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#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
A lightweight Traits like module.
This is designed to provide a lightweight, simple, pure Python version of
many of the capabilities of enthought.traits. This includes:
* Validation
* Type specification with defaults
* Static and dynamic notification
* Basic predefined types
* An API that is similar to enthought.traits
We don't support:
* Delegation
* Automatic GUI generation
* A full set of trait types. Most importantly, we don't provide container
traitlets (list, dict, tuple) that can trigger notifications if their
contents change.
* API compatibility with enthought.traits
There are also some important difference in our design:
* enthought.traits does not validate default values. We do.
We choose to create this module because we need these capabilities, but
we need them to be pure Python so they work in all Python implementations,
including Jython and IronPython.
Authors:
* Brian Granger
* Enthought, Inc. Some of the code in this file comes from enthought.traits
and is licensed under the BSD license. Also, many of the ideas also come
from enthought.traits even though our implementation is very different.
"""
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Copyright (C) 2008-2009 The IPython Development Team
#
# Distributed under the terms of the BSD License. The full license is in
# the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Imports
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
import inspect
import sys
import types
from types import (
InstanceType, ClassType, FunctionType,
ListType, TupleType
)
from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
ClassTypes = (ClassType, type)
SequenceTypes = (ListType, TupleType)
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Basic classes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class NoDefaultSpecified ( object ): pass
NoDefaultSpecified = NoDefaultSpecified()
class Undefined ( object ): pass
Undefined = Undefined()
class TraitletError(Exception):
pass
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Utilities
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
def class_of ( object ):
""" Returns a string containing the class name of an object with the
correct indefinite article ('a' or 'an') preceding it (e.g., 'an Image',
'a PlotValue').
"""
if isinstance( object, basestring ):
return add_article( object )
return add_article( object.__class__.__name__ )
def add_article ( name ):
""" Returns a string containing the correct indefinite article ('a' or 'an')
prefixed to the specified string.
"""
if name[:1].lower() in 'aeiou':
return 'an ' + name
return 'a ' + name
def repr_type(obj):
""" Return a string representation of a value and its type for readable
error messages.
"""
the_type = type(obj)
if the_type is InstanceType:
# Old-style class.
the_type = obj.__class__
msg = '%r %r' % (obj, the_type)
return msg
def parse_notifier_name(name):
"""Convert the name argument to a list of names.
Examples
--------
>>> parse_notifier_name('a')
['a']
>>> parse_notifier_name(['a','b'])
['a', 'b']
>>> parse_notifier_name(None)
['anytraitlet']
"""
if isinstance(name, str):
return [name]
elif name is None:
return ['anytraitlet']
elif isinstance(name, (list, tuple)):
for n in name:
assert isinstance(n, str), "names must be strings"
return name
class _SimpleTest:
def __init__ ( self, value ): self.value = value
def __call__ ( self, test ):
return test == self.value
def __repr__(self):
return "<SimpleTest(%r)" % self.value
def __str__(self):
return self.__repr__()
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Base TraitletType for all traitlets
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TraitletType(object):
"""A base class for all traitlet descriptors.
Notes
-----
Our implementation of traitlets is based on Python's descriptor
prototol. This class is the base class for all such descriptors. The
only magic we use is a custom metaclass for the main :class:`HasTraitlets`
class that does the following:
1. Sets the :attr:`name` attribute of every :class:`TraitletType`
instance in the class dict to the name of the attribute.
2. Sets the :attr:`this_class` attribute of every :class:`TraitletType`
instance in the class dict to the *class* that declared the traitlet.
This is used by the :class:`This` traitlet to allow subclasses to
accept superclasses for :class:`This` values.
"""
metadata = {}
default_value = Undefined
info_text = 'any value'
def __init__(self, default_value=NoDefaultSpecified, **metadata):
"""Create a TraitletType.
