move helper functions in seperate folder and split to logical files

includes/helper/timeHandler.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
+#
+
+"""
+little Helper to get easy the curent date or time
+for direct use in plugins to save code
+
+@author: Bastian Schroll
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+import time
+
+
+def curtime(format="%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S"):
+	"""
+	Returns formated date and/or time
+	see: https://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.strftime
+
+	@type    format: string
+	@param   format: Python time Format-String
+
+	@return:    Formated Time and/or Date
+	@exception: Exception if Error in format
+	"""
+	try:
+		return time.strftime(format)
+	except:
+		logging.warning("error in time-format-string")
+		logging.debug("error in time-format-string", exc_info=True)
+
+
+def getDate():
+	"""
+	Returns the date
+
+	@return: Formated date
+	"""
+	return curtime("%d.%m.%Y")
+
+def getTime():
+	"""
+	Returns the time
+
+	@return: Formated time
+	"""
+	return curtime("%H:%M:%S")

includes/helper/wildcardHandler.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
+#
+
+"""
+little Helper to replace fast and easy the standard wildcards
+for direct use in plugins to save code
+
+@author: Bastian Schroll
+"""
+
+import logging
+
+from includes.helper import timeHandler
+
+
+def replaceWildcards(text,data):
+	"""
+	Replace all official Wildcards with the Information from the data[] var
+
+	@type    text: string
+	@param   text: Input text with wildcards
+	@type    data: map
+	@param   data: map of data (structure see interface.txt)
+
+	@return:    text with replaced wildcards
+	@exception: Exception if Error at replace
+	"""
+	try:
+		# replace date and time wildcards
+		text = text.replace("%TIME%", timeHandler.getTime()).replace("%DATE%", timeHandler.getDate())
+
+		# replace FMS data
+		if "fms" in data: text = text.replace("%FMS%", data["fms"])
+		if "status" in data: text = text.replace("%STATUS%", data["status"])
+		if "direction" in data: text = text.replace("%DIR%", data["direction"])
+		if "directionText" in data: text = text.replace("%DIRT%", data["directionText"])
+		if "tsi" in data: text = text.replace("%TSI%", data["tsi"])
+
+		# replace ZVEI data
+		if "zvei" in data: text = text.replace("%ZVEI%", data["zvei"])
+
+		# replace POC data
+		if "ric" in data: text = text.replace("%RIC%", data["ric"])
+		if "function" in data: text = text.replace("%FUNC%", data["function"])
+		if "functionChar" in data: text = text.replace("%FUNCCHAR%", data["functionChar"])
+		if "msg" in data: text = text.replace("%MSG%", data["msg"])
+		if "bitrate" in data: text = text.replace("%BITRATE%", str(data["bitrate"]))
+
+		# replace description (exists by all)
+		if "description" in data: text = text.replace("%DESCR%", data["description"])
+
+		return text
+
+	except:
+		logging.warning("error wildcard replacement")
+		logging.debug("error wildcard replacement", exc_info=True)