Add better __repr__ and __str__ methods to classes #202
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The current
Bridge
,Light
,Sensor
,Group
, andScene
classes have incorrect, inconsistent, or missing methods for their__repr__
and__str__
attributes. This PR adds consistency to those classes by defining a python-parseable__repr__
value **, and a human-readable__str__
value.** NOTE: The
__repr__
method is meant to return a string that represents that object in a serialized format. If done correctly, that string should be able to be fed back into python (e.g. viaeval()
) to recreate the original object instance with some level of usefulness. I didn't fully serialize the phue classes, but captured the most important values needed to recreate similar class instances from the__repr__
output.Example output with the new methods in place: