Merge lp:~phill-ridout/openlp/json_refactors into lp:openlp

[Phill]

rework json handling for custom objects
refactor path file

The standard library now has much better support for paths, so I've removed the patches that were implemented.
Rework the custom object json handling

[Raoul Snyman (raoul-snyman)]

Linux tests passed!

[Raoul Snyman (raoul-snyman)]

Linting passed!

[Raoul Snyman (raoul-snyman)]

macOS tests passed!

[Tomas Groth (tomasgroth)]

Looks ok to me

review: Approve

=== modified file 'openlp/core/api/deploy.py'
--- openlp/core/api/deploy.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/api/deploy.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     Process the downloaded zip file and add to the correct directory
 
     :param str zip_name: the zip file name to be processed
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path app_root_path: The directory to expand the zip to
+    :param pathlib.Path app_root_path: The directory to expand the zip to
 
     :return: None
     """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/api/endpoint/controller.py'
--- openlp/core/api/endpoint/controller.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/api/endpoint/controller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 import os
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.api.http import requires_auth
 from openlp.core.api.http.endpoint import Endpoint
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import create_thumb

=== modified file 'openlp/core/app.py'
--- openlp/core/app.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/core/app.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import time
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from shutil import copytree
 from traceback import format_exception
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWebEngineWidgets, QtWidgets  # noqa
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.loader import loader
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import LanguageManager, UiStrings, translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import copytree, create_paths, Path
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList
@@ -316,7 +318,7 @@
     """
     Setup our logging using log_path
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path log_path: The file to save the log to.
+    :param Path log_path: The file to save the log to.
     :rtype: None
     """
     create_paths(log_path, do_not_log=True)

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/__init__.py'
--- openlp/core/common/__init__.py	2019-05-04 11:49:20 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/__init__.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     """
     Convert a path to a module name (i.e openlp.core.common)
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path path: The path to convert to a module name.
+    :param pathlib.Path path: The path to convert to a module name.
     :return: The module name.
     :rtype: str
     """
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
     """
     Deletes a file from the system.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The file, including path, to delete.
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: The file, including path, to delete.
     :return: True if the deletion was successful, or the file never existed. False otherwise.
     :rtype: bool
     """
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
     """
     Validate that the file is not an image file.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The file to be checked.
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: The file to be checked.
     :return: If the file is not an image
     :rtype: bool
     """
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
     """
     Function that checks whether a binary exists.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path program_path: The full path to the binary to check.
+    :param pathlib.Path program_path: The full path to the binary to check.
     :return: program output to be parsed
     :rtype: bytes
     """
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
     """
     Utility function to incrementally detect the file encoding.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: Filename for the file to determine the encoding for.
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: Filename for the file to determine the encoding for.
     :return: The name of the encoding detected
     :rtype: str
     """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/applocation.py'
--- openlp/core/common/applocation.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/applocation.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import appdirs
 
 import openlp
 from openlp.core.common import get_frozen_path, is_macosx, is_win
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
 
         :param dir_type: The directory type you want, for instance the data directory. Default *AppLocation.AppDir*
         :return: The requested path
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         if dir_type == AppLocation.AppDir or dir_type == AppLocation.VersionDir:
             return get_frozen_path(FROZEN_APP_PATH, APP_PATH)
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@
         Return the path OpenLP stores all its data under.
 
         :return: The data path to use.
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         # Check if we have a different data location.
         if Settings().contains('advanced/data path'):
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
         :param str extension: Defaults to ''. The extension to search for. For example::
             '.png'
         :return: List of files found.
-        :rtype: list[openlp.core.common.path.Path]
+        :rtype: list[Path]
         """
         path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
         if section:
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@
         Return the path a particular module stores its data under.
 
         :param str section:
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         path = AppLocation.get_data_path() / section
         create_paths(path)
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
 
     :param dir_type: AppLocation Enum of the requested path type
     :return: The requested path
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+    :rtype: Path
     """
     # If running from source, return the language directory from the source directory
     if dir_type == AppLocation.LanguageDir:

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/httputils.py'
--- openlp/core/common/httputils.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/httputils.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 from random import randint
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
 from openlp.core.common import trace_error_handler
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import ProxyMode, Settings
 from openlp.core.threading import ThreadWorker

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/json.py'
--- openlp/core/common/json.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/json.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -19,14 +19,76 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License      #
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
+from contextlib import suppress
 from json import JSONDecoder, JSONEncoder
-
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
-
-
-class OpenLPJsonDecoder(JSONDecoder):
-    """
-    Implement a custom JSONDecoder to handle Path objects
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+_registered_classes = {}
+
+
+class JSONMixin(object):
+    """
+    :class:`JSONMixin` is a mixin class to simplify the serialization of a subclass to JSON.
+
+    :cvar:`_json_keys` is used to specify the attributes of the subclass that you wish to serialize.
+    :vartype _json_keys: list[str]
+    :cvar:`_name` set to override the the subclass name, useful if using a `proxy` class
+    :vartype _name: str
+    """
+    _json_keys = []
+    _name = None
+    _version = 1
+
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, register_names=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Register the subclass.
+
+        :param collections.Iterable[str] register_names: Alternative names to register instead of the class name
+        :param kwargs: Other args to pass to the super method
+        :return None:
+        """
+        super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
+        for key in register_names or [cls.__name__]:
+            _registered_classes[key] = cls
+
+    @classmethod
+    def encode_json(cls, obj, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a instance of the subclass from the dictionary that has been constructed by the JSON representation.
+        Only use the keys specified in :cvar:`_json_keys`.
+
+        :param dict[str] obj: The dictionary representation of the subclass (deserailized from the JSON)
+        :param kwargs: Contains any extra parameters. Not used!
+        :return: The desrialized object
+        """
+        return cls(**{key: obj[key] for key in cls._json_keys if obj.get(key) is not None})
+
+    @classmethod
+    def attach_meta(cls, j_dict):
+        """
+        Attach meta data to the serialized dictionary.
+
+        :param dict[str] j_dict: The dictionary to update with the meta data
+        :return None:
+        """
+        j_dict.update({'json_meta': {'class': cls._name or cls.__name__, 'version': cls._version}})
+
+    def json_object(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a dictionary that can be JSON decoded.
+
+        :param kwargs: Contains any extra parameters. Not used!
+        :return dict[str]: The dictionary representation of this Path object.
+        """
+        j_dict = {key: self.__dict__[key] for key in self._json_keys if self.__dict__.get(key) is not None}
+        self.attach_meta(j_dict)
+        return j_dict
+
+
+class OpenLPJSONDecoder(JSONDecoder):
+    """
+    Implement a custom JSONDecoder to extend compatibility to custom objects
 
     Example Usage:
         object = json.loads(json_string, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder)
@@ -45,23 +107,26 @@
 
     def custom_object_hook(self, obj):
         """
-        Implement a custom Path object decoder.
+        Implement a custom object decoder.
 
         :param dict obj: A decoded JSON object
-        :return: The original object literal, or a Path object if the object literal contains a key '__Path__'
-        :rtype: dict | openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :return: The custom object from the serialized data if the custom object is registered, else obj
         """
-        if '__Path__' in obj:
-            obj = Path.encode_json(obj, **self.kwargs)
+        try:
+            key = obj['json_meta']['class']
+        except KeyError:
+            return obj
+        if key in _registered_classes:
+            return _registered_classes[key].encode_json(obj, **self.kwargs)
         return obj
 
 
-class OpenLPJsonEncoder(JSONEncoder):
+class OpenLPJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
     """
-    Implement a custom JSONEncoder to handle Path objects
+    Implement a custom JSONEncoder to handle to extend compatibility to custom objects
 
     Example Usage:
-        json_string = json.dumps(object, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder)
+        json_string = json.dumps(object, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
     """
     def __init__(self, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, sort_keys=False,
                  indent=None, separators=None, default=None, **kwargs):
@@ -78,12 +143,57 @@
 
     def custom_default(self, obj):
         """
-        Convert any Path objects into a dictionary object which can be serialized.
+        Convert any registered objects into a dictionary object which can be serialized.
 
         :param object obj: The object to convert
-        :return: The serializable object
-        :rtype: dict
+        :return dict: The serializable object
         """
-        if isinstance(obj, Path):
-            return obj.json_object(**self.kwargs)
+        if isinstance(obj, JSONMixin):
+            return obj.json_object()
+        elif obj.__class__.__name__ in _registered_classes:
+            return _registered_classes[obj.__class__.__name__].json_object(obj)
         return super().default(obj)
+
+
+def is_serializable(obj):
+    return obj.__class__.__name__ in _registered_classes
+
+
+class PathSerializer(JSONMixin, register_names=('Path', 'PosixPath', 'WindowsPath')):
+    """
+    Implement a de/serializer for pathlib.Path objects
+    """
+    _name = 'Path'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def encode_json(obj, base_path=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Reimplement encode_json to create a Path object from a dictionary representation.
+
+        :param dict[str] obj: The dictionary representation
+        :param Path base_path: If specified, an absolute path to base the relative path off of.
+        :param kwargs: Contains any extra parameters. Not used!
+        :return Path: The deserialized Path object
+        """
+        path = Path(*obj['parts'])
+        if base_path and not path.is_absolute():
+            return base_path / path
+        return path
+
+    @classmethod
+    def json_object(cls, obj, base_path=None, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a dictionary that can be JSON decoded.
+
+        :param Path base_path: If specified, an absolute path to make a relative path from.
+        :param kwargs: Contains any extra parameters. Not used!
+        :return: The dictionary representation of this Path object.
+        :rtype: dict[tuple]
+        """
+        path = obj
+        if base_path:
+            with suppress(ValueError):
+                path = path.relative_to(base_path)
+        json_dict = {'parts': path.parts}
+        cls.attach_meta(json_dict)
+        return json_dict

