def serialized(self):
        to_ret = {}
        for group, requirements in self.items():
            to_ret[group] = [str(requirement) for requirement in requirements]
        return to_ret
def db_sync(engine, abs_path, version=None, init_version=0, sanity_check=True):
    """Upgrade or downgrade a database.

    Function runs the upgrade() or downgrade() functions in change scripts.

    :param engine:       SQLAlchemy engine instance for a given database
    :param abs_path:     Absolute path to migrate repository.
    :param version:      Database will upgrade/downgrade until this version.
                         If None - database will update to the latest
                         available version.
    :param init_version: Initial database version
    :param sanity_check: Require schema sanity checking for all tables
    """

    if version is not None:
        try:
            version = int(version)
        except ValueError:
            raise exception.DbMigrationError(
                message=_("version should be an integer"))

    current_version = db_version(engine, abs_path, init_version)
    repository = _find_migrate_repo(abs_path)
    if sanity_check:
        _db_schema_sanity_check(engine)
    if version is None or version > current_version:
        return versioning_api.upgrade(engine, repository, version)
    else:
        return versioning_api.downgrade(engine, repository,
                                        version)