Method _get_or_create_path

tables/file.py:902–915

Get the given `path` or create it if `create` is true. If `create` is true, `path` *must* be a string path and not a node, otherwise a `TypeError`will be raised.

(
        self, path: Node | str, create: bool
    )

        return RootGroup(self, root_uep, title=title, new=new, filters=filters)

    def _get_or_create_path(
        self, path: Node | str, create: bool
    ) -> Group | Node | RootGroup:
        """Get the given `path` or create it if `create` is true.

        If `create` is true, `path` *must* be a string path and not a
        node, otherwise a `TypeError`will be raised.

        """
        if create:
            path = path._v_pathname if hasattr(path, "_v_pathname") else path
            return self._create_path(path)
        else:
            return self.get_node(path)

    def _create_path(self, path: str) -> Group:
        """Create the groups needed for the `path` to exist.