monsterwell/classes/directory.py

import re

class Directory:
    def __init__(self, name, source, destination, sourcebackup=None, destinationbackup=None, regex=None):
        self.name = name
        self.source = source
        self.destination = destination
        self.sourcebackup = sourcebackup
        self.destinationbackup = destinationbackup
        self.regex = re.compile(regex)

    @classmethod
    def from_config(cls, section):
        return cls(section.name.split()[1], section["SourceDirectory"], section["DestinationDirectory"], section.get("SourceBackup"), section.get("DestinationBackup"), section.get("Regex"))