"""
if default_value is not NoDefaultSpecified:
self.default_value = default_value
if len(metadata) > 0:
if len(self.metadata) > 0:
self._metadata = self.metadata.copy()
self._metadata.update(metadata)
else:
self._metadata = metadata
else:
self._metadata = self.metadata
self.init()
def init(self):
pass
def get_default_value(self):
"""Create a new instance of the default value."""
dv = self.default_value
return dv
def instance_init(self, obj):
"""This is called by :meth:`HasTraitlets.__new__` to finish init'ing.
Some stages of initialization must be delayed until the parent
:class:`HasTraitlets` instance has been created. This method is
called in :meth:`HasTraitlets.__new__` after the instance has been
created.
This method trigger the creation and validation of default values
and also things like the resolution of str given class names in
:class:`Type` and :class`Instance`.
Parameters
----------
obj : :class:`HasTraitlets` instance
The parent :class:`HasTraitlets` instance that has just been
created.
"""
self.set_default_value(obj)
def set_default_value(self, obj):
"""Set the default value on a per instance basis.
This method is called by :meth:`instance_init` to create and
validate the default value. The creation and validation of
default values must be delayed until the parent :class:`HasTraitlets`
class has been instantiated.
"""
dv = self.get_default_value()
newdv = self._validate(obj, dv)
obj._traitlet_values[self.name] = newdv
def __get__(self, obj, cls=None):
"""Get the value of the traitlet by self.name for the instance.
Default values are instantiated when :meth:`HasTraitlets.__new__`
is called. Thus by the time this method gets called either the
default value or a user defined value (they called :meth:`__set__`)
is in the :class:`HasTraitlets` instance.
"""
if obj is None:
return self
else:
try:
value = obj._traitlet_values[self.name]
except:
# HasTraitlets should call set_default_value to populate
# this. So this should never be reached.
raise TraitletError('Unexpected error in TraitletType: '
'default value not set properly')
else:
return value
def __set__(self, obj, value):
new_value = self._validate(obj, value)
old_value = self.__get__(obj)
if old_value != new_value:
obj._traitlet_values[self.name] = new_value
obj._notify_traitlet(self.name, old_value, new_value)
def _validate(self, obj, value):
if hasattr(self, 'validate'):
return self.validate(obj, value)
elif hasattr(self, 'is_valid_for'):
valid = self.is_valid_for(value)
if valid:
return value
else:
raise TraitletError('invalid value for type: %r' % value)
elif hasattr(self, 'value_for'):
return self.value_for(value)
else:
return value
def info(self):
return self.info_text
def error(self, obj, value):
if obj is not None:
e = "The '%s' traitlet of %s instance must be %s, but a value of %s was specified." \
% (self.name, class_of(obj),
self.info(), repr_type(value))
else:
e = "The '%s' traitlet must be %s, but a value of %r was specified." \
% (self.name, self.info(), repr_type(value))
raise TraitletError(e)
def get_metadata(self, key):
return getattr(self, '_metadata', {}).get(key, None)
def set_metadata(self, key, value):
getattr(self, '_metadata', {})[key] = value
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The HasTraitlets implementation
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class MetaHasTraitlets(type):
"""A metaclass for HasTraitlets.
This metaclass makes sure that any TraitletType class attributes are
instantiated and sets their name attribute.
"""
def __new__(mcls, name, bases, classdict):
"""Create the HasTraitlets class.
This instantiates all TraitletTypes in the class dict and sets their
:attr:`name` attribute.
"""
for k,v in classdict.iteritems():
if isinstance(v, TraitletType):
v.name = k
elif inspect.isclass(v):
if issubclass(v, TraitletType):
vinst = v()
vinst.name = k
classdict[k] = vinst
return super(MetaHasTraitlets, mcls).__new__(mcls, name, bases, classdict)
def __init__(cls, name, bases, classdict):
"""Finish initializing the HasTraitlets class.
This sets the :attr:`this_class` attribute of each TraitletType in the
class dict to the newly created class ``cls``.
