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diff --git a/src/pyssg/database_entry.py b/src/pyssg/database_entry.py
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+from typing import Union
+from logging import Logger, getLogger
+
+log: Logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class DatabaseEntry:
+    # not specifying the type of "list" as it could be only str
+    #   or the actual values
+    def __init__(self, entry: list) -> None:
+        self.fname: str = entry[0]
+        self.ctimestamp: float = float(entry[1])
+        self.mtimestamp: float = float(entry[2])
+        self.checksum: str = entry[3]
+        self.tags: list[str]
+
+        if isinstance(entry[4], list):
+            self.tags = entry[4]
+        else:
+            if entry[4] == '-':
+                self.tags = []
+            else:
+                self.tags = entry[4].split(',')
+
+        log.debug('tag content: [%s]', ', '.join(self.tags))
+
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        _return_str: str = '[{}, {}, {}, {}, [{}]]'\
+                .format(self.fname,
+                        self.ctimestamp,
+                        self.mtimestamp,
+                        self.checksum,
+                        ', '.join(self.tags))
+        return _return_str
+
+
+    def get_raw_entry(self) -> list[str]:
+        return [self.fname,
+                str(self.ctimestamp),
+                str(self.mtimestamp),
+                self.checksum,
+                ','.join(self.tags) if self.tags else '-']
+
+
+    def update_tags(self, new_tags: list[str]) -> None:
+        self.tags = new_tags