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Don't do any conversion at all; just pass through 'str'.

Method fromString Convert a string to a Python object. Subclasses must implement this.
Method toString Convert a Python object into a string for passing over the network.

Inherited from Argument:

Method __init__ Create an Argument.
Method fromBox Populate an 'out' dictionary with mapping names to Python values decoded from an 'in' AmpBox mapping strings to string values.
Method fromStringProto Convert a string to a Python value.
Method retrieve Retrieve the given key from the given dictionary, removing it if found.
Method toBox Populate an 'out' AmpBox with strings encoded from an 'in' dictionary mapping names to Python values.
Method toStringProto Convert a Python object to a string.
Instance Variable optional Undocumented
def fromString(self, inString): (source)

Convert a string to a Python object. Subclasses must implement this.

Parameters
inString:bytesthe string to convert.
Returns
the decoded value from inString
def toString(self, inObject): (source)

Convert a Python object into a string for passing over the network.

Parameters
inObjectan object of the type that this Argument is intended to deal with.
Returns
bytesthe wire encoding of inObject