"""
for k, v in classdict.iteritems():
if isinstance(v, TraitletType):
v.this_class = cls
super(MetaHasTraitlets, cls).__init__(name, bases, classdict)
class HasTraitlets(object):
__metaclass__ = MetaHasTraitlets
def __new__(cls, *args, **kw):
inst = super(HasTraitlets, cls).__new__(cls, *args, **kw)
inst._traitlet_values = {}
inst._traitlet_notifiers = {}
# Here we tell all the TraitletType instances to set their default
# values on the instance.
for key in dir(cls):
value = getattr(cls, key)
if isinstance(value, TraitletType):
value.instance_init(inst)
return inst
# def __init__(self):
# self._traitlet_values = {}
# self._traitlet_notifiers = {}
def _notify_traitlet(self, name, old_value, new_value):
# First dynamic ones
callables = self._traitlet_notifiers.get(name,[])
more_callables = self._traitlet_notifiers.get('anytraitlet',[])
callables.extend(more_callables)
# Now static ones
try:
cb = getattr(self, '_%s_changed' % name)
except:
pass
else:
callables.append(cb)
# Call them all now
for c in callables:
# Traits catches and logs errors here. I allow them to raise
if callable(c):
argspec = inspect.getargspec(c)
nargs = len(argspec[0])
# Bound methods have an additional 'self' argument
# I don't know how to treat unbound methods, but they
# can't really be used for callbacks.
if isinstance(c, types.MethodType):
offset = -1
else:
offset = 0
if nargs + offset == 0:
c()
elif nargs + offset == 1:
c(name)
elif nargs + offset == 2:
c(name, new_value)
elif nargs + offset == 3:
c(name, old_value, new_value)
else:
raise TraitletError('a traitlet changed callback '
'must have 0-3 arguments.')
else:
raise TraitletError('a traitlet changed callback '
'must be callable.')
def _add_notifiers(self, handler, name):
if not self._traitlet_notifiers.has_key(name):
nlist = []
self._traitlet_notifiers[name] = nlist
else:
nlist = self._traitlet_notifiers[name]
if handler not in nlist:
nlist.append(handler)
def _remove_notifiers(self, handler, name):
if self._traitlet_notifiers.has_key(name):
nlist = self._traitlet_notifiers[name]
try:
index = nlist.index(handler)
except ValueError:
pass
else:
del nlist[index]
def on_traitlet_change(self, handler, name=None, remove=False):
"""Setup a handler to be called when a traitlet changes.
This is used to setup dynamic notifications of traitlet changes.
Static handlers can be created by creating methods on a HasTraitlets
subclass with the naming convention '_[traitletname]_changed'. Thus,
to create static handler for the traitlet 'a', create the method
_a_changed(self, name, old, new) (fewer arguments can be used, see
below).
Parameters
----------
handler : callable
A callable that is called when a traitlet changes. Its
signature can be handler(), handler(name), handler(name, new)
or handler(name, old, new).
name : list, str, None
If None, the handler will apply to all traitlets. If a list
of str, handler will apply to all names in the list. If a
str, the handler will apply just to that name.
remove : bool
If False (the default), then install the handler. If True
then unintall it.
"""
if remove:
names = parse_notifier_name(name)
for n in names:
self._remove_notifiers(handler, n)
else:
names = parse_notifier_name(name)
for n in names:
self._add_notifiers(handler, n)
def traitlet_names(self, **metadata):
"""Get a list of all the names of this classes traitlets."""
return self.traitlets(**metadata).keys()
def traitlets(self, **metadata):
"""Get a list of all the traitlets of this class.
The TraitletTypes returned don't know anything about the values
that the various HasTraitlet's instances are holding.
This follows the same algorithm as traits does and does not allow
for any simple way of specifying merely that a metadata name
exists, but has any value. This is because get_metadata returns
None if a metadata key doesn't exist.
