pyx/base.py

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python
   2 # -*- coding: ISO-8859-1 -*-
   3 #
   4 #
   5 # Copyright (C) 2002-2004 Jörg Lehmann <joergl@users.sourceforge.net>
   6 # Copyright (C) 2002-2004 André Wobst <wobsta@users.sourceforge.net>
   7 #
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  23
  24 #
  25 # Postscript operators
  26 #
  27
  28 __metaclass__ = type
  29
  30 class PSOp:
  31
  32     """Poscript Operators
  33
  34     Everything, you can write in a (E)PS file
  35
  36     """
  37
  38     def outputPS(self, file):
  39         """writing into a file is the only routine, a PSOp has to supply"""
  40         raise NotImplementedError("cannot call virtual method outputPS()")
  41
  42     def prolog(self):
  43         """return list of prolog items"""
  44         return []
  45
  46 #
  47 # PSCmd class
  48 #
  49
  50 class PSCmd(PSOp):
  51
  52     """ PSCmd is the base class of all visible elements
  53
  54     Visible elements are those, that can be embedded in the Canvas
  55     and posses a bbox.
  56
  57     """
  58
  59     def bbox(self):
  60         raise NotImplementedError, "cannot call virtual method bbox()"
  61
  62 #
  63 # PyX Exception class
  64 #
  65
  66 class PyXExcept(Exception):
  67
  68     """base class for all PyX Exceptions"""
  69
  70     pass