simple helper to load (json) files into dicts

datafiles.py

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+import json
+import os
+
+
+class DataFile(dict):
+    def __init__(self, filename: str, create: bool):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.__filename = filename
+
+        try:
+            os.stat(self.__filename)
+        except OSError as e:
+            if not create:
+                raise e
+
+        self.load()
+
+    def load(self):
+        pass
+
+    def save(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class JSONFile(DataFile):
+    def __init__(self, filename: str, create: bool):
+        super().__init__(filename, create)
+
+    def load(self):
+        with open(self.__filename, "U") as f:
+            json_dict = json.loads(f.read())
+
+        for k in json_dict:
+            self[k] = json_dict[k]
+
+    def save(self):
+        with open(self.__filename, "w") as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(self.copy()))