Enum converter in python

Question

I have an enum

class Nationality:
        Poland='PL'
        Germany='DE'
        France='FR'
        ...
        Spain='ES'

I have 2 prototypes of methods:

# I want somethink like in c#        
def convert_country_code_to_country_name(country_code):
        print Enum.Parse(typeof(Nationality),country_code)

#this a second solution ,but it has a lot of ifs

def convert_country_code_to_country_name(country_code):
        if country_code=='DE':
                print Nationality.Germany #btw how to print here 'Germany', instead 'DE'

This is how I want call this method:

convert_country_code_to_country_name('DE') # I want here to  print 'Germany'

How to implement it in python?

Answer 1

The best solution would be to create a dictionary right from the start. Your enum doesn't make sense in Python, its just unnecessarily complex. It looks like you are trying to write Java code, which is quite the opposite of what Python code is supposed to look like.