rewrite for a more object oriented fashion

generate.py

@@ -27,20 +27,116 @@ def matriculation_number():
 # Uhrzeiten, siehe Infos von Verantwortlichen
 # Groß-Klein-Schreibung
 
-def generate_line():
+class Choice:
-	line = choice(["Student ", "Studentin ", "", "Studierende:r "])
+	def __init__(self, **data):
-	if random() > .2:
+		""" stores a dict.
+		the keys are strings that indicate the next state,
+		the values are lists that store the possible emissions in transition to that new state.
+		"""
+		self.data = data
+		self.new_states = list(self.data.keys())
+
+	def choose(self):
+		new_state = choice(self.new_states)
+		emission = choice(self.data[new_state])
+		return new_state, emission
+
+class SingleArgChoice:
+	def __init__(self, kwarg):
+		if len(kwarg) != 1:
+			raise ValueError(
+				f"{self.__class__.__name__} takes exactly one keyword argument!"
+			)
+		for self.next_state, self.value in kwarg.items():
+			pass
+
+class RandInt(SingleArgChoice):
+	def __init__(self, **kwarg):
+		super().__init__(kwarg)
+		assert len(self.value) == 2
+		assert type(self.value[0]) == int
+		assert type(self.value[1]) == int
+
+		self.minimum = self.value[0]
+		self.maximum = self.value[1]
+
+	def choose(self):
+		number = randint(self.minimum, self.maximum)
+		return self.next_state, f"{number} "
+
+class FixedText(SingleArgChoice):
+	def __init__(self, **kwarg):
+		super().__init__(kwarg)
+		self.text = self.value
+
+	def choose(self):
+		return self.next_state, self.text
+
+class Network:
+	def __init__(self, **choices):
+		""" takes a dict,
+		the keys are strings that name states,
+		the values are the choices for new states and emissions possible in these states.
+		the 'start' state and the 'stop' state have their respective special roles.
+		"""
+		self.choices = choices
+		self.recursion_warning = 100
+
+	def choose(self):
+		state = 'start'
+		emissions = []
+		states = [state]
+		while state != 'stop':
+			state, emission = self.choices[state].choose()
+			emissions.append(emission)
+			states.append(states)
+			if len(emissions) > self.recursion_warning:
+				raise RecursionError(
+					"there are over a hundred emissions. probably a bug!"
+				)
+
+		return emissions, states
+
+network = Network(
+	start = Choice(
+		student = ["Student ", "Studentin ", "", "Studierende:r "],
+		matr_nr = [""],
+	),
+	student = Choice(
+		last_name = ["Anna ", "Anton ", "Amal "],
+	),
+	last_name = Choice(
+		student_mit = ["Beier ", "Behar ", "Berger "],
+	),
+	student_mit = Choice(
+		matr_nr = ["mit "],
+	),
+	matr_nr = Choice(
+		matr_number = ["Matrikelnummer "],
+	),
+	matr_number = RandInt(
+		hat_den = [
+			40_000_000,
+			55_000_000,
+		]
+	),
+	hat_den = FixedText(
+		versuch = "hat den "
+	),
+	versuch = Choice(
+		nicht = ["Erstversuch ", "1. Versuch ", "Zweitversuch ", "2. Versuch "],
+	),
+	nicht = Choice(
+		bestanden = ["nicht ", ""],
+	),
+	bestanden = FixedText(
+		stop = "bestanden."
+	),
+)
 
-	if line and random() > .5:
-		line += " mit "
-	line += "(" if random() > .5 else ""
-	line += "Matr" + ("ikel" if random() > .5 else "") + ("Nr" if random() > .5 else "Nummer")
-	line += " " + str(matriculation_number())
-	line += ")" if random() > .5 else ""
-	line += " hat den " + choice(["Erstversuch", "1. Versuch", "Zweitversuch", "2. Versuch"])
-	line += choice([" nicht", ""]) + " bestanden."
-	return line
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
 	for __ in range(200):
-		print(generate_line())
+		emissions, _ = network.choose()
+		line = ''.join(emissions)
+		print(line)