SectionFile

class SectionFile(data: SectionData = <cfinterface.data.sectiondata.SectionData object>)

Class that models a file divided by sections, where the reading and writing are given by a series of sections.

classmethod read(content: str | bytes, *args: Any, version: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) → SectionFile

Read from a file path or buffer. version selects a component set from VERSIONS without mutating the class.

classmethod read_many(paths: list[str], *, version: str | None = None) → dict[str, SectionFile]

Read multiple files and return a dict keyed by file path.

Parameters:

pathslist[str]

File paths to read.

versionstr or None, optional

Version key passed to read(). Defaults to None.

Returns:

dict[str, SectionFile]

Mapping from each file path to its parsed SectionFile instance.

classmethod set_version(v: str) → None

Set the active section set for the given version key.

Resolves to the latest available version <= v, so an out-of-range key falls back to the nearest known version.

Deprecated since version Use: read(content, version="...") instead.

validate(version: str | None = None, threshold: float = 0.5) → VersionMatchResult

Validate parsed data against expected component types.