def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def select(cls, dataset, selection_mask=None, **selection):
        df = dataset.data
        if selection_mask is None:
            selection_mask = cls.select_mask(dataset, selection)

        indexed = cls.indexed(dataset, selection)
        if selection_mask is not None:
            df = df.loc[selection_mask]
        if indexed and len(df) == 1 and len(dataset.vdims) == 1:
            return df[dataset.vdims[0].name].iloc[0]
        return df