Method create

projects/Expense-Tracker/item.py:73–106

Factory method to create an expense or income Item instance. Args: name (str): The name for the item. amount (float): The amount associated with the item. This could be +ve or -ve. description (str): Additional details about the item.

(
        cls,
        name: str,
        amount: float,
        description: str,
        date_str: str,
        category: Optional[Category] = None,
    )

    @classmethod
    def create(
        cls,
        name: str,
        amount: float,
        description: str,
        date_str: str,
        category: Optional[Category] = None,
    ):
        """
        Factory method to create an expense or income Item instance.

        Args:
            name (str): The name for the item.
            amount (float): The amount associated with the item. This could be +ve or -ve.
            description (str): Additional details about the item.
            date_str (str): The date and time when the item occurred, in "YYYY-MM-DD" format.
            category (Optional[Category]): The category of the item. Defaults to None.

        Returns:
            Item: An instance of the Item class representing the created item.
        """
        item_id = str(uuid.uuid4())  # Generate a unique ID
        # item_id = str(name + '-' + date_str)  # Generate a unique ID
        date = datetime.strptime(
            date_str, "%Y-%m-%d"
        )  # Parse the date string into a datetime object
        return cls(
            item_id=item_id,
            name=name,
            amount=amount,
            description=description,
            date=date,
            category=category,
        )

    @classmethod
    def create_expense_item(