load_dataclass_json() now automatically adds a save function to the dataclass.

data_file.py

@@ -113,9 +113,14 @@ class DataclassJSONFile:
 
 
 # these 2 functions do the exact same thing as the functions in the class above
-def load_dataclass_json(dataclass, file_path: str):
+def load_dataclass_json(dataclass, file_path: str, builtin_save: bool=True):
     """
     Loads a dataclass instance from a json file.
+
+    :param dataclass: The dataclass from which the instance will be created.
+    :param str file_path: The path to the json file from which the data gets loaded.
+    :param bool builtin_save: If True, you can simply call instance.save(file_path) to store the data.
+    :return: An instance of the dataclass containing the data from the json file.
     """
     if os.path.exists(file_path):
         file = open(file_path, "r")
@@ -125,15 +130,23 @@ def load_dataclass_json(dataclass, file_path: str):
     else:
         class_dict = {}
 
-    return dataclass(**class_dict)
+    instance = dataclass(**class_dict)
+
+    if builtin_save:
+        dataclass.save = save_dataclass_json
+
+    return instance
 
 
 def save_dataclass_json(class_instance, file_path: str):
     """
     Saves a dataclass instance to a json file.
+    :param class_instance: The instance of the dataclass to be saved.
+    :param str file_path: The path to the file in which the data gets written.
     """
+
     class_dict = class_instance.__dict__
-    class_dict = dict(filter(lambda pair: not callable(pair[1]), class_dict.items()))
+    class_dict = dict(filter(lambda pair: not callable(pair[1]), class_dict.items()))  # filter out functions
 
     file = open(file_path, "w")
     json.dump(class_dict, file)

text.py

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def rsap(old: str, replace: str, position: int):
 def find_nth_occurrence(string: str, substring: str, n: int):
     """
     Find the nth occurrence of a substring in a string.
+
     :param int n: 0 is the first occurrence
     :return: -1 when the substring was not found, 0 is the first character.
     """