Python Programming with the Java™ Class Libraries: A Tutorial for Building Web and Enterprise Applications with Jython

pickle and the Address Book Application

Now that we have a handle on the pickle module, we can change our address book program to use it. Here's the listing for address4 (areas of interest are highlighted in bold):

 class Address: """This class represents an entry in an address book""" #Constructor def __init__(self, name="", phone_number="", address_lines=[]): """ The constructor takes three arguments: name to hold the persons' name (string) phone_number to hold the persons' phone number (string) address_lines to hold the address of the person (list) """ # assign the name, phone_number and address_lines to the # instance variables # __name, __phone_number, and __lines self.__name=name self.__phone_number=phone_number self.__lines=address_lines ...