def load(self, requirements_file=None):
        """Load or reload requirements from a requirements.txt file.

        :param requirements_file: if not given, the filename used from
            initialization will be read again.
        """
        if requirements_file is None:
            requirements_file = self.filename
            if requirements_file is None:
                raise ValueError("no filename provided")
        elif isinstance(requirements_file, text_type):
            requirements_file = Path(requirements_file)
        self.clear()
        with requirements_file.open() as f:
            self.loads(f.read())

        if isinstance(requirements_file, (text_type, Path)):
            self.filename = requirements_file
def create_node(self, *args, **kwargs):
        nbparam = len(args) + len(kwargs)
        assert nbparam in (0, len(Fields)), \
            "Bad argument number for {}: {}, expecting {}".\
            format(Name, nbparam, len(Fields))
        self._fields = Fields
        self._attributes = Attributes
        for argname, argval in zip(self._fields, args):
            setattr(self, argname, argval)
        for argname, argval in kwargs.items():
            assert argname in Fields, \
                    "Invalid Keyword argument for {}: {}".format(Name, argname)
            setattr(self, argname, argval)