Allow parsing of optional namedtuple values

Fixes #24

Type Hint Release

Add type hints to public API #20

Type Hint Release Candidate

Add type hints to public API #20

Type Hint Release Candidate

Adds type hints to the public API functions (#20)

Test Release

This is a test release to test deploying to PyPi from Azure Pipelines job.

Test Release

Release to test publishing to PyPi from Azure pipeline job.

Support for attrs classes

Adds support for parsing and serializing classes created with the attrs library. Resolves #19.

Processing Hooks Support

Adds support for processing hooks which allow callers to provide custom functions to be invoked during the parsing and serialization process. This feature enables support for a variety of use cases including

• Additional application-specific validation
• Value transformation
• Debugging

Automated PyPi Deployments

Automates the process of deploying new releases to PyPi from Travis CI.

Also adds docstring documentation that was missing for a few parameters that were added to the public API in the previous release.

Text Encoding Improvements

This release adds improved handling for different text encodings on different Python versions resolving issue #9. A special thanks to @marnunez for his contributions in PR #10.