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/path.py'
--- openlp/core/common/path.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/path.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -21,66 +21,11 @@
 ##########################################################################
 import logging
 import shutil
-from contextlib import suppress
-
-from openlp.core.common import is_win
-
-
-if is_win():
-    from pathlib import WindowsPath as PathVariant          # pragma: nocover
-else:
-    from pathlib import PosixPath as PathVariant            # pragma: nocover
+from pathlib import Path
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-class Path(PathVariant):
-    """
-    Subclass pathlib.Path, so we can add json conversion methods
-    """
-    @staticmethod
-    def encode_json(obj, base_path=None, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Create a Path object from a dictionary representation. The dictionary has been constructed by JSON encoding of
-        a JSON reprensation of a Path object.
-
-        :param dict[str] obj: The dictionary representation
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path base_path: If specified, an absolute path to base the relative path off of.
-        :param kwargs: Contains any extra parameters. Not used!
-        :return: The reconstructed Path object
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
-        """
-        path = Path(*obj['__Path__'])
-        if base_path and not path.is_absolute():
-            return base_path / path
-        return path
-
-    def json_object(self, base_path=None, **kwargs):
-        """
-        Create a dictionary that can be JSON decoded.
-
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path base_path: If specified, an absolute path to make a relative path from.
-        :param kwargs: Contains any extra parameters. Not used!
-        :return: The dictionary representation of this Path object.
-        :rtype: dict[tuple]
-        """
-        path = self
-        if base_path:
-            with suppress(ValueError):
-                path = path.relative_to(base_path)
-        return {'__Path__': path.parts}
-
-    def rmtree(self, ignore_errors=False, onerror=None):
-        """
-        Provide an interface to :func:`shutil.rmtree`
-
-        :param bool ignore_errors: Ignore errors
-        :param onerror: Handler function to handle any errors
-        :rtype: None
-        """
-        shutil.rmtree(self, ignore_errors, onerror)
-
-
 def replace_params(args, kwargs, params):
     """
     Apply a transformation function to the specified args or kwargs
@@ -110,65 +55,11 @@
     return tuple(args), kwargs
 
 
-def copy(*args, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Wraps :func:`shutil.copy` so that we can accept Path objects.
-
-    :param src openlp.core.common.path.Path: Takes a Path object which is then converted to a str object
-    :param dst openlp.core.common.path.Path: Takes a Path object which is then converted to a str object
-    :return: Converts the str object received from :func:`shutil.copy` to a Path or NoneType object
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path | None
-
-    See the following link for more information on the other parameters:
-        https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copy
-    """
-
-    args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((0, 'src', path_to_str), (1, 'dst', path_to_str)))
-
-    return str_to_path(shutil.copy(*args, **kwargs))
-
-
-def copyfile(*args, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Wraps :func:`shutil.copyfile` so that we can accept Path objects.
-
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path src: Takes a Path object which is then converted to a str object
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path dst: Takes a Path object which is then converted to a str object
-    :return: Converts the str object received from :func:`shutil.copyfile` to a Path or NoneType object
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path | None
-
-    See the following link for more information on the other parameters:
-        https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copyfile
-    """
-
-    args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((0, 'src', path_to_str), (1, 'dst', path_to_str)))
-
-    return str_to_path(shutil.copyfile(*args, **kwargs))
-
-
-def copytree(*args, **kwargs):
-    """
-    Wraps :func:shutil.copytree` so that we can accept Path objects.
-
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path src : Takes a Path object which is then converted to a str object
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path dst: Takes a Path object which is then converted to a str object
-    :return: Converts the str object received from :func:`shutil.copytree` to a Path or NoneType object
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path | None
-
-    See the following link for more information on the other parameters:
-        https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.copytree
-    """
-
-    args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((0, 'src', path_to_str), (1, 'dst', path_to_str)))
-
-    return str_to_path(shutil.copytree(*args, **kwargs))
-
-
 def which(*args, **kwargs):
     """
     Wraps :func:shutil.which` so that it return a Path objects.
 
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.Path
+    :rtype: Path
 
     See the following link for more information on the other parameters:
         https://docs.python.org/3/library/shutil.html#shutil.which
@@ -183,7 +74,7 @@
     """
     A utility function to convert a Path object or NoneType to a string equivalent.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path | None path: The value to convert to a string
+    :param Path | None path: The value to convert to a string
     :return: An empty string if :param:`path` is None, else a string representation of the :param:`path`
     :rtype: str
     """
@@ -204,7 +95,7 @@
 
     :param str string: The string to convert
     :return: None if :param:`string` is empty, or a Path object representation of :param:`string`
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path | None
+    :rtype: Path | None
     """
     if not isinstance(string, str):
         log.error('parameter \'string\' must be of type str, got {} which is a {} instead'.format(string, type(string)))
@@ -218,7 +109,7 @@
     """
     Create one or more paths
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path paths: The paths to create
+    :param Path paths: The paths to create
     :param bool do_not_log: To not log anything. This is need for the start up, when the log isn't ready.
     :rtype: None
     """
@@ -239,7 +130,7 @@
 
     :param list[str] file_names: The list of file names to convert.
     :return: The list converted to file paths
-    :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+    :rtype: Path
     """
     if file_names:
         return [str_to_path(file_name) for file_name in file_names]

=== modified file 'openlp/core/common/settings.py'
--- openlp/core/common/settings.py	2019-05-04 19:47:06 +0000
+++ openlp/core/common/settings.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from enum import IntEnum
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 from openlp.core.common import SlideLimits, ThemeLevel, is_linux, is_win
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonDecoder, OpenLPJsonEncoder
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, files_to_paths, str_to_path
+from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJSONDecoder, OpenLPJSONEncoder, is_serializable
+from openlp.core.common.path import files_to_paths, str_to_path
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@
 
         Does not affect existing Settings objects.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path ini_path: ini file path
+        :param Path ini_path: ini file path
         :rtype: None
         """
         Settings.__file_path__ = str(ini_path)
@@ -584,8 +585,9 @@
         :param value: The value to save
         :rtype: None
         """
-        if isinstance(value, (Path, dict)) or (isinstance(value, list) and value and isinstance(value[0], Path)):
-            value = json.dumps(value, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder)
+        if is_serializable(value) or isinstance(value, dict) or \
+                (isinstance(value, list) and value and is_serializable(value[0])):
+            value = json.dumps(value, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
         super().setValue(key, value)
 
     def _convert_value(self, setting, default_value):
@@ -611,8 +613,8 @@
             elif isinstance(default_value, dict):
                 return {}
         elif isinstance(setting, str):
-            if '__Path__' in setting or setting.startswith('{'):
-                return json.loads(setting, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder)
+            if 'json_meta' in setting or setting.startswith('{'):
+                return json.loads(setting, cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder)
         # Convert the setting to the correct type.
         if isinstance(default_value, bool):
             if isinstance(setting, bool):
@@ -629,7 +631,7 @@
         """
         Export the settings to file.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path dest_path: The file path to create the export file.
+        :param Path dest_path: The file path to create the export file.
         :return: Success
         :rtype: bool
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/display/window.py'
--- openlp/core/display/window.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/core/display/window.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -249,18 +249,18 @@
         """
         Set images in the display
         """
-        for image in images:
-            if not image['path'].startswith('file://'):
-                image['path'] = 'file://' + image['path']
-        json_images = json.dumps(images)
+        imagesr = copy.deepcopy(images)
+        for image in imagesr:
+            image['path'] = image['path'].as_uri()
+        json_images = json.dumps(imagesr)
         self.run_javascript('Display.setImageSlides({images});'.format(images=json_images))
 
     def load_video(self, video):
         """
         Load video in the display
         """
-        if not video['path'].startswith('file://'):
-            video['path'] = 'file://' + video['path']
+        video = copy.deepcopy(video)
+        video['path'] = video['path'].as_uri()
         json_video = json.dumps(video)
         self.run_javascript('Display.setVideo({video});'.format(video=json_video))
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/__init__.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/__init__.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/__init__.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 OpenLP work.
 """
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + '.__init__')
 
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     returns False. If there is an error loading the file or the content can't be decoded then the function will return
     None.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path text_file_path: The path to the file.
+    :param Path text_file_path: The path to the file.
     :return: The contents of the file, False if the file does not exist, or None if there is an Error reading or
     decoding the file.
     :rtype: str | False | None
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@
     """
     Create a thumbnail from the given image path and depending on ``return_icon`` it returns an icon from this thumb.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_path: The image file to create the icon from.
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path thumb_path: The filename to save the thumbnail to.
+    :param Path image_path: The image file to create the icon from.
+    :param Path thumb_path: The filename to save the thumbnail to.
     :param return_icon: States if an icon should be build and returned from the thumb. Defaults to ``True``.
     :param size: Allows to state a own size (QtCore.QSize) to use. Defaults to ``None``, which means that a default
      height of 88 is used.
@@ -311,8 +311,8 @@
     Validates whether an file's thumb still exists and if is up to date. **Note**, you must **not** call this function,
     before checking the existence of the file.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The path to the file. The file **must** exist!
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path thumb_path: The path to the thumb.
+    :param Path file_path: The path to the file. The file **must** exist!
+    :param Path thumb_path: The path to the thumb.
     :return: Has the image changed since the thumb was created?
     :rtype: bool
     """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/db.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/db.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/db.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 from openlp.core.common import delete_file
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonDecoder, OpenLPJsonEncoder
+from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJSONDecoder, OpenLPJSONEncoder
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     Create a path to a database from the plugin name and database name
 
     :param plugin_name: Name of plugin
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path | str | None db_file_name: File name of database
+    :param pathlib.Path | str | None db_file_name: File name of database
     :return: The path to the database
     :rtype: str
     """
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     Log and report to the user that a database cannot be loaded
 
     :param plugin_name: Name of plugin
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path db_file_path: File name of database
+    :param pathlib.Path db_file_path: File name of database
     :return: None
     """
     db_path = get_db_path(plugin_name, db_file_path)
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
     Construct the connection string for a database.
 
