From 150f059522f5692db19c27cb9584d7f1dcabe01b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Baeuml <baeuml@kit.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 00:17:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] implement JSON and YAML containers

---
 sloth/annotations/container.py | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sloth/annotations/container.py b/sloth/annotations/container.py
index 84daec5..9235013 100644
--- a/sloth/annotations/container.py
+++ b/sloth/annotations/container.py
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ try:
     import cPickle as pickle
 except:
     import pickle
+try:
+    import json
+except:
+    pass
+try:
+    import yaml
+except:
+    pass
 
 class AnnotationContainerFactory:
     def __init__(self, containers):
@@ -119,6 +127,36 @@ class PickleContainer(AnnotationContainer):
         pickle.dump(self.annotations(), f)
         self.filename_ = fname
 
+class JSONContainer(AnnotationContainer):
+    """
+    Simple container which writes the annotations to disk in JSON format.
+    """
+
+    def load(self, fname):
+        f = open(fname, "r")
+        self.annotations_ = json.load(f)
+        self.filename_ = fname
+
+    def save(self, fname):
+        f = open(fname, "w")
+        json.dump(self.annotations(), f, indent=4)
+        self.filename_ = fname
+
+class YAMLContainer(AnnotationContainer):
+    """
+    Simple container which writes the annotations to disk in YAML format.
+    """
+
+    def load(self, fname):
+        f = open(fname, "r")
+        self.annotations_ = yaml.load(f)
+        self.filename_ = fname
+
+    def save(self, fname):
+        f = open(fname, "w")
+        yaml.dump(self.annotations(), f, indent=4)
+        self.filename_ = fname
+
 class FeretContainer(AnnotationContainer):
     """
     Container for Feret labels.

From ae1fbecc661ad5dc1f34e1522932761d219e1beb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Baeuml <baeuml@kit.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 00:20:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add json and yaml containers to default config

---
 sloth/conf/default_config.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sloth/conf/default_config.py b/sloth/conf/default_config.py
index c90e284..83ce800 100644
--- a/sloth/conf/default_config.py
+++ b/sloth/conf/default_config.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ INSERTERS = {
 }
 
 CONTAINERS = (
+    ('*.json': 'sloth.annotations.container.JSONContainer'),
+    ('*.yaml': 'sloth.annotations.container.YAMLContainer'),
 )
 
 PLUGINS = (