def get()

in src/stepfunctions/inputs/placeholders.py [0:0]

• 11 lines of code
• 4 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def get(self, name, type):
        """
        Create a placeholder variable with an associated type.

        Args:
            name (str): Name of the placeholder variable.
            type (type): Type of the placeholder variable.
        
        Raises:
            ValueError: If placeholder variable with the same name but different type already exists.
            ValueError: If placeholder variable does not fit into a previously specified schema for the placeholder collection.
        
        Returns:
            Placeholder: Placeholder variable.
        """
        if not self._is_valid_name(name):
            raise ValueError('Key name can only be string or integer')
        if name in self.store:
            curr_variable = self.store[name]
            if curr_variable.type != type:
                raise ValueError('Key already exists with a different value type: {current_value_type}'.format(current_value_type=curr_variable.type))
            return curr_variable
        else:
            self.store[name] = self._create_variable(name=name, parent=self, type=type)
            return self.store[name]