     :param plugin_name: The name of the plugin for the database creation.
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path | str | None db_file_name: The database file name. Defaults to None resulting
-                                                                   in the plugin_name being used.
+    :param pathlib.Path | str | None db_file_name: The database file name. Defaults to None resulting in the plugin_name
+                                                   being used.
     :return: The database URL
     :rtype: str
     """
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     Create a PathType for storing Path objects with SQLAlchemy. Behind the scenes we convert the Path object to a JSON
     representation and store it as a Unicode type
     """
-    impl = types.UnicodeText
+    impl = types.Unicode
 
     def coerce_compared_value(self, op, value):
         """
@@ -224,10 +224,8 @@
 
         :param op: The operation being carried out. Not used, as we only care about the type that is being used with the
             operation.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path | str value: The value being used for the comparison. Most likely a Path
-            Object or str.
-        :return: The coerced value stored in the db
-        :rtype: PathType or UnicodeText
+        :param pathlib.Path | str value: The value being used for the comparison. Most likely a Path Object or str.
+        :return PathType | UnicodeText: The coerced value stored in the db
         """
         if isinstance(value, str):
             return UnicodeText()
@@ -238,13 +236,12 @@
         """
         Convert the Path object to a JSON representation
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path value: The value to convert
+        :param pathlib.Path value: The value to convert
         :param dialect: Not used
-        :return: The Path object as a JSON string
-        :rtype: str
+        :return str: The Path object as a JSON string
         """
         data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
-        return json.dumps(value, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder, base_path=data_path)
+        return json.dumps(value, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder, base_path=data_path)
 
     def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
         """
@@ -253,10 +250,10 @@
         :param types.UnicodeText value: The value to convert
         :param dialect: Not used
         :return: The JSON object converted Python object (in this case it should be a Path object)
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: pathlib.Path
         """
         data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
-        return json.loads(value, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder, base_path=data_path)
+        return json.loads(value, cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder, base_path=data_path)
 
 
 def upgrade_db(url, upgrade):
@@ -351,8 +348,8 @@
 
         :param plugin_name: The name to setup paths and settings section names
         :param init_schema: The init_schema function for this database
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path db_file_path: The file name to use for this database. Defaults to None
-            resulting in the plugin_name being used.
+        :param pathlib.Path | None db_file_path: The file name to use for this database. Defaults to None resulting in
+            the plugin_name being used.
         :param upgrade_mod: The upgrade_schema function for this database
         """
         super().__init__()

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/mediamanageritem.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/mediamanageritem.py	2019-05-04 18:25:59 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/mediamanageritem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
         Process a list for files either from the File Dialog or from Drag and
         Drop
 
-        :param list[openlp.core.common.path.Path] file_paths: The files to be loaded.
+        :param list[pathlib.Path] file_paths: The files to be loaded.
         :param target_group: The QTreeWidgetItem of the group that will be the parent of the added files
         """
         full_list = []
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
         """
         Return the current list of files
 
-        :rtype: list[openlp.core.common.path.Path]
+        :rtype: list[pathlib.Path]
         """
         file_paths = []
         for index in range(self.list_view.count()):
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
         :param item: The database item to be used to build the service item
         :param remote: Was this remote triggered (False)
         :param context: The service context
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path:
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path:
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('MediaManagerItem.generate_slide_data needs to be defined by the plugin')
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import os
 import uuid
 from copy import deepcopy
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtGui
 
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.render import remove_tags, render_tags
 from openlp.core.lib import ItemCapabilities
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@
         if image and not self.has_original_files and self.name == 'presentations':
             file_location = os.path.join(path, file_name)
             file_location_hash = md5_hash(file_location.encode('utf-8'))
-            image = os.path.join(str(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.name)), 'thumbnails',
-                                 file_location_hash, ntpath.basename(image))  # TODO: Pathlib
+            image = os.path.join(AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.name), 'thumbnails', file_location_hash,
+                                 ntpath.basename(image))  # TODO: Pathlib
         self.slides.append({'title': file_name, 'image': image, 'path': path, 'display_title': display_title,
                             'notes': notes, 'thumbnail': image})
         # if self.is_capable(ItemCapabilities.HasThumbnails):

=== modified file 'openlp/core/lib/theme.py'
--- openlp/core/lib/theme.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/core/lib/theme.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 from openlp.core.common import de_hump
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonDecoder, OpenLPJsonEncoder
+from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJSONDecoder, OpenLPJSONEncoder
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList
 from openlp.core.lib import get_text_file_string, str_to_bool
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
         """
         Add the path name to the image name so the background can be rendered.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path path: The path name to be added.
+        :param pathlib.Path path: The path name to be added.
         :rtype: None
         """
         if self.background_type == 'image' or self.background_type == 'video':
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@
         Convert the JSON file and expand it.
 
         :param theme: the theme string
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path theme_path: The path to the theme
+        :param pathlib.Path theme_path: The path to the theme
         :rtype: None
         """
         if theme_path:
-            jsn = json.loads(theme, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder, base_path=theme_path)
+            jsn = json.loads(theme, cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder, base_path=theme_path)
         else:
-            jsn = json.loads(theme, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder)
+            jsn = json.loads(theme, cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder)
         self.expand_json(jsn)
 
     def export_theme(self, theme_path=None):
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@
         for attr, value in self.__dict__.items():
             theme_data["{attr}".format(attr=attr)] = value
         if theme_path:
-            return json.dumps(theme_data, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder, base_path=theme_path)
-        return json.dumps(theme_data, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder)
+            return json.dumps(theme_data, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder, base_path=theme_path)
+        return json.dumps(theme_data, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
 
     def parse(self, xml):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/server.py'
--- openlp/core/server.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/core/server.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License      #
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtNetwork
 
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py	2019-05-03 17:26:37 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/advancedtab.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
         """
         Handle the `editPathChanged` signal of the data_directory_path_edit
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path new_path: The new path
+        :param pathlib.Path new_path: The new path
         :rtype: None
         """
         # Make sure they want to change the data.
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
         """
         Check if there's already data in the target directory.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path data_path: The target directory to check
+        :param pathlib.Path data_path: The target directory to check
         """
         if (data_path / 'songs').exists():
             self.data_exists = True

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/firsttimeform.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/firsttimeform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/firsttimeform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import urllib.error
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 from openlp.core.common.httputils import DownloadWorker, download_file, get_url_file_size, get_web_page
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import build_icon

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/generaltab.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/generaltab.py	2019-05-03 17:26:37 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/generaltab.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 The general tab of the configuration dialog.
 """
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common import get_images_filter
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList
 from openlp.core.lib.settingstab import SettingsTab

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py	2019-05-04 12:05:53 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 This is the main window, where all the action happens.
 """
 import os
+import shutil
 from datetime import datetime
 from distutils import dir_util
 from distutils.errors import DistutilsFileError
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import gettempdir
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import LanguageManager, UiStrings, translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin, RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, copyfile, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList
@@ -658,7 +660,7 @@
                 plugin.first_time()
         self.application.process_events()
         temp_path = Path(gettempdir(), 'openlp')
-        temp_path.rmtree(True)
+        shutil.rmtree(temp_path, True)
 
     def on_first_time_wizard_clicked(self):
         """
@@ -861,7 +863,7 @@
         temp_dir_path = Path(gettempdir(), 'openlp')
         create_paths(temp_dir_path)
         temp_config_path = temp_dir_path / import_file_path.name
-        copyfile(import_file_path, temp_config_path)
+        shutil.copyfile(import_file_path, temp_config_path)
         settings = Settings()
         import_settings = Settings(str(temp_config_path), Settings.IniFormat)
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py	2019-05-04 18:25:59 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@
 """
 import html
 import json
+import shutil
 import os
 import zipfile
 from contextlib import suppress
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -36,9 +38,8 @@
 from openlp.core.common.actions import ActionList, CategoryOrder
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, format_time, translate
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonDecoder, OpenLPJsonEncoder
+from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJSONDecoder, OpenLPJSONEncoder
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin, RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry, RegistryBase
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import build_icon
@@ -371,7 +372,7 @@
         """
         Setter for service file.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The service file name
+        :param Path file_path: The service file name
         :rtype: None
         """
         self._service_path = file_path
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@
         """
         Return the current file name including path.
 
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         return self._service_path
 
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@
         """
         Loads the service file and saves the existing one it there is one unchanged.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path | None file_path: The service file to the loaded.
+        :param Path | None file_path: The service file to the loaded.
         """
         if self.is_modified():
             result = self.save_modified_service()
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@
         Get a list of files used in the service and files that are missing.
 
         :return: A list of files used in the service that exist, and a list of files that don't.
-        :rtype: (list[openlp.core.common.path.Path], list[openlp.core.common.path.Path])
+        :rtype: (list[Path], list[Path])
         """
         write_list = []
         missing_list = []
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
             # Add the service item to the service.
             service.append({'serviceitem': service_item})
         self.repaint_service_list(-1, -1)
-        service_content = json.dumps(service, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder)
+        service_content = json.dumps(service, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
         service_content_size = len(bytes(service_content, encoding='utf-8'))
         total_size = service_content_size
         for file_item in write_list:
@@ -679,7 +680,7 @@
         """
         Load an existing service file.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The service file to load.
+        :param Path file_path: The service file to load.
         """
         if not file_path.exists():
             return False
@@ -702,7 +703,7 @@
                         zip_file.extract(zip_info, self.service_path)
                     self.main_window.increment_progress_bar(zip_info.compress_size)
             if service_data:
-                items = json.loads(service_data, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder)
+                items = json.loads(service_data, cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder)
                 self.new_file()
                 self.process_service_items(items)
                 self.set_file_name(file_path)
@@ -1250,7 +1251,7 @@
             delete_file(file_path)
         audio_path = self.service_path / 'audio'
         if audio_path.exists():
-            audio_path.rmtree(True)
+            shutil.rmtree(audio_path, True)
 
     def on_theme_combo_box_selected(self, current_index):
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py	2019-05-07 16:56:21 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/slidecontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import copy
 import datetime
 from collections import deque
+from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Lock
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@
 from openlp.core.common.actions import ActionList, CategoryOrder
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin, RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry, RegistryBase
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/themeform.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/themeform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/themeform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
         """
         Handle the `pathEditChanged` signal from image_path_edit
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path new_path: Path to the new image
+        :param pathlib.Path new_path: Path to the new image
         :rtype: None
         """
         self.theme.background_filename = new_path
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
         """
         Handle the `pathEditChanged` signal from video_path_edit
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path new_path: Path to the new video
+        :param pathlib.Path new_path: Path to the new video
         :rtype: None
         """
         self.theme.background_filename = new_path

=== modified file 'openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py'
--- openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py	2019-05-03 17:26:37 +0000
+++ openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 The Theme Manager manages adding, deleteing and modifying of themes.
 """
 import os
+import shutil
 import zipfile
+from pathlib import Path
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import XML, ElementTree
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, get_locale_key, translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin, RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, copyfile, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry, RegistryBase
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import build_icon, check_item_selected, create_thumb, get_text_file_string, validate_thumb
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@
         delete_file(self.theme_path / thumb)
         delete_file(self.thumb_path / thumb)
         try:
-            (self.theme_path / theme).rmtree()
+            shutil.rmtree(self.theme_path / theme)
         except OSError:
             self.log_exception('Error deleting theme {name}'.format(name=theme))
 
