pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse

Returns:

Raises:

classmethod GetClasses(scope=None, subclassOf=None)

Return a generator for all classes, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.
subclassOf - when the item is a subclass of subclassOf.

Parameters:

scope (Union[Type, ModuleType, None]) – Undocumented.
subclassOf (Optional[Type]) – An attribute class or tuple thereof, to filter for that attribute type or subtype.

Return type:

Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]

Returns:

A sequence of classes where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetFunctions(scope=None)

Return a generator for all functions, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of functions where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetMethods(scope=None)

Return a generator for all methods, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of methods where this attribute is attached to.

static _AppendAttribute(entity, attribute)

Append an attribute to a language entity (class, method, function).

Hint

This method can be used in attribute groups to apply multiple attributes within __call__ method.

class GroupAttribute(Attribute):
  def __call__(self, entity: Entity) -> Entity:
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))

    return entity

Parameters:

entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity, the attribute is attached to.
attribute (Attribute) – Attribute to attach.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a class, method or function.

Return type:

__call__(entity)

Attributes get attached to an entity (function, class, method) and an index is updated at the attribute for reverse lookups.

Parameters:: entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity (function, class, method), to attach an attribute to.
Return type:: TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])
Returns:: Same entity, with attached attribute.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a function, class nor method.

_classes: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of classes, this Attribute was attached to.

_functions: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of functions, this Attribute was attached to.

_methods: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of methods, this Attribute was attached to.

_scope: ClassVar[AttributeScope] = 7: Allowed language construct this attribute can be used with.

class pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse._HandlerMixin[source]

A mixin-class that offers a class field for a reference to a handler method and a matching property.

Inheritance

_handler: Callable: Reference to a method that is called to handle e.g. a sub-command.

property Handler: Callable: Returns the handler method.

class pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse.CommandLineArgument[source]

Base-class for all Argument classes.

An argument instance can be converted via AsArgument to a single string value or a sequence of string values (tuple) usable e.g. with subprocess.Popen. Each argument class implements at least one pattern parameter to specify how argument are formatted.

There are multiple derived formats supporting:

commands
→ Command
simple names (flags)
→ Flag, BooleanFlag
simple values (vlaued flags)
→ StringArgument, PathArgument
names and values
→ ValuedFlag, OptionalValuedFlag
key-value pairs
→ NamedKeyValuePair

Inheritance

__init__(*args, **kwargs)[source]

The constructor expects positional (*args) and/or named parameters (**kwargs) which are passed without modification to add_argument().

Parameters:

args (Any)
kwargs (Any)

Return type:

None

property Args: Tuple: A tuple of additional positional parameters (*args) passed to the attribute. These additional parameters are passed without modification to ArgumentParser.

property KWArgs: Dict: A dictionary of additional named parameters (**kwargs) passed to the attribute. These additional parameters are passed without modification to ArgumentParser.

classmethod GetAttributes(method, includeSubClasses=True)

Returns attached attributes of this kind for a given method.

Parameters:

method (MethodType)
includeSubClasses (bool)

Return type:

Returns:

Raises:

classmethod GetClasses(scope=None, subclassOf=None)

Return a generator for all classes, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.
subclassOf - when the item is a subclass of subclassOf.

Parameters:

scope (Union[Type, ModuleType, None]) – Undocumented.
subclassOf (Optional[Type]) – An attribute class or tuple thereof, to filter for that attribute type or subtype.

Return type:

Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]

Returns:

A sequence of classes where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetFunctions(scope=None)

Return a generator for all functions, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of functions where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetMethods(scope=None)

Return a generator for all methods, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of methods where this attribute is attached to.

property Handler: Callable: Returns the handler method.

static _AppendAttribute(entity, attribute)

Append an attribute to a language entity (class, method, function).

