Creating nested dataclass objects in Python

Question

I have a dataclass object that has nested dataclass objects in it. However, when I create the main object, the nested objects turn into a dictionary:

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Answer 1

from dataclasses import dataclass, asdict

from validated_dc import ValidatedDC


@dataclass
class Foo(ValidatedDC):
    one: int
    two: str


@dataclass
class Bar(ValidatedDC):
    three: str
    foo: Foo


data = {'three': 'three', 'foo': {'one': 1, 'two': 'two'}}
bar = Bar(**data)
assert bar == Bar(three='three', foo=Foo(one=1, two='two'))

data = {'three': 'three', 'foo': Foo(**{'one': 1, 'two': 'two'})}
bar = Bar(**data)
assert bar == Bar(three='three', foo=Foo(one=1, two='two'))

# Use asdict() to work with the dictionary:

bar_dict = asdict(bar)
assert bar_dict == {'three': 'three', 'foo': {'one': 1, 'two': 'two'}}

foo_dict = asdict(bar.foo)
assert foo_dict == {'one': 1, 'two': 'two'}

ValidatedDC: https://github.com/EvgeniyBurdin/validated_dc