@@ -415,7 +417,7 @@
         """
         Create the zipfile with the theme contents.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path theme_path: Location where the zip file will be placed
+        :param Path theme_path: Location where the zip file will be placed
         :param str theme_name: The name of the theme to be exported
         :return: The success of creating the zip file
         :rtype: bool
@@ -433,7 +435,7 @@
                                                  'The {theme_name} export failed because this error occurred: {err}')
                                        .format(theme_name=theme_name, err=ose.strerror))
             if theme_path.exists():
-                theme_path.rmtree(ignore_errors=True)
+                shutil.rmtree(theme_path, ignore_errors=True)
             return False
 
     def on_import_theme(self, checked=None):
@@ -557,8 +559,8 @@
         """
         Unzip the theme, remove the preview file if stored. Generate a new preview file. Check the XML theme version
         and upgrade if necessary.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path:
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path directory_path:
+        :param Path file_path:
+        :param Path directory_path:
         """
         self.log_debug('Unzipping theme {name}'.format(name=file_path))
         file_xml = None
@@ -642,8 +644,8 @@
         Called by theme maintenance Dialog to save the theme and to trigger the reload of the theme list
 
         :param Theme theme: The theme data object.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_source_path: Where the theme image is currently located.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_destination_path: Where the Theme Image is to be saved to
+        :param Path image_source_path: Where the theme image is currently located.
+        :param Path image_destination_path: Where the Theme Image is to be saved to
         :rtype: None
         """
         self._write_theme(theme, image_source_path, image_destination_path)
@@ -653,8 +655,8 @@
         Writes the theme to the disk and handles the background image if necessary
 
         :param Theme theme: The theme data object.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_source_path: Where the theme image is currently located.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_destination_path: Where the Theme Image is to be saved to
+        :param Path image_source_path: Where the theme image is currently located.
+        :param Path image_destination_path: Where the Theme Image is to be saved to
         :rtype: None
         """
         name = theme.theme_name
@@ -671,7 +673,7 @@
                 delete_file(self.old_background_image_path)
             if image_source_path != image_destination_path:
                 try:
-                    copyfile(image_source_path, image_destination_path)
+                    shutil.copyfile(image_source_path, image_destination_path)
                 except OSError:
                     self.log_exception('Failed to save theme image')
         self.generate_and_save_image(name, theme)
@@ -718,7 +720,7 @@
         Return a theme object using information parsed from XML
 
         :param theme_xml: The Theme data object.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_path: Where the theme image is stored
+        :param Path image_path: Where the theme image is stored
         :return: Theme data.
         :rtype: Theme
         """
@@ -732,7 +734,7 @@
         Return a theme object using information parsed from JSON
 
         :param theme_json: The Theme data object.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_path: Where the theme image is stored
+        :param Path image_path: Where the theme image is stored
         :return: Theme data.
         :rtype: Theme
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py'
--- openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/core/widgets/dialogs.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
 
         :type parent: QtWidgets.QWidget | None
         :type caption: str
-        :type directory: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :type directory: pathlib.Path
         :type options: QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Options
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: pathlib.Path
         """
         args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((2, 'directory', path_to_str),))
 
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@
 
         :type parent: QtWidgets.QWidget | None
         :type caption: str
-        :type directory: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :type directory: pathlib.Path
         :type filter: str
         :type initialFilter: str
         :type options: QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Options
-        :rtype: tuple[openlp.core.common.path.Path, str]
+        :rtype: tuple[pathlib.Path, str]
         """
         args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((2, 'directory', path_to_str),))
 
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
 
         :type parent: QtWidgets.QWidget | None
         :type caption: str
-        :type directory: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :type directory: pathlib.Path
         :type filter: str
         :type initialFilter: str
         :type options: QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Options
-        :rtype: tuple[list[openlp.core.common.path.Path], str]
+        :rtype: tuple[list[pathlib.Path], str]
         """
         args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((2, 'directory', path_to_str),))
 
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
 
         :type parent: QtWidgets.QWidget | None
         :type caption: str
-        :type directory: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :type directory: pathlib.Path
         :type filter: str
         :type initialFilter: str
         :type options: QtWidgets.QFileDialog.Options
-        :rtype: tuple[openlp.core.common.path.Path | None, str]
+        :rtype: tuple[pathlib.Path | None, str]
         """
         args, kwargs = replace_params(args, kwargs, ((2, 'directory', path_to_str),))
 

=== modified file 'openlp/core/widgets/edits.py'
--- openlp/core/widgets/edits.py	2019-04-28 19:21:23 +0000
+++ openlp/core/widgets/edits.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 """
 import logging
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common import CONTROL_CHARS
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, path_to_str, str_to_path
+from openlp.core.common.path import path_to_str, str_to_path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib.formattingtags import FormattingTags
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import create_action, create_widget_action
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@
 
         :param QtWidget.QWidget | None: The parent of the widget. This is just passed to the super method.
         :param str dialog_caption: Used to customise the caption in the QFileDialog.
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path default_path: The default path. This is set as the path when the revert
+        :param Path default_path: The default path. This is set as the path when the revert
             button is clicked
         :param bool show_revert: Used to determine if the 'revert button' should be visible.
         :rtype: None
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@
         A property getter method to return the selected path.
 
         :return: The selected path
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         return self._path
 
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@
         """
         A Property setter method to set the selected path
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path path: The path to set the widget to
+        :param Path path: The path to set the widget to
         :rtype: None
         """
         self._path = path
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@
 
         Emits the pathChanged Signal
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path path: The new path
+        :param Path path: The new path
         :rtype: None
         """
         if self._path != path:

=== modified file 'openlp/core/widgets/views.py'
--- openlp/core/widgets/views.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/core/widgets/views.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@
 The :mod:`listpreviewwidget` is a widget that lists the slides in the slide controller.
 It is based on a QTableWidget but represents its contents in list form.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common import is_win
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib.serviceitem import ItemCapabilities, ServiceItem
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@
 
     :param QtCore.QMimeData mime_data: The mime data from the drag and drop opperation.
     :return: A list of file paths that were dropped
-    :rtype: list[openlp.core.common.path.Path]
+    :rtype: list[Path]
     """
     file_paths = []
     for url in mime_data.urls():
@@ -201,14 +202,14 @@
                     label.setScaledContents(True)
                 if self.service_item.is_command():
                     if self.service_item.is_capable(ItemCapabilities.HasThumbnails):
-                        pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(remove_url_prefix(slide['thumbnail']))
+                        pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(str(slide['thumbnail']))
                     else:
                         if isinstance(slide['image'], QtGui.QIcon):
                             pixmap = slide['image'].pixmap(QtCore.QSize(32, 32))
                         else:
-                            pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(remove_url_prefix(slide['image']))
+                            pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(str(slide['image']))
                 else:
-                    pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(remove_url_prefix(slide['path']))
+                    pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap(str(slide['path']))
                 label.setPixmap(pixmap)
                 container = QtWidgets.QWidget()
                 layout = AspectRatioLayout(container, self.screen_ratio)

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleimport.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleimport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/bibleimport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         """
         Check if the supplied file is compressed
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: A path to the file to check
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: A path to the file to check
         """
         if is_zipfile(file_path):
             critical_error_message_box(

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/db.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/db.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/db.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import re
 import sqlite3
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import chardet
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
 from openlp.core.common import clean_filename
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.lib.db import BaseModel, Manager, init_db
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib import BibleStrings, LanguageSelection, upgrade
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@
         :param parent:
         :param kwargs:
             ``path``
-                The path to the bible database file. Type: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+                The path to the bible database file. Type: Path
 
             ``name``
                 The name of the database. This is also used as the file name for SQLite databases.
 
             ``file``
-                Type: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+                Type: Path
 
         :rtype: None
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/csvbible.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         """
         Parse the supplied CSV file.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The name of the file to parse.
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: The name of the file to parse.
         :param namedtuple results_tuple: The namedtuple to use to store the results.
         :return: An list of namedtuples of type results_tuple
         :rtype: list[namedtuple]

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/wordproject.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/wordproject.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/importers/wordproject.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 ##########################################################################
 import logging
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, NavigableString, Tag
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.bibleimport import BibleImport
 
 

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/manager.py'
--- openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/manager.py	2019-04-28 19:21:23 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/bibles/lib/manager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common import delete_file
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import LogMixin, RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib import LanguageSelection, parse_reference
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.db import BibleDB, BibleMeta

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py'
--- openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/images/lib/mediaitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 ##########################################################################
 
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common import delete_file, get_images_filter
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, get_natural_key, translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import ServiceItemContext, build_icon, check_item_selected, create_thumb, validate_thumb
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@
 
         :param openlp.plugins.images.lib.db.ImageFilenames image: The image to generate the thumbnail path for.
         :return: A path to the thumbnail
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         ext = image.file_path.suffix.lower()
         return self.service_path / '{name:d}{ext}'.format(name=image.id, ext=ext)
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@
         Process a list for files either from the File Dialog or from Drag and Drop.
         This method is overloaded from MediaManagerItem.
 
-        :param list[openlp.core.common.path.Path] file_paths: A List of paths  to be loaded
+        :param list[Path] file_paths: A List of paths  to be loaded
         :param target_group: The QTreeWidgetItem of the group that will be the parent of the added files
         """
         self.application.set_normal_cursor()
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@
         """
         Add new images to the database. This method is called when adding images using the Add button or DnD.
 
-        :param list[openlp.core.common.Path] image_paths: A list of file paths to the images to be loaded
+        :param list[Path] image_paths: A list of file paths to the images to be loaded
         :param target_group: The QTreeWidgetItem of the group that will be the parent of the added files
         :param initial_load: When set to False, the busy cursor and progressbar will be shown while loading images
         """
@@ -610,7 +611,7 @@
         for image in images:
             name = image.file_path.name
             thumbnail_path = self.generate_thumbnail_path(image)
-            service_item.add_from_image(str(image.file_path), name, background, str(thumbnail_path))
+            service_item.add_from_image(image.file_path, name, background, str(thumbnail_path))
         return True
 
     def check_group_exists(self, new_group):

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/images/lib/upgrade.py'
--- openlp/plugins/images/lib/upgrade.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/images/lib/upgrade.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 """
 import json
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column, Table
 
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.db import drop_columns
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonEncoder
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
+from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJSONEncoder
 from openlp.core.lib.db import PathType, get_upgrade_op
 
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         results = conn.execute('SELECT * FROM image_filenames')
         data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
         for row in results.fetchall():
-            file_path_json = json.dumps(Path(row.filename), cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder, base_path=data_path)
+            file_path_json = json.dumps(Path(row.filename), cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder, base_path=data_path)
             sql = 'UPDATE image_filenames SET file_path = \'{file_path_json}\' WHERE id = {id}'.format(
                 file_path_json=file_path_json, id=row.id)
             conn.execute(sql)

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/media/forms/mediaclipselectorform.py'
--- openlp/plugins/media/forms/mediaclipselectorform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/media/forms/mediaclipselectorform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
 from time import sleep
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 from openlp.core.common import is_linux, is_macosx, is_win
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box
 from openlp.core.ui.icons import UiIcons
 from openlp.core.ui.media.vlcplayer import get_vlc

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/impresscontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/impresscontroller.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/impresscontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
         """
         Constructor, store information about the file and initialise.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path document_path: File path for the document to load
+        :param pathlib.Path document_path: File path for the document to load
         :rtype: None
         """
         log.debug('Init Presentation OpenOffice')

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py	2019-05-04 11:49:20 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/mediaitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
         Add presentations into the media manager. This is called both on initial load of the plugin to populate with
         existing files, and when the user adds new files via the media manager.
 