Hint

This method can be used in attribute groups to apply multiple attributes within __call__ method.

class GroupAttribute(Attribute):
  def __call__(self, entity: Entity) -> Entity:
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))

    return entity

Parameters:

entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity, the attribute is attached to.
attribute (Attribute) – Attribute to attach.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a class, method or function.

Return type:

__call__(entity)

Attributes get attached to an entity (function, class, method) and an index is updated at the attribute for reverse lookups.

Parameters:: entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity (function, class, method), to attach an attribute to.
Return type:: TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])
Returns:: Same entity, with attached attribute.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a function, class nor method.

_classes: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of classes, this Attribute was attached to.

_functions: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of functions, this Attribute was attached to.

_methods: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of methods, this Attribute was attached to.

_scope: ClassVar[AttributeScope] = 7: Allowed language construct this attribute can be used with.

_handler: Callable: Reference to a method that is called to handle e.g. a sub-command.

class pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse.CommandGroupAttribute[source]

Experimental attribute to group sub-commands in groups for better readability in a prog.py --help call.

Inheritance

__init__(groupName)[source]

The constructor expects a ‘groupName’ which can be used to group sub-commands for better readability.

Parameters:: groupName (str)
Return type:: None

property GroupName: str: Returns the name of the command group.

classmethod GetAttributes(method, includeSubClasses=True)

Returns attached attributes of this kind for a given method.

Parameters:

method (MethodType)
includeSubClasses (bool)

Return type:

Returns:

Raises:

classmethod GetClasses(scope=None, subclassOf=None)

Return a generator for all classes, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.
subclassOf - when the item is a subclass of subclassOf.

Parameters:

scope (Union[Type, ModuleType, None]) – Undocumented.
subclassOf (Optional[Type]) – An attribute class or tuple thereof, to filter for that attribute type or subtype.

Return type:

Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]

Returns:

A sequence of classes where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetFunctions(scope=None)

Return a generator for all functions, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of functions where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetMethods(scope=None)

Return a generator for all methods, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of methods where this attribute is attached to.

static _AppendAttribute(entity, attribute)

Append an attribute to a language entity (class, method, function).

Hint

This method can be used in attribute groups to apply multiple attributes within __call__ method.

class GroupAttribute(Attribute):
  def __call__(self, entity: Entity) -> Entity:
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))

    return entity

Parameters:

entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity, the attribute is attached to.
attribute (Attribute) – Attribute to attach.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a class, method or function.

Return type:

__call__(entity)

Attributes get attached to an entity (function, class, method) and an index is updated at the attribute for reverse lookups.

Parameters:: entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity (function, class, method), to attach an attribute to.
Return type:: TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])
Returns:: Same entity, with attached attribute.
Raises:: TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a function, class nor method.

_classes: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of classes, this Attribute was attached to.

_functions: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of functions, this Attribute was attached to.

_methods: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of methods, this Attribute was attached to.

_scope: ClassVar[AttributeScope] = 7: Allowed language construct this attribute can be used with.

class pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse.DefaultHandler[source]

Marks a handler method as default handler. This method is called if no sub-command is given.

It’s an error, if more than one method is annotated with this attribute.

Inheritance

__call__(func)[source]

Attributes get attached to an entity (function, class, method) and an index is updated at the attribute for reverse lookups.

Parameters:

entity – Entity (function, class, method), to attach an attribute to.
func (Callable)

Return type:

Callable

Returns:

Same entity, with attached attribute.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a function, class nor method.

classmethod GetAttributes(method, includeSubClasses=True)

Returns attached attributes of this kind for a given method.

Parameters:

method (MethodType)
includeSubClasses (bool)

Return type:

Returns:

Raises:

classmethod GetClasses(scope=None, subclassOf=None)

Return a generator for all classes, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.
subclassOf - when the item is a subclass of subclassOf.

Parameters:

scope (Union[Type, ModuleType, None]) – Undocumented.
subclassOf (Optional[Type]) – An attribute class or tuple thereof, to filter for that attribute type or subtype.

