Consider this situation:
class Foo(ABC):
#abstractmethod
def some_method(self):
return
class Bar(Foo):
def some_method(self, param):
# do stuff
return
class Baz(Foo):
def some_method(self, param):
# do stuff differently
return
def do_something_with_obj(some_obj: Foo):
some_param = 'stuff'
some_obj.some_method(some_param)
def main(cond):
if cond:
obj = Bar()
else:
obj = Baz()
do_something_with_obj(obj)
I get an Expected 0 positional arguments error when I try to call some_method() under the do_something_with_obj() method. Of course, this is because I'm essentially calling the abstract method. My question is, how can I dynamically refer to the child class method since I have to choose the right child class based on some condition beforehand?
Lets say I have this class:
class Test(object):
def __init__(self, a):
self.a = a
def test(self, b):
if isinstance(self, Test):
return self.a + b
else:
return self + b
This would ideally in my world do this:
>>> Test.test(1,2)
3
>>> Test(1).test(2)
3
Now this doesn't work because you get this error:
TypeError: unbound method test() must be called with Test instance as first argument (got int instance instead)
In python3 this works fine, and I have the sneaking suspicion this is possible with a decorator in python2 but my python foo isn't strong enough to get that to work.
Plot Twist: So what happens when I need something on self when it's not called statically.
If you want something that will actually receive self if called on an instance, but can also be called on the class, writing your own descriptor type may be advisable:
import types
class ClassOrInstanceMethod(object):
def __init__(self, wrapped):
self.wrapped = wrapped
def __get__(self, instance, owner):
if instance is None:
instance = owner
return self.wrapped.__get__(instance, owner)
class demo(object):
#ClassOrInstanceMethod
def foo(self):
# self will be the class if this is called on the class
print(self)
Demo.
For the original version of your question, you could just write it like any other static method, with #staticmethod. Calling a static method on an instance works the same as calling it on the class:
class Test(object):
#staticmethod
def test(a, b):
return a + b
Demo.
I'm trying to access the methods of the class from which it was instantiated another class, I mean, accessing to the "parent" instance without creating a new instance of it.
class A():
def __init__(self):
...
b_instance = B()
...
class B():
def __init__(self):
...
def function1(self):
...
def function2(self):
C().run() # I need to use class C functionalities
...
class C():
def __init__(self):
...
def run(self):
classB.function1() #I can't access to these methods without instantiating again class B
# I have to execute:
>>> a = A()
>>> a.b_instance.function2()
Sorry if I have not explained well, is a bit confusing. If you need any clarification do not hesitate to ask.
EDIT.
In class C a specific handling of the execution of class B methods is done. Is not possible to instanciate again inside C because class B contains the initialization of hardware.
It's still not clear what exactly you're trying to achieve, but here's one fix:
class A():
def __init__(self):
...
b_instance = B()
...
class B():
def __init__(self):
...
def function1(self):
...
def function2(self):
C().run(self) # pass class B instance to C instance run method
...
class C():
def __init__(self):
...
def run(self, classB): # note additional parameter
classB.function1()
However, note that this represents a very high level of coupling between your various classes, which seems suspicious to me and may indicate a deeper flaw in your design.
This can access the class methods from other classes.
use instance method, class methods and static methods, if you are using various types of functins.
class A():
def __init__(self):
print 'in __init__'
self.b_instance = B() # making an instance of class
#self.b_instance.function2()
class B():
def __init__(self):
print 'in __init__, B'
#staticmethod
def function1():
print 'func1'
def function2(self):
C().run() # I need to use class C functionalities
# if you trying to access `run` method of `class C` make
# it instance bound method"""
class C():
def __init__(self):
pass
def run(self):
print 'in run'
B.function1() #I can't access to these methods without instantiating again class B
#you are passing class instance as `B` while calling function1
# so make it either classmethod `#classmethod` or `static method`
# I have to execute:
a = A()
a.b_instance.function2() # calling b_instance variable of class A
Basically, what I want is to do this:
class B:
def fn(self):
print 'B'
class A:
def fn(self):
print 'A'
#extendInherit
class C(A,B):
pass
c=C()
c.fn()
And have the output be
A
B
How would I implement the extendInherit decorator?