-        :param list[openlp.core.common.path.Path] file_paths: List of file paths to add to the media manager.
+        :param list[pathlib.Path] file_paths: List of file paths to add to the media manager.
         """
         current_paths = self.get_file_list()
         titles = [file_path.name for file_path in current_paths]
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
         """
         Clean up the files created such as thumbnails
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: File path of the presentation to clean up after
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: File path of the presentation to clean up after
         :param bool clean_for_update: Only clean thumbnails if update is needed
         :rtype: None
         """
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
         set as the preferred controller. Find the first (alphabetic) enabled controller which "supports" the extension.
         If none found, then look for a controller which "also supports" it instead.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The file path
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: The file path
         :return: The default application controller for this file type, or None if not supported
         :rtype: PresentationController
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/messagelistener.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/messagelistener.py	2019-05-02 17:11:55 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/messagelistener.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 ##########################################################################
 import copy
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import ServiceItemContext

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/pdfcontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/pdfcontroller.py	2019-05-02 13:45:07 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/pdfcontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 ##########################################################################
 import logging
 import re
+from shutil import which
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError, check_output
 
 from openlp.core.common import check_binary_exists, is_win
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
-from openlp.core.common.path import which
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList
 from openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.presentationcontroller import PresentationController, PresentationDocument
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         Function that checks whether a binary is either ghostscript or mudraw or neither.
         Is also used from presentationtab.py
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path program_path: The full path to the binary to check.
+        :param pathlib.Path program_path: The full path to the binary to check.
         :return: Type of the binary, 'gs' if ghostscript, 'mudraw' if mudraw, None if invalid.
         :rtype: str | None
         """
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         """
         Constructor, store information about the file and initialise.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path document_path: Path to the document to load
+        :param pathlib.Path document_path: Path to the document to load
         :rtype: None
         """
         log.debug('Init Presentation Pdf')

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/powerpointcontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/powerpointcontroller.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/powerpointcontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         Constructor, store information about the file and initialise.
 
         :param controller:
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path document_path: Path to the document to load
+        :param pathlib.Path document_path: Path to the document to load
         :rtype: None
         """
         log.debug('Init Presentation Powerpoint')

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationcontroller.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationcontroller.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationcontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
 import logging
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
 from openlp.core.common import md5_hash
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import create_thumb, validate_thumb
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@
         Constructor for the PresentationController class
 
         :param controller:
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path document_path: Path to the document to load.
+        :param Path document_path: Path to the document to load.
         :rtype: None
         """
         self.controller = controller
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@
         """
         Run some initial setup. This method is separate from __init__ in order to mock it out in tests.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path document_path: Path to the document to load.
+        :param Path document_path: Path to the document to load.
         :rtype: None
         """
         self.slide_number = 0
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@
             if thumbnail_folder_path.exists():
                 thumbnail_folder_path.rmtree()
             if temp_folder_path.exists():
-                temp_folder_path.rmtree()
+                shutil.rmtree(temp_folder_path)
         except OSError:
             log.exception('Failed to delete presentation controller files')
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@
         The location where thumbnail images will be stored
 
         :return: The path to the thumbnail
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         # TODO: Can be removed when the upgrade path to OpenLP 3.0 is no longer needed, also ensure code in
         #       get_temp_folder and PresentationPluginapp_startup is removed
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
         The location where thumbnail images will be stored
 
         :return: The path to the temporary file folder
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: Path
         """
         # TODO: Can be removed when the upgrade path to OpenLP 3.0 is no longer needed, also ensure code in
         #       get_thumbnail_folder and PresentationPluginapp_startup is removed
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@
         """
         Convert the slide image the application made to a scaled 360px height .png image.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path image_path: Path to the image to create a thumb nail of
+        :param Path image_path: Path to the image to create a thumbnail of
         :param int index: The index of the slide to create the thumbnail for.
         :rtype: None
         """
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@
         :param int slide_no: The slide an image is required for, starting at 1
         :param bool check_exists: Check if the generated path exists
         :return: The path, or None if the :param:`check_exists` is True and the file does not exist
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path | None
+        :rtype: Path | None
         """
         path = self.get_thumbnail_folder() / (self.controller.thumbnail_prefix + str(slide_no) + '.png')
         if path.is_file() or not check_exists:
@@ -473,7 +475,7 @@
         """
         Called when a new presentation document is opened.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path document_path: Path to the document to load
+        :param Path document_path: Path to the document to load
         :return: The document
         :rtype: PresentationDocument
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationtab.py'
--- openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationtab.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/presentations/lib/presentationtab.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
         """
         Handle the `pathEditChanged` signal from program_path_edit
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path new_path: File path to the new program
+        :param pathlib.Path new_path: File path to the new program
         :rtype: None
         """
         if new_path:

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/forms/editsongform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@
 """
 import logging
 import re
+from shutil import copyfile
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, get_natural_key, translate
 from openlp.core.common.mixins import RegistryProperties
-from openlp.core.common.path import copyfile, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.lib import MediaType, create_separated_list
 from openlp.core.lib.plugin import PluginStatus

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/forms/mediafilesform.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/forms/mediafilesform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/forms/mediafilesform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
     def populate_files(self, file_paths):
         """
-        :param list[openlp.core.common.path.Path] file_paths:
+        :param list[pathlib.Path] file_paths:
         :return:
         """
         self.file_list_widget.clear()
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@
 
     def get_selected_files(self):
         """
-        :rtype: list[openlp.core.common.path.Path]
+        :rtype: list[pathlib.Path]
         """
         return [item.data(QtCore.Qt.UserRole) for item in self.file_list_widget.selectedItems()]

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyworship.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyworship.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/easyworship.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 import sqlite3
 import struct
 import zlib
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib import VerseType, retrieve_windows_encoding, strip_rtf
 
 from .songimport import SongImport

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/powersong.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/powersong.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/powersong.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 PowerSong songs into the OpenLP database.
 """
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.importers.songimport import SongImport
 
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
             * is a directory
             * contains at least one * .song file
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path import_source: Should be a Path object that fulfills the above criteria
+        :param Path import_source: Should be a Path object that fulfills the above criteria
         :return: If the source is valid
         :rtype: bool
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/presentationmanager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     def process_song(self, root, file_path):
         """
         :param root:
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: Path to the file to process
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: Path to the file to process
         :rtype: None
         """
         self.set_defaults()

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/propresenter.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/propresenter.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/propresenter.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     def process_song(self, root, file_path):
         """
         :param root:
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: Path to the file thats being imported
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: Path to the file thats being imported
         :rtype: None
         """
         self.set_defaults()

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songbeamer.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 import math
 import os
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common import get_file_encoding, is_macosx, is_win
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib import VerseType
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.importers.songimport import SongImport

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songimport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@
 
 import logging
 import re
+from shutil import copyfile
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
 from openlp.core.common import normalize_str
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import copyfile, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.widgets.wizard import WizardStrings
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib import VerseType, clean_song
@@ -401,9 +402,9 @@
         the new file location.
 
         :param song_id:
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The file to copy.
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: The file to copy.
         :return: The new location of the file
-        :rtype: openlp.core.common.path.Path
+        :rtype: pathlib.Path
         """
         if not hasattr(self, 'save_path'):
             self.save_path = AppLocation.get_section_data_path(self.import_wizard.plugin.name) / 'audio' / str(song_id)

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songpro.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songpro.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/songpro.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 songs into the OpenLP database.
 """
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib import strip_rtf
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.importers.songimport import SongImport
 

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/sundayplus.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/sundayplus.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/sundayplus.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         """
         Process the Sunday Plus song file
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The song file to import
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: The song file to import
         :rtype: None
         """
         with file_path.open('rb') as song_file:
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
         """
         Extract the title from the filename
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: File being imported
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: File being imported
         :return: The song title
         :rtype: str
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/videopsalm.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/videopsalm.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/importers/videopsalm.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 import json
 import logging
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.db import AuthorType
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.importers.songimport import SongImport

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/mediaitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
 import logging
+import mako
 import os
-import mako
+from shutil import copyfile
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 from sqlalchemy.sql import and_, or_
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 from openlp.core.state import State
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import UiStrings, get_natural_key, translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import copyfile, create_paths
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib import ServiceItemContext, check_item_selected, create_separated_list

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/openlyricsexport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         """
         Initialise the export.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path save_path: The directory to save the exported songs in
+        :param pathlib.Path save_path: The directory to save the exported songs in
         :rtype: None
         """
         log.debug('initialise OpenLyricsExport')

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/lib/upgrade.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 """
 import json
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from sqlalchemy import Column, ForeignKey, Table, types
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import false, func, null, text
 
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
 from openlp.core.common.db import drop_columns
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonEncoder
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
+from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJSONEncoder
 from openlp.core.lib.db import PathType, get_upgrade_op
 
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         results = conn.execute('SELECT * FROM media_files')
         data_path = AppLocation.get_data_path()
         for row in results.fetchall():
-            file_path_json = json.dumps(Path(row.file_name), cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder, base_path=data_path)
+            file_path_json = json.dumps(Path(row.file_name), cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder, base_path=data_path)
             sql = 'UPDATE media_files SET file_path = \'{file_path_json}\' WHERE id = {id}'.format(
                 file_path_json=file_path_json, id=row.id)
             conn.execute(sql)

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/reporting.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/reporting.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/reporting.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 """
 import csv
 import logging
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import translate
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box
 from openlp.core.widgets.dialogs import FileDialog

