<spanid="evennia-utils-optionclasses"></span><h1>evennia.utils.optionclasses<aclass="headerlink"href="#module-evennia.utils.optionclasses"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">__init__</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">handler</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">key</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">description</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">default</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.__init__"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.__init__"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<li><p><strong>handler</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.utils.optionhandler.html#evennia.utils.optionhandler.OptionHandler"title="evennia.utils.optionhandler.OptionHandler"><em>OptionHandler</em></a>) – The OptionHandler that ‘owns’ this Option.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>key</strong> (<em>str</em>) – The name this will be used for storage in a dictionary.
Must be unique per OptionHandler.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>description</strong> (<em>str</em>) – What this Option’s text will show in commands and menus.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>default</strong>– A default value for this Option.</p></li>
<emclass="property">property </em><codeclass="sig-name descname">changed</code><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.changed"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<emclass="property">property </em><codeclass="sig-name descname">default</code><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.default"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<emclass="property">property </em><codeclass="sig-name descname">value</code><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.value"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">set</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.set"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.set"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">load</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.load"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.load"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Takes the provided save data, validates it, and gets this Option ready to use.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><em>Boolean</em>– Whether loading was successful.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">save</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.save"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.save"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">serialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.serialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.serialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Serializes the save data for Attribute storage.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><em>any (any)</em>– Whatever is best for storage.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">display</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#BaseOption.display"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.BaseOption.display"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Text.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Text.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Email.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Email.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Email.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Email.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Boolean.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Boolean.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">display</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Boolean.display"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Boolean.display"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">serialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Boolean.serialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Boolean.serialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Serializes the save data for Attribute storage.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><em>any (any)</em>– Whatever is best for storage.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Boolean.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Boolean.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Color.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Color.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">display</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Color.display"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Color.display"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Color.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Color.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Timezone.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Timezone.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<emclass="property">property </em><codeclass="sig-name descname">default</code><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Timezone.default"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Timezone.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Timezone.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">serialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Timezone.serialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Timezone.serialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Serializes the save data for Attribute storage.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><em>any (any)</em>– Whatever is best for storage.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validator_key</code><emclass="property"> = 'unsigned_integer'</em><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.UnsignedInteger.validator_key"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#UnsignedInteger.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.UnsignedInteger.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#UnsignedInteger.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.UnsignedInteger.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#SignedInteger.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.SignedInteger.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#SignedInteger.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.SignedInteger.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#PositiveInteger.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.PositiveInteger.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#PositiveInteger.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.PositiveInteger.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Duration.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Duration.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Duration.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Duration.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">serialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Duration.serialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Duration.serialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Serializes the save data for Attribute storage.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><em>any (any)</em>– Whatever is best for storage.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Datetime.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Datetime.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">deserialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">save_data</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Datetime.deserialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Datetime.deserialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">serialize</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Datetime.serialize"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Datetime.serialize"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Serializes the save data for Attribute storage.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><em>any (any)</em>– Whatever is best for storage.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Future.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Future.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>
<codeclass="sig-name descname">validate</code><spanclass="sig-paren">(</span><emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="n">value</span></em>, <emclass="sig-param"><spanclass="o">**</span><spanclass="n">kwargs</span></em><spanclass="sig-paren">)</span><aclass="reference internal"href="../_modules/evennia/utils/optionclasses.html#Lock.validate"><spanclass="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><aclass="headerlink"href="#evennia.utils.optionclasses.Lock.validate"title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Validate user input, which is presumed to be a string.</p>
<dlclass="field-list simple">
<dtclass="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><ulclass="simple">
<li><p><strong>value</strong> (<em>str</em>) – User input.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>account</strong> (<aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.accounts.models.html#evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"title="evennia.accounts.models.AccountDB"><em>AccountDB</em></a>) – The Account that is performing the validation.
This is necessary because of other settings which may affect the
check, such as an Account’s timezone affecting how their datetime
entries are processed.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-even">Returns</dt>
<ddclass="field-even"><p><em>any (any)</em>– The results of the validation.</p>
</dd>
<dtclass="field-odd">Raises</dt>
<ddclass="field-odd"><p><aclass="reference internal"href="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.html#evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"title="evennia.prototypes.prototypes.ValidationError"><strong>ValidationError</strong></a>– If input value failed validation.</p>