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-rw-r--r--absl/flags/_flagvalues.py4
-rw-r--r--absl/flags/tests/_flagvalues_test.py4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/absl/flags/_flagvalues.py b/absl/flags/_flagvalues.py
index 9175a91..e25f1d3 100644
--- a/absl/flags/_flagvalues.py
+++ b/absl/flags/_flagvalues.py
@@ -1439,6 +1439,10 @@ class FlagHolder(Generic[_T]):
"""Returns True if the flag was parsed from command-line flags."""
return bool(self._flagvalues[self._name].present)
+ def serialize(self) -> Text:
+ """Returns a serialized representation of the flag."""
+ return self._flagvalues[self._name].serialize()
+
def resolve_flag_ref(
flag_ref: Union[str, FlagHolder], flag_values: FlagValues
diff --git a/absl/flags/tests/_flagvalues_test.py b/absl/flags/tests/_flagvalues_test.py
index e37004d..09071d7 100644
--- a/absl/flags/tests/_flagvalues_test.py
+++ b/absl/flags/tests/_flagvalues_test.py
@@ -899,6 +899,10 @@ class FlagHolderTest(absltest.TestCase):
self.parse_flags('--name=new_value')
self.assertTrue(self.name_flag.present)
+ def test_serializes_flag(self):
+ self.parse_flags('--name=new_value')
+ self.assertEqual('--name=new_value', self.name_flag.serialize())
+
def test_allow_override(self):
first = _defines.DEFINE_integer(
'int_flag', 1, 'help', flag_values=self.fv, allow_override=1)