validate_entry()

Validate a registry entry dict.

Usage

validate_entry(entry)

An entry must have "name" and "cls" keys. The "cls" value should be passable to register(). If invalid, raises ValueError.

Checks Registry.strict on the default registry to determine validation level.

Parameters

entry: dict

A dict with "name" and "cls" keys.

Returns

bool

True if the entry is valid.

Raises

ValueError

If the entry dict is missing required keys.