class SettingsMerger: def __init__(self): pass def merge(self, globalSettings, settingDescription): value = settingDescription['value'] segments = settingDescription['segments'] propPath = segments[0:-1] propName = segments[-1] settingsDict = self.getSettingsDictByPath(globalSettings, propPath) settingsDict[propName] = value def getSettingsDictByPath(self, globalSettings, pathToSettingsDict): settingsDict = globalSettings for segment in pathToSettingsDict: if segment not in settingsDict: settingsDict[segment] = {} settingsDict = settingsDict[segment] return settingsDict