WIP: new way for making empty objects (sense, translation,...)

src/model/editable.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+empty_doc = __new__(DOMParser()).parseFromString("<empty />", "text/xml")
+        
+        
 class Editable:
     def make_copy(self):
         # makes an internal copy of self
@@ -25,3 +28,6 @@ class Editable:
             
         self._copy = None
         
+    @classmethod
+    def new_empty(cls):
+        return cls(empty_doc)

src/model/sense.py

@@ -24,11 +24,3 @@ class Sense(Editable):
         self.translations = [[] for _ in range(max_num_cluster)]
         for clusterNum, translation in translations:
             self.translations[clusterNum - 1].append(translation)
-
-
-class NewSense(Sense):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.translations = []
-        self.labels = []
-        self.definition = []
-        self.examples= []

src/model/translation.py

@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ TAGS = {
 }
 
 
-class Translation:
+from model.editable import Editable
+
+
+class Translation(Editable):
     def __init__(self, translation_xml):
         translation = translation_xml.querySelector("translation")
         self.translation = translation.textContent if translation else ""
@@ -22,8 +25,4 @@ class Translation:
             self.tags[t_type] = t_value
 
 
-class NewTranslation(Translation):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.translation = ""
-        self.tags = {}