[widgets][editor] Add string getter for editor JSON content

beat/editor/widgets/editor.py

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #                                                                             #
 ###############################################################################
 
+import simplejson as json
+
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtSignal
 
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QFormLayout
@@ -64,10 +66,12 @@ class AbstractAssetEditor(QWidget):
 
     def _load_json(self, json_object):
         """To be implemented by subclass to load their specific JSON parts"""
+
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def _dump_json(self, json_object):
         """To be implemented by subclass to dump their specific JSON parts"""
+
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def set_dirty(self):
@@ -117,11 +121,17 @@ class AbstractAssetEditor(QWidget):
 
     def dump_json(self):
         """Returns the json representation of the asset"""
+
         json_data = {"description": self.description_lineedit.text()}
 
         json_data.update(self._dump_json())
         return json_data
 
+    def dump_as_string(self):
+        """Returns the string representation of this editor json"""
+
+        return json.dumps(self.dump_json(), sort_keys=True, indent=4)
+
 
 class PlaceholderEditor(AbstractAssetEditor):
     """Placeholder widget providing the API of an editor"""
@@ -138,8 +148,10 @@ class PlaceholderEditor(AbstractAssetEditor):
 
     def _load_json(self, json_object):
         """Re-imp. Does nothing"""
+
         pass
 
     def _dump_json(self):
         """Re-imp. Does nothing"""
+
         return {}