Return type:

Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]

Returns:

A sequence of classes where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetFunctions(scope=None)

Return a generator for all functions, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of functions where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetMethods(scope=None)

Return a generator for all methods, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of methods where this attribute is attached to.

property Handler: Callable: Returns the handler method.

static _AppendAttribute(entity, attribute)

Append an attribute to a language entity (class, method, function).

Hint

This method can be used in attribute groups to apply multiple attributes within __call__ method.

class GroupAttribute(Attribute):
  def __call__(self, entity: Entity) -> Entity:
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))

    return entity

Parameters:

entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity, the attribute is attached to.
attribute (Attribute) – Attribute to attach.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a class, method or function.

Return type:

_classes: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of classes, this Attribute was attached to.

_functions: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of functions, this Attribute was attached to.

_methods: ClassVar[List[Any]] = []: List of methods, this Attribute was attached to.

_scope: ClassVar[AttributeScope] = 7: Allowed language construct this attribute can be used with.

_handler: Callable: Reference to a method that is called to handle e.g. a sub-command.

class pyTooling.Attributes.ArgParse.CommandHandler[source]

Marks a handler method as responsible for the given ‘command’. This constructs a sub-command parser using add_subparsers().

Inheritance

__init__(command, help='', **kwargs)[source]

The constructor expects a ‘command’ and an optional list of named parameters (keyword arguments) which are passed without modification to add_subparsers().

Parameters:

command (str)
help (str)
kwargs (Any)

Return type:

None

__call__(func)[source]

Attributes get attached to an entity (function, class, method) and an index is updated at the attribute for reverse lookups.

Parameters:

entity – Entity (function, class, method), to attach an attribute to.
func (M)

Return type:

TypeVar(M, bound= Callable)

Returns:

Same entity, with attached attribute.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a function, class nor method.

property Command: str: Returns the ‘command’ a sub-command parser adheres to.

property Args: Tuple: A tuple of additional positional parameters (*args) passed to the attribute. These additional parameters are passed without modification to ArgumentParser.

property KWArgs: Dict: A dictionary of additional named parameters (**kwargs) passed to the attribute. These additional parameters are passed without modification to ArgumentParser.

classmethod GetAttributes(method, includeSubClasses=True)

Returns attached attributes of this kind for a given method.

Parameters:

method (MethodType)
includeSubClasses (bool)

Return type:

Returns:

Raises:

classmethod GetClasses(scope=None, subclassOf=None)

Return a generator for all classes, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.
subclassOf - when the item is a subclass of subclassOf.

Parameters:

scope (Union[Type, ModuleType, None]) – Undocumented.
subclassOf (Optional[Type]) – An attribute class or tuple thereof, to filter for that attribute type or subtype.

Return type:

Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]

Returns:

A sequence of classes where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetFunctions(scope=None)

Return a generator for all functions, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of functions where this attribute is attached to.

classmethod GetMethods(scope=None)

Return a generator for all methods, where this attribute is attached to.

The resulting item stream can be filtered by:

scope - when the item is a nested class in scope scope.

Parameters:: scope (Optional[Type]) – Undocumented.
Return type:: Generator[TypeVar(TAttr, bound= Attribute), None, None]
Returns:: A sequence of methods where this attribute is attached to.

property Handler: Callable: Returns the handler method.

static _AppendAttribute(entity, attribute)

Append an attribute to a language entity (class, method, function).

Hint

This method can be used in attribute groups to apply multiple attributes within __call__ method.

class GroupAttribute(Attribute):
  def __call__(self, entity: Entity) -> Entity:
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))
    self._AppendAttribute(entity, SimpleAttribute(...))

    return entity

Parameters:

entity (TypeVar(Entity, bound= Union[Type, Callable])) – Entity, the attribute is attached to.
attribute (Attribute) – Attribute to attach.

Raises:

TypeError – If parameter ‘entity’ is not a class, method or function.

Return type: