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# nemoguardrails.colang.v2_x.runtime.utils

## Module Contents

### Classes

| Name                                                                       | Description                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`AttributeDict`](#nemoguardrails-colang-v2_x-runtime-utils-AttributeDict) | Simple utility to allow accessing dict members as attributes. |

### Functions

| Name                                                                                                             | Description                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| [`escape_special_string_characters`](#nemoguardrails-colang-v2_x-runtime-utils-escape_special_string_characters) | Escapes all occurrences of special characters. |

### API

```python
class nemoguardrails.colang.v2_x.runtime.utils.AttributeDict()
```

**Bases:** `dict`

Simple utility to allow accessing dict members as attributes.

```python
nemoguardrails.colang.v2_x.runtime.utils.AttributeDict.__getattr__(
    attr
)
```

```python
nemoguardrails.colang.v2_x.runtime.utils.AttributeDict.__setattr__(
    attr,
    value
)
```

```python
nemoguardrails.colang.v2_x.runtime.utils.escape_special_string_characters(
    string: str
) -> str
```

Escapes all occurrences of special characters.