Sindbad~EG File Manager

#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# ipackageManager.py
# This class should be inherited by any other package manager
#
# Copyright (C) 2016 Jakub Kadlcik
#
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class IPackageManager(object):

	def __init__(self, **kwargs):
		"""This class is 'interface' so you can't create an instance"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	def packages_newer_than(self, unix_time):
		"""
		Returns list of packages which were modified between unix_time and present
		Packages in list should be dictionaries with keys {"name", "modified"}
		"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	def package_files(self, pkg_name):
		"""Returns list of files provided by package"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	def load_package_info(self, package):
		"""From database load informations about given package and set them to it"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	def provided_by(self, app):
		"""Returns name of package which provides given application"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	def find_package(self, pkg_name, search):
		"""Find a package by name and some other input criteria"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	def compare_packages(self, package1, package2):
		"""
		Compares two packages by their version information
		Returns:
		0 if they are equal
		1 if package1 > package2
		-1 if package2 > package1
		"""
		raise NotImplementedError

	@staticmethod
	def _pkg_name_without_version(pkg_name):
		try:
			pkg_name = pkg_name[:pkg_name.index('.')]  # Cut from first . to end
			pkg_name = pkg_name[:pkg_name.rindex('-')] # Cut from last  - to end
		except ValueError: pass
		return pkg_name