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songs/songsplugin.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songs/songsplugin.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songs/songsplugin.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
         """
         Provide a count of the songs in the database
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path db_path: The database to use
+        :param Path db_path: The database to use
         :return: The number of songs in the db.
         :rtype: int
         """

=== modified file 'openlp/plugins/songusage/forms/songusagedetailform.py'
--- openlp/plugins/songusage/forms/songusagedetailform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ openlp/plugins/songusage/forms/songusagedetailform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         """
         Handle the `pathEditChanged` signal from report_path_edit
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The new path.
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: The new path.
         :rtype: None
         """
         Settings().setValue(self.plugin.settings_section + '/last directory export', file_path)

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/api/test_deploy.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/api/test_deploy.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/api/test_deploy.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
 import os
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from openlp.core.api.deploy import deploy_zipfile, download_and_check, download_sha256
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 
 
 CONFIG_FILE = '2c266badff1e3d140664c50fd1460a2b332b24d5ad8c267fa62e506b5eb6d894  deploy/site.zip\n2017_06_27'
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
         """
         Clean up after tests
         """
-        self.app_root_path.rmtree()
+        shutil.rmtree(self.app_root_path)
 
     @patch('openlp.core.api.deploy.ZipFile')
     def test_deploy_zipfile(self, MockZipFile):

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_applocation.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_applocation.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_applocation.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
 """
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from openlp.core.common import get_frozen_path
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 
 
 FILE_LIST = ['file1', 'file2', 'file3.txt', 'file4.txt', 'file5.mp3', 'file6.mp3']

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_common.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_common.py	2019-05-04 12:05:53 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_common.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 """
 Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
 from openlp.core.common import clean_button_text, de_hump, extension_loader, is_linux, is_macosx, is_win, \
     normalize_str, path_to_module, trace_error_handler
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 
 
 class TestCommonFunctions(TestCase):

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_httputils.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_httputils.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_httputils.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 """
 import os
 import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from openlp.core.common.httputils import ProxyMode, download_file, get_proxy_settings, get_url_file_size, \
     get_user_agent, get_web_page
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py	2019-05-04 09:13:29 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_init.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 Functional tests to test the AppLocation class and related methods.
 """
 from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, call, patch
 
 from openlp.core.common import add_actions, clean_filename, delete_file, get_file_encoding, get_filesystem_encoding, \
     get_uno_command, get_uno_instance
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin
 
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_json.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_json.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_json.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,14 +23,134 @@
 Package to test the openlp.core.common.json package.
 """
 import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.json import OpenLPJsonDecoder, OpenLPJsonEncoder
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
-
-
-class TestOpenLPJsonDecoder(TestCase):
+from openlp.core.common.json import JSONMixin, OpenLPJSONDecoder, OpenLPJSONEncoder, PathSerializer, _registered_classes
+
+
+class TestClassBase(object):
+    """
+    Simple class to avoid repetition
+    """
+    def __init__(self, a=None, b=None, c=None):
+        self.a = a
+        self.b = b
+        self.c = c
+
+
+class TestJSONMixin(TestCase):
+    """
+    Test the JSONMixin class
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        self._registered_classes_patcher = patch.dict(_registered_classes, clear=True)
+        self.addCleanup(self._registered_classes_patcher.stop)
+        self._registered_classes_patcher.start()
+
+    def test_subclass_json_mixin(self):
+        """
+        Test that a class is `registered` when subclassing JSONMixin
+        """
+        # GIVEN: The JSONMixin class
+        # WHEN: Subclassing it
+        class TestClass(JSONMixin):
+            pass
+
+        # THEN: The TestClass should have been `registered`
+        assert _registered_classes['TestClass'] == TestClass
+
+    def test_subclass_json_mixin_alt_names(self):
+        """
+        Test that a class is `registered` using the specified names when subclassing JSONMixin
+        """
+        # GIVEN: The JSONMixin class
+        # WHEN: Subclassing it with custom names
+        class TestClass(JSONMixin, register_names=('AltName1', 'AltName2')):
+            pass
+
+        # THEN: The TestClass should have been registered with only those names
+        assert 'TestClass' not in _registered_classes
+        assert _registered_classes['AltName1'] == TestClass
+        assert _registered_classes['AltName2'] == TestClass
+
+    def test_encoding_json_mixin_subclass(self):
+        """
+        Test that an instance of a JSONMixin subclass is properly serialized to a JSON string
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A instance of a subclass of the JSONMixin class
+        class TestClass(TestClassBase, JSONMixin):
+            _json_keys = ['a', 'b']
+
+        instance = TestClass(a=1, c=2)
+
+        # WHEN: Serializing the instance
+        json_string = json.dumps(instance, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
+
+        # THEN: Only the attributes specified by `_json_keys` should be serialized, and only if they have been set
+        assert json_string == '{"a": 1, "json_meta": {"class": "TestClass", "version": 1}}'
+
+    def test_decoding_json_mixin_subclass(self):
+        """
+        Test that an instance of a JSONMixin subclass is properly deserialized from a JSON string
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A subclass of the JSONMixin class
+        class TestClass(TestClassBase, JSONMixin):
+            _json_keys = ['a', 'b']
+
+        # WHEN: Deserializing a JSON representation of the TestClass
+        instance = json.loads(
+            '{"a": 1, "c": 2, "json_meta": {"class": "TestClass", "version": 1}}', cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder)
+
+        # THEN: Only the attributes specified by `_json_keys` should have been set
+        assert instance.__class__ == TestClass
+        assert instance.a == 1
+        assert instance.b is None
+        assert instance.c is None
+
+    def test_encoding_json_mixin_subclass_custom_name(self):
+        """
+        Test that an instance of a JSONMixin subclass is properly serialized to a JSON string when using a custom name
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A instance of a subclass of the JSONMixin class with a custom name
+        class TestClass(TestClassBase, JSONMixin, register_names=('AltName', )):
+            _json_keys = ['a', 'b']
+            _name = 'AltName'
+            _version = 2
+
+        instance = TestClass(a=1, c=2)
+
+        # WHEN: Serializing the instance
+        json_string = json.dumps(instance, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
+
+        # THEN: Only the attributes specified by `_json_keys` should be serialized, and only if they have been set
+        assert json_string == '{"a": 1, "json_meta": {"class": "AltName", "version": 2}}'
+
+    def test_decoding_json_mixin_subclass_custom_name(self):
+        """
+        Test that an instance of a JSONMixin subclass is properly deserialized from a JSON string when using a custom
+        name
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A instance of a subclass of the JSONMixin class with a custom name
+        class TestClass(TestClassBase, JSONMixin, register_names=('AltName', )):
+            _json_keys = ['a', 'b']
+            _name = 'AltName'
+            _version = 2
+
+        # WHEN: Deserializing a JSON representation of the TestClass
+        instance = json.loads(
+            '{"a": 1, "c": 2, "json_meta": {"class": "AltName", "version": 2}}', cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder)
+
+        # THEN: Only the attributes specified by `_json_keys` should have been set
+        assert instance.__class__ == TestClass
+        assert instance.a == 1
+        assert instance.b is None
+        assert instance.c is None
+
+
+class TestOpenLPJSONDecoder(TestCase):
     """
     Test the OpenLPJsonDecoder class
     """
@@ -39,10 +159,10 @@
         Test the object_hook method when called with a decoded Path JSON object
         """
         # GIVEN: An instance of OpenLPJsonDecoder
-        instance = OpenLPJsonDecoder()
+        instance = OpenLPJSONDecoder()
 
         # WHEN: Calling the object_hook method with a decoded JSON object which contains a Path
-        result = instance.object_hook({'__Path__': ['test', 'path']})
+        result = instance.object_hook({'parts': ['test', 'path'], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}})
 
         # THEN: A Path object should be returned
         assert result == Path('test', 'path')
@@ -52,7 +172,7 @@
         Test the object_hook method when called with a decoded JSON object
         """
         # GIVEN: An instance of OpenLPJsonDecoder
-        instance = OpenLPJsonDecoder()
+        instance = OpenLPJSONDecoder()
 
         # WHEN: Calling the object_hook method with a decoded JSON object which contains a Path
         with patch('openlp.core.common.json.Path') as mocked_path:
@@ -67,31 +187,32 @@
         Test the OpenLPJsonDecoder when decoding a JSON string
         """
         # GIVEN: A JSON encoded string
-        json_string = '[{"__Path__": ["test", "path1"]}, {"__Path__": ["test", "path2"]}]'
+        json_string = '[{"parts": ["test", "path1"], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}, ' \
+                      '{"parts": ["test", "path2"], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}]'
 
         # WHEN: Decoding the string using the OpenLPJsonDecoder class
-        obj = json.loads(json_string, cls=OpenLPJsonDecoder)
+        obj = json.loads(json_string, cls=OpenLPJSONDecoder)
 
         # THEN: The object returned should be a python version of the JSON string
         assert obj == [Path('test', 'path1'), Path('test', 'path2')]
 
 
-class TestOpenLPJsonEncoder(TestCase):
+class TestOpenLPJSONEncoder(TestCase):
     """
-    Test the OpenLPJsonEncoder class
+    Test the OpenLPJSONEncoder class
     """
     def test_default_path_object(self):
         """
         Test the default method when called with a Path object
         """
-        # GIVEN: An instance of OpenLPJsonEncoder
-        instance = OpenLPJsonEncoder()
+        # GIVEN: An instance of OpenLPJSONEncoder
+        instance = OpenLPJSONEncoder()
 
         # WHEN: Calling the default method with a Path object
         result = instance.default(Path('test', 'path'))
 
         # THEN: A dictionary object that can be JSON encoded should be returned
-        assert result == {'__Path__': ('test', 'path')}
+        assert result == {'parts': ('test', 'path'), "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}
 
     def test_default_non_path_object(self):
         """
@@ -99,8 +220,8 @@
         """
         with patch('openlp.core.common.json.JSONEncoder.default') as mocked_super_default:
 
-            # GIVEN: An instance of OpenLPJsonEncoder
-            instance = OpenLPJsonEncoder()
+            # GIVEN: An instance of OpenLPJSONEncoder
+            instance = OpenLPJSONEncoder()
 
             # WHEN: Calling the default method with a object other than a Path object
             instance.default('invalid object')
@@ -115,8 +236,65 @@
         # GIVEN: A list of Path objects
         obj = [Path('test', 'path1'), Path('test', 'path2')]
 
