Serializable.py

# Serializable.py -- Pamhyr pickle abstract class
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import pickle


class Serializable():
    def __init__(self):
        return

    @classmethod
    def open(cls, filename):
        with open(filename, 'rb') as in_file:
            me = pickle.load(in_file)
        return me

    def _save(self):
        with open(self.filename, 'wb') as out_file:
            pickle.dump(self, out_file)