Real world associative array demonstration

# Spoof file list used to demonstrate file io
fileList = ["aiwydgawd_20130105_142354.dat", 
            "fseawfaiwydgawd_20130205_745632.dat", 
            "aiwydgwfafaawd_20120525_123456.dat", 
            "aawfiwydgawd_20110613_987321.dat", 
            "aiwyfwaafdgawd_20121225_123456.dat", 
            "aiwydgawhersfad_20100105_147963.dat"]

# Spoof associative array used to demonstrate string lookups
dialogApps = {"142354":"Bills",
              "745632":"Letters",
              "123456":"Junk",
              "987321":"Summons",
              "147963":"Credit"}

"""Provides polling functionality"""
class FilePoller(object):   
    """Static method takes a file list and returns an array of jobs"""
    @staticmethod
    def Poll(fileList):
        jobs = []
            
        # Iterate over the files collection and construct a "Job" instance for each
        for file in fileList:
            jobs.append(Job(file))
        
        return jobs
        
"""Provides functionality to invoke Dialog on a remote server, lol"""        
class InvokeDialog(object):
    """Static method spoofs the process of adding a job to the Dialogue database"""
    @staticmethod
    def AddToDB(job):
        print "The following details have been added to the Dialogue database:"
        print job

"""Encapsulates the parameters which define a Job"""
class Job(object):
    filename = ""
    application = ""
    dateStamp = ""
    
    """Default constructor takes a filename, and parses the properties"""
    def __init__(self,filename):
        self.filename = filename
        self.application = dialogApps[filename.split("_")[2][:6]]
        self.dateStamp = filename.split("_")[1]
    
    """Overridden method returns the string representation of this job object"""
    def __repr__(self):
        return ', '.join("%s: %s" % item for item in vars(self).items()) + "\n"
    
    
# Run those jobs!  RUN THEM GOOD.
for job in FilePoller.Poll(fileList):
    InvokeDialog.AddToDB(job)

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