"""Base class person and subclasses applicant and
staff for the demo during a course. There's also a test
harness / program at the end of this code which will only
get run if you call up this file directly rather than through
an "import" or "from" """

class person(object):
""" all about a person """
        def getname(current):
""" getname docs """
                return current.name
        def hasbirthday(current):
                current.years += 1.0
        def getypa(current):
                return current.years / current.al

class applicant(person):
        def __init__(current,name,age,alevels):
                current.name = name
                current.years = float(age)
                current.al = int(alevels)
        def getworklength(current):
                return 0
class staff(person):
        def __init__(current,name,age,alevels,endurance):
                current.name = name
                current.years = float(age)
                current.al = int(alevels)
                current.yw = int(endurance)
        def getypa(current):
                return current.years / current.al -2.0
        def getworklength(current):
                return current.yw

def person_factory(info):
        line = info.strip()
        fields = line.split(" ")
        if fields[2].isdigit():
                name = fields[3:]
                n = " ".join(name)
                result = staff(n,fields[1],fields[0],fields[2])
        else:
                name = fields[2:]
                n = " ".join(name)
                result = applicant(n,fields[1],fields[0])
        return result

if __name__ == "__main__":
        choice = []

        fh = open("ufd")
        for record in fh.readlines():
                print record
                choice.append(person_factory(record))

        for option in choice:
                print option.__class__.__name__
                print option.getname(),option.getypa()
                print option.getworklength()

""" Sample output

wizard:pyoo graham$ python personx.py
3 21 Bob Smith

4 54 Barbara Widdicombe

1 80 Fred Dibnah

5 25 7 Noel Bunton

3 37 Jenny Wren

3 32 0 Jenny Jownes

applicant
Bob Smith 7.0
0
applicant
Barbara Widdicombe 13.5
0
applicant
Fred Dibnah 80.0
0
staff
Noel Bunton 3.0
7
applicant
Jenny Wren 12.3333333333
0
staff
Jenny Jownes 8.66666666667
0
wizard:pyoo graham$

"""