This is not a job for decorators. You want to completely change the normal behaviour of a class, so this is actually a job for a metaclass.
import types
class CallAll(type):
""" MetaClass that adds methods to call all superclass implementations """
def __new__(meta, clsname, bases, attrs):
## collect a list of functions defined on superclasses
funcs = {}
for base in bases:
for name, val in vars(base).iteritems():
if type(val) is types.FunctionType:
if name in funcs:
funcs[name].append( val )
else:
funcs[name] = [val]
## now we have all methods, so decorate each of them
for name in funcs:
def caller(self, *args,**kwargs):
""" calls all baseclass implementations """
for func in funcs[name]:
func(self, *args,**kwargs)
attrs[name] = caller
return type.__new__(meta, clsname, bases, attrs)
class B:
def fn(self):
print 'B'
class A:
def fn(self):
print 'A'
class C(A,B, object):
__metaclass__=CallAll
c=C()
c.fn()
A metaclass is a possible solution, but somewhat complex. super can do it very simply (with new style classes of course: there's no reason to use legacy classes in new code!):
class B(object):
def fn(self):
print 'B'
try: super(B, self).fn()
except AttributeError: pass
class A(object):
def fn(self):
print 'A'
try: super(A, self).fn()
except AttributeError: pass
class C(A, B): pass
c = C()
c.fn()
You need the try/except to support any order of single or multiple inheritance (since at some point there will be no further base along the method-resolution-order, MRO, defining a method named fn, you need to catch and ignore the resulting AttributeError). But as you see, differently from what you appear to think based on your comment to a different answer, you don't necessarily need to override fn in your leafmost class unless you need to do something specific to that class in such an override -- super works fine on purely inherited (not overridden) methods, too!
I personally wouldn't try doing this with a decorator since using new-style classes and super(), the following can be achieved:
>>> class A(object):
... def __init__(self):
... super(A, self).__init__()
... print "A"
...
>>> class B(object):
... def __init__(self):
... super(B, self).__init__()
... print "B"
...
>>> class C(A, B):
... def __init__(self):
... super(C, self).__init__()
...
>>> foo = C()
B
A
I'd imagine method invocations would work the same way.
class A(object):
def __init__(self, a, b, c):
#super(A, self).__init__()
super(self.__class__, self).__init__()
class B(A):
def __init__(self, b, c):
print super(B, self)
print super(self.__class__, self)
#super(B, self).__init__(1, b, c)
super(self.__class__, self).__init__(1, b, c)
class C(B):
def __init__(self, c):
#super(C, self).__init__(2, c)
super(self.__class__, self).__init__(2, c)
C(3)
In the above code, the commented out __init__ calls appear to the be the commonly accepted "smart" way to do super class initialization. However in the event that the class hierarchy is likely to change, I have been using the uncommented form, until recently.
It appears that in the call to the super constructor for B in the above hierarchy, that B.__init__ is called again, self.__class__ is actually C, not B as I had always assumed.
Is there some way in Python-2.x that I can maintain proper MRO (with respect to initializing all parent classes in the correct order) when calling super constructors while not naming the current class (the B in in super(B, self).__init__(1, b, c))?
Short answer: no, there's no way to implicitly invoke the right __init__ with the right arguments of the right parent class in Python 2.x.
Incidentally, the code as shown here is incorrect: if you use super().__init__, then all classes in your hierarchy must have the same signature in their __init__ methods. Otherwise your code can stop working if you introduce a new subclass that uses multiple inheritance.
See http://fuhm.net/super-harmful/ for a longer description of the issue (with pictures).
Your code has nothing to do with method resolution order. Method resolution comes in the case of multiple inheritance which is not the case of your example. Your code is simply wrong because you assume that self.__class__ is actually the same class of the one where the method is defined and this is wrong:
>>> class A(object):
... def __init__(self):
... print self.__class__
...
>>>
>>> class B(A):
... def __init__(self):
... A.__init__(self)
...
>>> B()
<class '__main__.B'>
<__main__.B object at 0x1bcfed0>
>>> A()
<class '__main__.A'>
<__main__.A object at 0x1bcff90>
>>>
so when you should call:
super(B, self).__init__(1, b, c)
you are indeed calling:
# super(self.__class__, self).__init__(1, b, c)
super(C, self).__init__(1, b, c)
EDIT: trying to better answer the question.
class A(object):
def __init__(self, a):
for cls in self.__class__.mro():
if cls is not object:
cls._init(self, a)
def _init(self, a):
print 'A._init'
self.a = a
class B(A):
def _init(self, a):
print 'B._init'
class C(A):
def _init(self, a):
print 'C._init'
class D(B, C):
def _init(self, a):
print 'D._init'
d = D(3)
print d.a
prints:
D._init
B._init
C._init
A._init
3
(A modified version of template pattern).