"""
traitlets = dict([memb for memb in inspect.getmembers(self.__class__) if \
isinstance(memb[1], TraitletType)])
if len(metadata) == 0:
return traitlets
for meta_name, meta_eval in metadata.items():
if type(meta_eval) is not FunctionType:
metadata[meta_name] = _SimpleTest(meta_eval)
result = {}
for name, traitlet in traitlets.items():
for meta_name, meta_eval in metadata.items():
if not meta_eval(traitlet.get_metadata(meta_name)):
break
else:
result[name] = traitlet
return result
def traitlet_metadata(self, traitletname, key):
"""Get metadata values for traitlet by key."""
try:
traitlet = getattr(self.__class__, traitletname)
except AttributeError:
raise TraitletError("Class %s does not have a traitlet named %s" %
(self.__class__.__name__, traitletname))
else:
return traitlet.get_metadata(key)
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Actual TraitletTypes implementations/subclasses
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# TraitletTypes subclasses for handling classes and instances of classes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class ClassBasedTraitletType(TraitletType):
"""A traitlet with error reporting for Type, Instance and This."""
def error(self, obj, value):
kind = type(value)
if kind is InstanceType:
msg = 'class %s' % value.__class__.__name__
else:
msg = '%s (i.e. %s)' % ( str( kind )[1:-1], repr( value ) )
super(ClassBasedTraitletType, self).error(obj, msg)
class Type(ClassBasedTraitletType):
"""A traitlet whose value must be a subclass of a specified class."""
def __init__ (self, default_value=None, klass=None, allow_none=True, **metadata ):
"""Construct a Type traitlet
A Type traitlet specifies that its values must be subclasses of
a particular class.
If only ``default_value`` is given, it is used for the ``klass`` as
well.
Parameters
----------
default_value : class, str or None
The default value must be a subclass of klass. If an str,
the str must be a fully specified class name, like 'foo.bar.Bah'.
The string is resolved into real class, when the parent
:class:`HasTraitlets` class is instantiated.
klass : class, str, None
Values of this traitlet must be a subclass of klass. The klass
may be specified in a string like: 'foo.bar.MyClass'.
The string is resolved into real class, when the parent
:class:`HasTraitlets` class is instantiated.
allow_none : boolean
Indicates whether None is allowed as an assignable value. Even if
``False``, the default value may be ``None``.
"""
if default_value is None:
if klass is None:
klass = object
elif klass is None:
klass = default_value
if not (inspect.isclass(klass) or isinstance(klass, basestring)):
raise TraitletError("A Type traitlet must specify a class.")
self.klass = klass
self._allow_none = allow_none
super(Type, self).__init__(default_value, **metadata)
def validate(self, obj, value):
"""Validates that the value is a valid object instance."""
try:
if issubclass(value, self.klass):
return value
except:
if (value is None) and (self._allow_none):
return value
self.error(obj, value)
def info(self):
""" Returns a description of the trait."""
if isinstance(self.klass, basestring):
klass = self.klass
else:
klass = self.klass.__name__
result = 'a subclass of ' + klass
if self._allow_none:
return result + ' or None'
return result
def instance_init(self, obj):
self._resolve_classes()
super(Type, self).instance_init(obj)
def _resolve_classes(self):
if isinstance(self.klass, basestring):
self.klass = import_item(self.klass)
if isinstance(self.default_value, basestring):
self.default_value = import_item(self.default_value)
def get_default_value(self):
return self.default_value
class DefaultValueGenerator(object):
"""A class for generating new default value instances."""
def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
self.args = args
self.kw = kw
def generate(self, klass):
return klass(*self.args, **self.kw)
class Instance(ClassBasedTraitletType):
"""A trait whose value must be an instance of a specified class.
The value can also be an instance of a subclass of the specified class.
"""
def __init__(self, klass=None, args=None, kw=None,
allow_none=True, **metadata ):
"""Construct an Instance traitlet.
This traitlet allows values that are instances of a particular
class or its sublclasses. Our implementation is quite different
from that of enthough.traits as we don't allow instances to be used
for klass and we handle the ``args`` and ``kw`` arguments differently.
