Method create_new

src/bcf/bcf/v2/topic.py:148–185

Create a new BCF topic. Args: title: The title of the topic. description: The description of the topic. author: The author of the topic. topic_type: The type of the topic. topic_status: The status of the topic.

(
        cls,
        title: str,
        description: str,
        author: str,
        topic_type: str = "",
        topic_status: str = "",
        xml_handler: Optional[AbstractXmlParserSerializer] = None,
    )

    @classmethod
    def create_new(
        cls,
        title: str,
        description: str,
        author: str,
        topic_type: str = "",
        topic_status: str = "",
        xml_handler: Optional[AbstractXmlParserSerializer] = None,
    ) -> TopicHandler:
        """
        Create a new BCF topic.

        Args:
            title: The title of the topic.
            description: The description of the topic.
            author: The author of the topic.
            topic_type: The type of the topic.
            topic_status: The status of the topic.
            xml_handler: The XML parser/serializer to use.

        Returns:
            The BCF topic definition.
        """
        creation_date = XmlDateTime.from_datetime(datetime.datetime.now())
        guid = str(uuid.uuid4())
        topic = mdl.Topic(
            title=title,
            description=description,
            creation_author=author,
            creation_date=creation_date,
            guid=guid,
            topic_type=topic_type,
            topic_status=topic_status,
        )
        markup = mdl.Markup(topic=topic)
        obj = cls(topic_dir=Path(guid), xml_handler=xml_handler or XmlParserSerializer())
        obj.markup = markup
        return obj

    def save(self, destination_zip: ZipFileInterface) -> None:
        """