-        # WHEN: Encoding the object using the OpenLPJsonEncoder class
-        json_string = json.dumps(obj, cls=OpenLPJsonEncoder)
+        # WHEN: Encoding the object using the OpenLPJSONEncoder class
+        json_string = json.dumps(obj, cls=OpenLPJSONEncoder)
 
         # THEN: The JSON string return should be a representation of the object encoded
-        assert json_string == '[{"__Path__": ["test", "path1"]}, {"__Path__": ["test", "path2"]}]'
+        assert json_string == '[{"parts": ["test", "path1"], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}, ' \
+                              '{"parts": ["test", "path2"], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}]'
+
+
+class TestPathSerializer(TestCase):
+
+    def test_path_encode_json(self):
+        """
+        Test that `Path.encode_json` returns a Path object from a dictionary representation of a Path object decoded
+        from JSON
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
+        # WHEN: Calling encode_json, with a dictionary representation
+        path = PathSerializer.encode_json(
+            {'parts': ['path', 'to', 'fi.le'], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}, extra=1, args=2)
+
+        # THEN: A Path object should have been returned
+        assert path == Path('path', 'to', 'fi.le')
+
+    def test_path_encode_json_base_path(self):
+        """
+        Test that `Path.encode_json` returns a Path object from a dictionary representation of a Path object decoded
+        from JSON when the base_path arg is supplied.
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
+        # WHEN: Calling encode_json, with a dictionary representation
+        path = PathSerializer.encode_json(
+            {'parts': ['path', 'to', 'fi.le'], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}, base_path=Path('/base'))
+
+        # THEN: A Path object should have been returned with an absolute path
+        assert path == Path('/', 'base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')
+
+    def test_path_json_object(self):
+        """
+        Test that `Path.json_object` creates a JSON decode-able object from a Path object
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
+        path = Path('/base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')
+
+        # WHEN: Calling json_object
+        obj = PathSerializer().json_object(path, extra=1, args=2)
+
+        # THEN: A JSON decodeable object should have been returned.
+        assert obj == {'parts': (os.sep, 'base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le'), "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}
+
+    def test_path_json_object_base_path(self):
+        """
+        Test that `Path.json_object` creates a JSON decode-able object from a Path object, that is relative to the
+        base_path
+        """
+        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
+        path = Path('/base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')
+
+        # WHEN: Calling json_object with a base_path
+        obj = PathSerializer().json_object(path, base_path=Path('/', 'base'))
+
+        # THEN: A JSON decodable object should have been returned.
+        assert obj == {'parts': ('path', 'to', 'fi.le'), "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_path.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_path.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_path.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@
 """
 Package to test the openlp.core.common.path package.
 """
+# TODO: fix patches
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
-from unittest.mock import ANY, MagicMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path, copy, copyfile, copytree, create_paths, files_to_paths, path_to_str, \
-    replace_params, str_to_path, which
+from openlp.core.common.path import create_paths, files_to_paths, path_to_str, replace_params, str_to_path, which
 
 
 class TestShutil(TestCase):
@@ -66,139 +67,6 @@
         assert result_args == (1, '2')
         assert result_kwargs == {'arg3': '3', 'arg4': 4}
 
-    def test_copy(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copy`
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked `shutil.copy` which returns a test path as a string
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.copy', return_value=os.path.join('destination', 'test', 'path')) \
-                as mocked_shutil_copy:
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copy` with the src and dst parameters as Path object types
-            result = copy(Path('source', 'test', 'path'), Path('destination', 'test', 'path'))
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.copy` should have been called with the str equivalents of the Path objects.
-            #       :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copy` should return the str type result of calling
-            #       :func:`shutil.copy` as a Path object.
-            mocked_shutil_copy.assert_called_once_with(os.path.join('source', 'test', 'path'),
-                                                       os.path.join('destination', 'test', 'path'))
-            assert result == Path('destination', 'test', 'path')
-
-    def test_copy_follow_optional_params(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copy` when follow_symlinks is set to false
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked `shutil.copy`
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.copy', return_value='') as mocked_shutil_copy:
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copy` with :param:`follow_symlinks` set to False
-            copy(Path('source', 'test', 'path'), Path('destination', 'test', 'path'), follow_symlinks=False)
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.copy` should have been called with :param:`follow_symlinks` set to false
-            mocked_shutil_copy.assert_called_once_with(ANY, ANY, follow_symlinks=False)
-
-    def test_copyfile(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copyfile`
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked :func:`shutil.copyfile` which returns a test path as a string
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.copyfile',
-                   return_value=os.path.join('destination', 'test', 'path')) as mocked_shutil_copyfile:
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copyfile` with the src and dst parameters as Path object
-            #       types
-            result = copyfile(Path('source', 'test', 'path'), Path('destination', 'test', 'path'))
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.copyfile` should have been called with the str equivalents of the Path objects.
-            #       :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copyfile` should return the str type result of calling
-            #       :func:`shutil.copyfile` as a Path object.
-            mocked_shutil_copyfile.assert_called_once_with(os.path.join('source', 'test', 'path'),
-                                                           os.path.join('destination', 'test', 'path'))
-            assert result == Path('destination', 'test', 'path')
-
-    def test_copyfile_optional_params(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copyfile` when follow_symlinks is set to false
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked :func:`shutil.copyfile`
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.copyfile', return_value='') as mocked_shutil_copyfile:
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copyfile` with :param:`follow_symlinks` set to False
-            copyfile(Path('source', 'test', 'path'), Path('destination', 'test', 'path'), follow_symlinks=False)
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.copyfile` should have been called with the optional parameters, with out any of the
-            #       values being modified
-            mocked_shutil_copyfile.assert_called_once_with(ANY, ANY, follow_symlinks=False)
-
-    def test_copytree(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copytree`
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked :func:`shutil.copytree` which returns a test path as a string
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.copytree',
-                   return_value=os.path.join('destination', 'test', 'path')) as mocked_shutil_copytree:
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copytree` with the src and dst parameters as Path object
-            #       types
-            result = copytree(Path('source', 'test', 'path'), Path('destination', 'test', 'path'))
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.copytree` should have been called with the str equivalents of the Path objects.
-            #       :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copytree` should return the str type result of calling
-            #       :func:`shutil.copytree` as a Path object.
-            mocked_shutil_copytree.assert_called_once_with(os.path.join('source', 'test', 'path'),
-                                                           os.path.join('destination', 'test', 'path'))
-            assert result == Path('destination', 'test', 'path')
-
-    def test_copytree_optional_params(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copytree` when optional parameters are passed
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked :func:`shutil.copytree`
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.copytree', return_value='') as mocked_shutil_copytree:
-            mocked_ignore = MagicMock()
-            mocked_copy_function = MagicMock()
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.copytree` with the optional parameters set
-            copytree(Path('source', 'test', 'path'), Path('destination', 'test', 'path'), symlinks=True,
-                     ignore=mocked_ignore, copy_function=mocked_copy_function, ignore_dangling_symlinks=True)
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.copytree` should have been called with the optional parameters, with out any of the
-            #       values being modified
-            mocked_shutil_copytree.assert_called_once_with(ANY, ANY, symlinks=True, ignore=mocked_ignore,
-                                                           copy_function=mocked_copy_function,
-                                                           ignore_dangling_symlinks=True)
-
-    def test_rmtree(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`rmtree`
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked :func:`shutil.rmtree` and a test Path object
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.rmtree', return_value=None) as mocked_shutil_rmtree:
-            path = Path('test', 'path')
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.rmtree` with the path parameter as Path object type
-            path.rmtree()
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.rmtree` should have been called with the the Path object.
-            mocked_shutil_rmtree.assert_called_once_with(Path('test', 'path'), False, None)
-
-    def test_rmtree_optional_params(self):
-        """
-        Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.rmtree` when optional parameters are passed
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A mocked :func:`shutil.rmtree` and a test Path object.
-        with patch('openlp.core.common.path.shutil.rmtree', return_value=None) as mocked_shutil_rmtree:
-            path = Path('test', 'path')
-            mocked_on_error = MagicMock()
-
-            # WHEN: Calling :func:`openlp.core.common.path.rmtree` with :param:`ignore_errors` set to True and
-            #       :param:`onerror` set to a mocked object
-            path.rmtree(ignore_errors=True, onerror=mocked_on_error)
-
-            # THEN: :func:`shutil.rmtree` should have been called with the optional parameters, with out any of the
-            #       values being modified
-            mocked_shutil_rmtree.assert_called_once_with(path, True, mocked_on_error)
-
     def test_which_no_command(self):
         """
         Test :func:`openlp.core.common.path.which` when the command is not found.
@@ -287,57 +155,6 @@
         # THEN: `path_to_str` should return None
         assert result is None
 
-    def test_path_encode_json(self):
-        """
-        Test that `Path.encode_json` returns a Path object from a dictionary representation of a Path object decoded
-        from JSON
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
-        # WHEN: Calling encode_json, with a dictionary representation
-        path = Path.encode_json({'__Path__': ['path', 'to', 'fi.le']}, extra=1, args=2)
-
-        # THEN: A Path object should have been returned
-        assert path == Path('path', 'to', 'fi.le')
-
-    def test_path_encode_json_base_path(self):
-        """
-        Test that `Path.encode_json` returns a Path object from a dictionary representation of a Path object decoded
-        from JSON when the base_path arg is supplied.
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
-        # WHEN: Calling encode_json, with a dictionary representation
-        path = Path.encode_json({'__Path__': ['path', 'to', 'fi.le']}, base_path=Path('/base'))
-
-        # THEN: A Path object should have been returned with an absolute path
-        assert path == Path('/', 'base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')
-
-    def test_path_json_object(self):
-        """
-        Test that `Path.json_object` creates a JSON decode-able object from a Path object
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
-        path = Path('/base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')
-
-        # WHEN: Calling json_object
-        obj = path.json_object(extra=1, args=2)
-
-        # THEN: A JSON decodable object should have been returned.
-        assert obj == {'__Path__': (os.sep, 'base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')}
-
-    def test_path_json_object_base_path(self):
-        """
-        Test that `Path.json_object` creates a JSON decode-able object from a Path object, that is relative to the
-        base_path
-        """
-        # GIVEN: A Path object from openlp.core.common.path
-        path = Path('/base', 'path', 'to', 'fi.le')
-
-        # WHEN: Calling json_object with a base_path
-        obj = path.json_object(base_path=Path('/', 'base'))
-
-        # THEN: A JSON decodable object should have been returned.
-        assert obj == {'__Path__': ('path', 'to', 'fi.le')}
-
     def test_create_paths_dir_exists(self):
         """
         Test the create_paths() function when the path already exists

