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1 # Copyright 2007 Google, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
2 # Licensed to PSF under a Contributor Agreement.
4 """Abstract Base Classes (ABCs) according to PEP 3119."""
7 def abstractmethod(funcobj):
8 """A decorator indicating abstract methods.
10 Requires that the metaclass is ABCMeta or derived from it. A
11 class that has a metaclass derived from ABCMeta cannot be
12 instantiated unless all of its abstract methods are overridden.
13 The abstract methods can be called using any of the normal
14 'super' call mechanisms.
16 Usage:
18 class C:
19 __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
20 @abstractmethod
21 def my_abstract_method(self, ...):
22 ...
23 """
24 funcobj.__isabstractmethod__ = True
25 return funcobj
28 class abstractproperty(property):
29 """A decorator indicating abstract properties.
31 Requires that the metaclass is ABCMeta or derived from it. A
32 class that has a metaclass derived from ABCMeta cannot be
33 instantiated unless all of its abstract properties are overridden.
34 The abstract properties can be called using any of the normal
35 'super' call mechanisms.
37 Usage:
39 class C:
40 __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
41 @abstractproperty
42 def my_abstract_property(self):
43 ...
45 This defines a read-only property; you can also define a read-write
46 abstract property using the 'long' form of property declaration:
48 class C:
49 __metaclass__ = ABCMeta
50 def getx(self): ...
51 def setx(self, value): ...
52 x = abstractproperty(getx, setx)
53 """
54 __isabstractmethod__ = True
57 class ABCMeta(type):
59 """Metaclass for defining Abstract Base Classes (ABCs).
61 Use this metaclass to create an ABC. An ABC can be subclassed
62 directly, and then acts as a mix-in class. You can also register
63 unrelated concrete classes (even built-in classes) and unrelated
64 ABCs as 'virtual subclasses' -- these and their descendants will
65 be considered subclasses of the registering ABC by the built-in
66 issubclass() function, but the registering ABC won't show up in
67 their MRO (Method Resolution Order) nor will method
68 implementations defined by the registering ABC be callable (not
69 even via super()).
71 """
73 # A global counter that is incremented each time a class is
74 # registered as a virtual subclass of anything. It forces the
75 # negative cache to be cleared before its next use.
76 _abc_invalidation_counter = 0
78 def __new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace):
79 cls = super(ABCMeta, mcls).__new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace)
80 # Compute set of abstract method names
81 abstracts = set(name
82 for name, value in namespace.items()
83 if getattr(value, "__isabstractmethod__", False))
84 for base in bases:
85 for name in getattr(base, "__abstractmethods__", set()):
86 value = getattr(cls, name, None)
87 if getattr(value, "__isabstractmethod__", False):
88 abstracts.add(name)
89 cls.__abstractmethods__ = frozenset(abstracts)
90 # Set up inheritance registry
91 cls._abc_registry = set()
92 cls._abc_cache = set()
93 cls._abc_negative_cache = set()
94 cls._abc_negative_cache_version = ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter
95 return cls
97 def register(cls, subclass):
98 """Register a virtual subclass of an ABC."""
99 if not isinstance(cls, type):
100 raise TypeError("Can only register classes")
101 if issubclass(subclass, cls):
102 return # Already a subclass
103 # Subtle: test for cycles *after* testing for "already a subclass";
104 # this means we allow X.register(X) and interpret it as a no-op.
105 if issubclass(cls, subclass):
106 # This would create a cycle, which is bad for the algorithm below
107 raise RuntimeError("Refusing to create an inheritance cycle")
108 cls._abc_registry.add(subclass)
109 ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter += 1 # Invalidate negative cache
111 def _dump_registry(cls, file=None):
112 """Debug helper to print the ABC registry."""
113 print >> file, "Class: %s.%s" % (cls.__module__, cls.__name__)
114 print >> file, "Inv.counter: %s" % ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter
115 for name in sorted(cls.__dict__.keys()):
116 if name.startswith("_abc_"):
117 value = getattr(cls, name)
118 print >> file, "%s: %r" % (name, value)
120 def __instancecheck__(cls, instance):
121 """Override for isinstance(instance, cls)."""
122 # Inline the cache checking when it's simple.
123 subclass = getattr(instance, '__class__', None)
124 if subclass in cls._abc_cache:
125 return True
126 subtype = type(instance)
127 if subtype is subclass or subclass is None:
128 if (cls._abc_negative_cache_version ==
129 ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter and
130 subtype in cls._abc_negative_cache):
131 return False
132 # Fall back to the subclass check.
133 return cls.__subclasscheck__(subtype)
134 return (cls.__subclasscheck__(subclass) or
135 cls.__subclasscheck__(subtype))
137 def __subclasscheck__(cls, subclass):
138 """Override for issubclass(subclass, cls)."""
139 # Check cache
140 if subclass in cls._abc_cache:
141 return True
142 # Check negative cache; may have to invalidate
143 if cls._abc_negative_cache_version < ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter:
144 # Invalidate the negative cache
145 cls._abc_negative_cache = set()
146 cls._abc_negative_cache_version = ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter
147 elif subclass in cls._abc_negative_cache:
148 return False
149 # Check the subclass hook
150 ok = cls.__subclasshook__(subclass)
151 if ok is not NotImplemented:
152 assert isinstance(ok, bool)
153 if ok:
154 cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
155 else:
156 cls._abc_negative_cache.add(subclass)
157 return ok
158 # Check if it's a direct subclass
159 if cls in getattr(subclass, '__mro__', ()):
160 cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
161 return True
162 # Check if it's a subclass of a registered class (recursive)
163 for rcls in cls._abc_registry:
164 if issubclass(subclass, rcls):
165 cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
166 return True
167 # Check if it's a subclass of a subclass (recursive)
168 for scls in cls.__subclasses__():
169 if issubclass(subclass, scls):
170 cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
171 return True
172 # No dice; update negative cache
173 cls._abc_negative_cache.add(subclass)
174 return False