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# ConfigurableMeta.py

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    00001 # File: AthenaCommon/python/ConfigurableMeta.py
    00002 # Author: Wim Lavrijsen (WLavrijsen@lbl.gov)
    00003
    00004 import GaudiKernel.PropertyProxy as PropertyProxy
    00005
    00006
    00007 ### data
    00008 __version__ = '1.0.1'
    00009 __author__  = 'Wim Lavrijsen (WLavrijsen@lbl.gov)'
    00010
    00011 __all__ = [ 'ConfigurableMeta' ]
    00012
    00013 ### this metaclass installs PropertyProxy descriptors for Gaudi properties
    00014 class ConfigurableMeta( type ):
    00015     """The setting of Gaudi component properties needs to be deferred and
    00016        history of who set what where needs to be collected. This is done
    00017        by using PropertyProxy descriptors rather than the default ones."""
    00018
    00019     def __new__( self, name, bases, dct ):
    00020      # enfore use of classmethod for getType() and setDefaults()
    00021         if 'getType' in dct and not isinstance( dct[ 'getType' ], classmethod ):
    00022             dct[ 'getType' ] = classmethod( dct[ 'getType' ] )
    00023
    00024         if 'setDefaults' in dct and not isinstance( dct[ 'setDefaults' ], classmethod ):
    00025             dct[ 'setDefaults' ] = classmethod( dct[ 'setDefaults' ] )
    00026
    00027      # collect what are properties (basically, any public name; C++ variables
    00028      # shouldn't start with an '_' because of portability constraints, hence
    00029      # it is safe to assume that any such vars are python private ones)
    00030         newclass = type.__new__( self, name, bases, dct )
    00031
    00032      # cache references of instances by name for duplicate removal
    00033         newclass.configurables = {}
    00034
    00035      # loop over slots, which are all assumed to be properties, create proxies, defaults
    00036         properties = {}
    00037         slots = dct.get( '__slots__' )
    00038         if slots:
    00039             props = [ x for x in slots if x[0] != '_' ]
    00040             propDict = dct.get('_propertyDocDct')
    00041             for prop in props:
    00042                 docString = propDict and propDict.get(prop)
    00043                 if type(slots) == dict:
    00044                     default = slots[prop]
    00045                 else:
    00046                     default = None
    00047                 proxy = PropertyProxy.PropertyProxyFactory( getattr( newclass, prop ), docString, default )
    00048
    00049                 properties[ prop ] = proxy
    00050                 setattr( newclass, prop, proxy )
    00051
    00052      # complete set of properties includes those from base classes
    00053         for base in bases:
    00054             try:
    00055                 bprops = base._properties.copy()
    00056                 bprops.update( properties )
    00057                 properties = bprops
    00058             except AttributeError:
    00059                 pass
    00060
    00061         newclass._properties = properties
    00062
    00063         return newclass
    00064
    00065     def __call__( cls, *args, **kwargs ):
    00066         """To Gaudi, any object with the same type/name is the same object. Hence,
    00067            this is mimicked in the configuration: instantiating a new Configurable
    00068            of a type with the same name will return the same instance."""
    00069
    00070      # Get the instance: `singleton' logic needs to be in __new__, not here,
    00071      # for compatibililty with pickling.)
    00072         cfg = cls.__new__( cls, *args, **kwargs )
    00073
    00074      # Initialize the object, if not done already.
    00075         if not hasattr(cfg, '_initok') or not cfg._initok:
    00076             cls.__init__( cfg, *args, **kwargs )
    00077
    00078         return cfg

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