pyx/base.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 # -*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-
   3 #
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (C) 2002 Jörg Lehmann <joergl@users.sourceforge.net>
   6 # Copyright (C) 2002 André Wobst <wobsta@users.sourceforge.net>
   7 #
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   9 #
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  23
  24 #
  25 # Postscript operators
  26 #
  27
  28 class PSOp:
  29
  30     """Poscript Operators
  31
  32     Everything, you can write in a (E)PS file
  33
  34     """
  35
  36     def write(self, file):
  37         """writing into a file is the only routine, a PSOp has to supply"""
  38         raise NotImplementedError, "cannot call virtual method write()"
  39
  40     def prolog(self):
  41         """return list of prolog items"""
  42         return []
  43
  44 #
  45 # PSCmd class
  46 #
  47
  48 class PSCmd(PSOp):
  49
  50     """ PSCmd is the base class of all visible elements
  51
  52     Visible elements are those, that can be embedded in the Canvas
  53     and posses a bbox.
  54
  55     """
  56
  57     def bbox(self):
  58         raise NotImplementedError, "cannot call virtual method bbox()"
  59
  60 #
  61 # attribute classification
  62 #
  63
  64 # XXX is any fillattr also a strokeattr
  65 #     (could be defined by inheritance here once and for all)
  66
  67 class strokeattr(PSOp): pass
  68
  69 class fillattr(PSOp): pass
  70
  71 #
  72 # PyX Exception class
  73 #
  74
  75 class PyXExcept(Exception):
  76
  77     """base class for all PyX Exceptions"""
  78
  79     pass