def serialized(self):
        to_ret = {}
        for group, requirements in self.items():
            to_ret[group] = [str(requirement) for requirement in requirements]
        return to_ret
def _load_data(self, directory):
        try:
            with open(directory, 'r') as f:
                data = f.read()
                return literal_eval(data)
        except OSError as e:
            raise