IBP banding data system: Internal maintenance specification

Flattener for a status field.

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    @staticmethod
    def flatten(statusField):
        '''Flatten a status field.
        '''
        if  statusField is None:
            return BLANK_STATUS_OUT
        else:
            return statusField.value