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_settings.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_settings.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/common/test_settings.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@
         """Test the Settings._convert_value() method when a setting is JSON and represents a Path object"""
         # GIVEN: A settings object
         # WHEN: _convert_value() is run
-        result = Settings()._convert_value('{"__Path__": ["openlp", "core"]}', None)
+        result = Settings()._convert_value(
+            '{"parts": ["openlp", "core"], "json_meta": {"class": "Path", "version": 1}}', None)
 
         # THEN: The result should be a Path object
         assert isinstance(result, Path), 'The result should be a Path object'

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_db.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_db.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_db.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 Package to test the openlp.core.lib package.
 """
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm.scoping import ScopedSession
 from sqlalchemy.pool import NullPool
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.lib.db import delete_database, get_upgrade_op, init_db, upgrade_db
 
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_lib.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_lib.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_lib.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 """
 Package to test the openlp.core.lib package.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.lib import build_icon, check_item_selected, create_separated_list, create_thumb, \
     get_text_file_string, image_to_byte, resize_image, str_to_bool, validate_thumb
 from tests.utils.constants import RESOURCE_PATH

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_serviceitem.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_serviceitem.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/lib/test_serviceitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 Package to test the openlp.core.lib package.
 """
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from openlp.core.state import State
 from openlp.core.common import md5_hash
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib.formattingtags import FormattingTags

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/test_server.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/test_server.py	2019-05-04 18:13:57 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/test_server.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License      #
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.server import Server
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_exceptionform.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_exceptionform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_exceptionform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 import os
 import tempfile
 from collections import OrderedDict
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import call, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.ui import exceptionform
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_firsttimeform.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_firsttimeform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_firsttimeform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 """
 import os
 import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch, DEFAULT
 
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.ui.firsttimeform import FirstTimeForm, ThemeListWidgetItem
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_themeform.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_themeform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_themeform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 """
 Package to test the openlp.core.ui.themeform package.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.ui.themeform import ThemeForm
 
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_thememanager.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_thememanager.py	2019-05-04 11:49:20 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/ui/test_thememanager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@
 """
 import os
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import ANY, MagicMock, patch
 
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.ui.thememanager import ThemeManager
 from tests.utils.constants import RESOURCE_PATH
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
         # THEN: The the controller should be registered in the registry.
         assert Registry().get('theme_manager') is not None, 'The base theme manager should be registered'
 
-    @patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.copyfile')
+    @patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.shutil')
     @patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.create_paths')
-    def test_write_theme_same_image(self, mocked_create_paths, mocked_copyfile):
+    def test_write_theme_same_image(self, mocked_create_paths, mocked_shutil):
         """
         Test that we don't try to overwrite a theme background image with itself
         """
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@
         theme_manager._write_theme(mocked_theme, file_path_1, file_path_1)
 
         # THEN: The mocked_copyfile should not have been called
-        assert mocked_copyfile.called is False, 'copyfile should not be called'
+        assert mocked_shutil.copyfile.called is False, 'copyfile should not be called'
 
-    @patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.copyfile')
+    @patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.shutil')
     @patch('openlp.core.ui.thememanager.create_paths')
-    def test_write_theme_diff_images(self, mocked_create_paths, mocked_copyfile):
+    def test_write_theme_diff_images(self, mocked_create_paths, mocked_shutil):
         """
         Test that we do overwrite a theme background image when a new is submitted
         """
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
         theme_manager._write_theme(mocked_theme, file_path_1, file_path_2)
 
         # THEN: The mocked_copyfile should not have been called
-        assert mocked_copyfile.called is True, 'copyfile should be called'
+        assert mocked_shutil.copyfile.called is True, 'copyfile should be called'
 
     def test_write_theme_special_char_name(self):
         """
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
             # THEN: Files should be unpacked
             assert (folder_path / 'Moss on tree' / 'Moss on tree.xml').exists() is True
             assert mocked_critical_error_message_box.call_count == 0, 'No errors should have happened'
-            folder_path.rmtree()
+            shutil.rmtree(folder_path)
 
     def test_unzip_theme_invalid_version(self):
         """

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/widgets/test_dialogs.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/widgets/test_dialogs.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/widgets/test_dialogs.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.widgets.dialogs import FileDialog
 
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_core/widgets/test_edits.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_core/widgets/test_edits.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_core/widgets/test_edits.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 This module contains tests for the openlp.core.widgets.edits module
 """
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.widgets.dialogs import FileDialog
 from openlp.core.widgets.edits import PathEdit
 from openlp.core.widgets.enums import PathEditType

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_bibleimport.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_bibleimport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_bibleimport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 This module contains tests for the bibleimport module.
 """
 from io import BytesIO
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog
 
 from openlp.core.common.i18n import Language
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.lib.exceptions import ValidationError
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.bibleimport import BibleImport
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.db import BibleDB

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_csvimport.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_csvimport.py	2019-05-04 12:05:53 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_csvimport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 """
 import csv
 from collections import namedtuple
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock, call, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.lib.exceptions import ValidationError
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.bibleimport import BibleImport
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.importers.csvbible import Book, CSVBible, Verse

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_manager.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_manager.py	2019-04-28 19:21:23 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_manager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 """
 This module contains tests for the manager submodule of the Bibles plugin.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.manager import BibleManager
 
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/bibles/test_wordprojectimport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 """
 This module contains tests for the WordProject Bible importer.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.importers.wordproject import WordProjectBible
 from tests.utils.constants import RESOURCE_PATH
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/images/test_lib.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/images/test_lib.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/images/test_lib.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 """
 This module contains tests for the lib submodule of the Images plugin.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import ANY, MagicMock, patch
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtWidgets
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.plugins.images.lib.db import ImageFilenames, ImageGroups
 from openlp.plugins.images.lib.mediaitem import ImageMediaItem

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/images/test_upgrade.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/images/test_upgrade.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/images/test_upgrade.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 """
 import os
 import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase, skip
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from openlp.core.common.applocation import AppLocation
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.lib.db import Manager
 from openlp.plugins.images.lib import upgrade

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/media/test_mediaitem.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/media/test_mediaitem.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/media/test_mediaitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 """
 Test the media plugin
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.plugins.media.lib.mediaitem import MediaMediaItem
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_mediaitem.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_mediaitem.py	2019-05-02 13:45:07 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_mediaitem.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 """
 This module contains tests for the lib submodule of the Presentations plugin.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.mediaitem import PresentationMediaItem
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_pdfcontroller.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_pdfcontroller.py	2019-05-02 17:11:55 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_pdfcontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 This module contains tests for the PdfController
 """
 import os
-from shutil import which
+from pathlib import Path
+from shutil import rmtree, which
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 from PyQt5 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 from openlp.core.common import is_macosx, is_linux, is_win
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.display.screens import ScreenList
 from openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.pdfcontroller import PdfController, PdfDocument
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
         """
         del self.screens
         self.destroy_settings()
-        self.thumbnail_folder_path.rmtree()
-        self.temp_folder_path.rmtree()
+        rmtree(self.thumbnail_folder_path)
+        rmtree(self.temp_folder_path)
 
     def test_constructor(self):
         """

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_presentationcontroller.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_presentationcontroller.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/presentations/test_presentationcontroller.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 Functional tests to test the PresentationController and PresentationDocument
 classes and related methods.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.plugins.presentations.lib.presentationcontroller import PresentationController, PresentationDocument
 
 

=== modified file 'tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsexport.py'
--- tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsexport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/functional/openlp_plugins/songs/test_openlyricsexport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
 """
 This module contains tests for the OpenLyrics song importer.
 """
+import shutil
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.plugins.songs.lib.openlyricsexport import OpenLyricsExport
 from tests.helpers.testmixin import TestMixin
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
         """
         Cleanup
         """
-        self.temp_folder.rmtree()
+        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_folder)
 
     def test_export_same_filename(self):
         """

=== modified file 'tests/helpers/songfileimport.py'
--- tests/helpers/songfileimport.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/helpers/songfileimport.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         """
         A method to load and return an object containing the song data from an external file.
 
-        :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The path of the file to load
+        :param pathlib.Path file_path: The path of the file to load
         """
         return json.loads(file_path.read_bytes().decode())
 

=== modified file 'tests/interfaces/openlp_core/lib/test_pluginmanager.py'
--- tests/interfaces/openlp_core/lib/test_pluginmanager.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/interfaces/openlp_core/lib/test_pluginmanager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 """
 Package to test the openlp.core.lib.pluginmanager package.
 """
+import shutil
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import TestCase, skip
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@
 from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
 
 from openlp.core.common import is_win
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.state import State
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
         if is_win():
             import gc
             gc.collect()
-        self.temp_dir_path.rmtree()
+        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_dir_path)
 
     @skip
     # This test is broken but totally unable to debug it.

=== modified file 'tests/interfaces/openlp_core/ui/test_firsttimeform.py'
--- tests/interfaces/openlp_core/ui/test_firsttimeform.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/interfaces/openlp_core/ui/test_firsttimeform.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 """
 Package to test the openlp.core.ui.firsttimeform package.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, call, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.ui.firsttimeform import ThemeListWidgetItem
 from openlp.core.ui.icons import UiIcons

=== modified file 'tests/interfaces/openlp_core/ui/test_thememanager.py'
--- tests/interfaces/openlp_core/ui/test_thememanager.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/interfaces/openlp_core/ui/test_thememanager.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 """
 Interface tests to test the themeManager class and related methods.
 """
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
 from openlp.core.common.registry import Registry
 from openlp.core.common.settings import Settings
 from openlp.core.ui.thememanager import ThemeManager

=== modified file 'tests/utils/__init__.py'
--- tests/utils/__init__.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/utils/__init__.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@
     """
     A method to load and return an object containing the song data from an external file.
 
-    :param openlp.core.common.path.Path file_path: The path of the file to load
+    :param pathlib.Path file_path: The path of the file to load
     """
     return json.loads(file_path.read_bytes().decode())

=== modified file 'tests/utils/constants.py'
--- tests/utils/constants.py	2019-04-13 13:00:22 +0000
+++ tests/utils/constants.py	2019-05-23 20:08:25 +0000
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. #
 ##########################################################################
 import os
-
-from openlp.core.common.path import Path
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
 OPENLP_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..'))