//- 💫 DOCS > API > STRINGSTORE

include ../../_includes/_mixins

p Map strings to and from integer IDs.

+h(2, "init") StringStore.__init__
    +tag method

p Create the #[code StringStore].

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code strings]
        +cell -
        +cell A sequence of unicode strings to add to the store.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code StringStore]
        +cell The newly constructed object.

+h(2, "len") StringStore.__len__
    +tag method

p Get the number of strings in the store.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell int
        +cell The number of strings in the store.

+h(2, "getitem") StringStore.__getitem__
    +tag method

p Retrieve a string from a given integer ID, or vice versa.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code string_or_id]
        +cell bytes / unicode / int
        +cell The value to encode.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell unicode / int
        +cell The value to retrieved.

+h(2, "contains") StringStore.__contains__
    +tag method

p Check whether a string is in the store.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code string]
        +cell unicode
        +cell The string to check.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell bool
        +cell Whether the store contains the string.

+h(2, "iter") StringStore.__iter__
    +tag method

p Iterate over the strings in the store, in order.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +footrow
        +cell yields
        +cell unicode
        +cell A string in the store.

+h(2, "dump") StringStore.dump
    +tag method

p Save the strings to a JSON file.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code file]
        +cell buffer
        +cell The file to save the strings.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code None]
        +cell -

+h(2, "load") StringStore.load
    +tag method

p Load the strings from a JSON file.

+table(["Name", "Type", "Description"])
    +row
        +cell #[code file]
        +cell buffer
        +cell The file from which to load the strings.

    +footrow
        +cell returns
        +cell #[code None]
        +cell -