HIK: Getting current character and current source.

class HIK:
    def getCurrentCharacter(self):
        import maya.cmds as mc;
        currentCharacterLabel= False;
        currentCharacterIndex= mc.optionMenuGrp("hikCharacterList",q=1,sl=1);
        items= mc.optionMenuGrp("hikCharacterList",q=1,itemListLong=1);
        currentCharacterItem= items[currentCharacterIndex-1];
        currentCharacterLabel= mc.menuItem(currentCharacterItem,q=1,label=1);
        if not mc.objExists(currentCharacterLabel): currentCharacterLabel= None;
        elif mc.nodeType(currentCharacterLabel)!="HIKCharacterNode": currentCharacterLabel= None;
        return(currentCharacterLabel);
    def getCurrentSource(self):
        import maya.cmds as mc;
        currentSourceLabel= False;
        currentSourceIndex= mc.optionMenuGrp("hikSourceList",q=1,sl=1);
        items= mc.optionMenuGrp("hikSourceList",q=1,itemListLong=1);
        currentSourceItem= items[currentSourceIndex-1];
        currentSourceLabel= mc.menuItem(currentSourceItem,q=1,label=1);
        if not mc.objExists(currentSourceLabel): currentSourceLabel= None;
        elif mc.nodeType(currentSourceLabel)!="HIKCharacterNode": currentSourceLabel= None;
        else:
            if currentSourceLabel[0]==" ":currentSourceLabel= currentSourceLabel[1:len(currentSourceLabel)];
        return(currentSourceLabel);
# Current character node in HIK character list
currentCharacter= HIK().getCurrentCharacter();
# Current character node in HIK source list
currentSource= HIK().getCurrentSource();