Now parents' methods are really called implicitly, but i have to agree with python zen where explicit is better than implicit because the code is lesser readable and the gain is poor. But beware that all _init methods have the same parameters, you cannot completely forget about parents and I don't suggest to do so.
For single inheritance, a better approach is explicitly calling parent's method, without invoking super. Doing so you don't have to name the current class, but still you must care about who is the parent's class.
Good reads are: how-does-pythons-super-do-the-right-thing and the links suggested in that question and in particularity Python's Super is nifty, but you can't use it
If hierarchy is likely to change is symptoms of bad design and has consequences in all the parts who are using that code and should not be encouraged.
EDIT 2
Another example comes me in mind, but which uses metaclasses. Urwid library uses metaclass to store an attribute, __super, in class so that you need just to access to that attribute.
Ex:
>>> class MetaSuper(type):
... """adding .__super"""
... def __init__(cls, name, bases, d):
... super(MetaSuper, cls).__init__(name, bases, d)
... if hasattr(cls, "_%s__super" % name):
... raise AttributeError, "Class has same name as one of its super classes"
... setattr(cls, "_%s__super" % name, super(cls))
...
>>> class A:
... __metaclass__ = MetaSuper
... def __init__(self, a):
... self.a = a
... print 'A.__init__'
...
>>> class B(A):
... def __init__(self, a):
... print 'B.__init__'
... self.__super.__init__(a)
...
>>> b = B(42)
B.__init__
A.__init__
>>> b.a
42
>>>
Perhaps what you are looking for is metaclasses?
class metawrap(type):
def __new__(mcs,name, bases, dict):
dict['bases'] = bases
return type.__new__(mcs,name,bases,dict)
class A(object):
def __init__(self):
pass
def test(self):
print "I am class A"
class B(A):
__metaclass__ = metawrap
def __init__(self):
pass
def test(self):
par = super(self.bases[0],self)
par.__thisclass__.test(self)
foo = B()
foo.test()
Prints "I am class A"
What the metaclass does is overriding the initial creation of the B class (not the object) and makes sure that the builtin dictionary for each B object now contains a bases array where you can find all the baseclasses for B
To my knowledge, the following isn't commonly done. But it does seem to work.
Methods in a given class definition always mangle double-underscore attributes to include the name of the class they're defined in. So, if you stash a reference to the class in name-mangled form where the instances can see it, you can use that in the call to super.
An example stashing the references on the object itself, by implementing __new__ on the baseclass:
def mangle(cls, name):
if not name.startswith('__'):
raise ValueError('name must start with double underscore')
return '_%s%s' % (cls.__name__, name)
class ClassStasher(object):
def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
obj = object.__new__(cls)
for c in cls.mro():
setattr(obj, mangle(c, '__class'), c)
return obj
class A(ClassStasher):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in A', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
class B(A):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in B', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
class C(A):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in C', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
class D(B, C):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in D', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
d = D()
print d
And, doing a similar thing, but using a meta-class and stashing the __class references on the class objects themselves:
class ClassStasherType(type):
def __init__(cls, name, bases, attributes):
setattr(cls, mangle(cls, '__class'), cls)
class ClassStasher(object):
__metaclass__ = ClassStasherType
class A_meta(ClassStasher):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in A_meta', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
class B_meta(A_meta):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in B_meta', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
class C_meta(A_meta):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in C_meta', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
class D_meta(B_meta, C_meta):
def __init__(self):
print 'init in D_meta', self.__class
super(self.__class, self).__init__()
d = D_meta()
print d
Running this all together, as one source file:
% python /tmp/junk.py
init in D <class '__main__.D'>
init in B <class '__main__.B'>
init in C <class '__main__.C'>
init in A <class '__main__.A'>
<__main__.D object at 0x1004a4a50>
init in D_meta <class '__main__.D_meta'>
init in B_meta <class '__main__.B_meta'>
init in C_meta <class '__main__.C_meta'>
init in A_meta <class '__main__.A_meta'>
<__main__.D_meta object at 0x1004a4bd0>