
def to_json(d):
  return json.dumps(d, sort_keys=True)
  
def from_json(json_str):
  if not json_str: return None
  return json.loads(json_str)
  
def JSONtoDict(json):
    x=json.loads(json)
    return x
    
def JSONFiletoDict(filename):
  f = open(filename, 'r')
  content = f.read()
  f.close()
  return JSONtoDict(content)