Parameters
----------
klass : class, str
The class that forms the basis for the traitlet. Class names
can also be specified as strings, like 'foo.bar.Bar'.
args : tuple
Positional arguments for generating the default value.
kw : dict
Keyword arguments for generating the default value.
allow_none : bool
Indicates whether None is allowed as a value.
Default Value
-------------
If both ``args`` and ``kw`` are None, then the default value is None.
If ``args`` is a tuple and ``kw`` is a dict, then the default is
created as ``klass(*args, **kw)``. If either ``args`` or ``kw`` is
not (but not both), None is replace by ``()`` or ``{}``.
"""
self._allow_none = allow_none
if (klass is None) or (not (inspect.isclass(klass) or isinstance(klass, basestring))):
raise TraitletError('The klass argument must be a class'
' you gave: %r' % klass)
self.klass = klass
# self.klass is a class, so handle default_value
if args is None and kw is None:
default_value = None
else:
if args is None:
# kw is not None
args = ()
elif kw is None:
# args is not None
kw = {}
if not isinstance(kw, dict):
raise TraitletError("The 'kw' argument must be a dict or None.")
if not isinstance(args, tuple):
raise TraitletError("The 'args' argument must be a tuple or None.")
default_value = DefaultValueGenerator(*args, **kw)
super(Instance, self).__init__(default_value, **metadata)
def validate(self, obj, value):
if value is None:
if self._allow_none:
return value
self.error(obj, value)
if isinstance(value, self.klass):
return value
else:
self.error(obj, value)
def info(self):
if isinstance(self.klass, basestring):
klass = self.klass
else:
klass = self.klass.__name__
result = class_of(klass)
if self._allow_none:
return result + ' or None'
return result
def instance_init(self, obj):
self._resolve_classes()
super(Instance, self).instance_init(obj)
def _resolve_classes(self):
if isinstance(self.klass, basestring):
self.klass = import_item(self.klass)
def get_default_value(self):
"""Instantiate a default value instance.
This is called when the containing HasTraitlets classes'
:meth:`__new__` method is called to ensure that a unique instance
is created for each HasTraitlets instance.
"""
dv = self.default_value
if isinstance(dv, DefaultValueGenerator):
return dv.generate(self.klass)
else:
return dv
class This(ClassBasedTraitletType):
"""A traitlet for instances of the class containing this trait.
Because how how and when class bodies are executed, the ``This``
traitlet can only have a default value of None. This, and because we
always validate default values, ``allow_none`` is *always* true.
"""
info_text = 'an instance of the same type as the receiver or None'
def __init__(self, **metadata):
super(This, self).__init__(None, **metadata)
def validate(self, obj, value):
# What if value is a superclass of obj.__class__? This is
# complicated if it was the superclass that defined the This
# traitlet.
if isinstance(value, self.this_class) or (value is None):
return value
else:
self.error(obj, value)
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Basic TraitletTypes implementations/subclasses
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Any(TraitletType):
default_value = None
info_text = 'any value'
class Int(TraitletType):
"""A integer traitlet."""
evaluate = int
default_value = 0
info_text = 'an integer'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, int):
return value
self.error(obj, value)
class CInt(Int):
"""A casting version of the int traitlet."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
try:
return int(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Long(TraitletType):
"""A long integer traitlet."""
evaluate = long
default_value = 0L
info_text = 'a long'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, long):
return value
if isinstance(value, int):
return long(value)
self.error(obj, value)
class CLong(Long):
"""A casting version of the long integer traitlet."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
try:
return long(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Float(TraitletType):
"""A float traitlet."""
evaluate = float
default_value = 0.0
info_text = 'a float'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, float):
return value
if isinstance(value, int):
return float(value)
self.error(obj, value)
class CFloat(Float):
"""A casting version of the float traitlet."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
try:
return float(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Complex(TraitletType):
"""A traitlet for complex numbers."""
evaluate = complex
default_value = 0.0 + 0.0j
info_text = 'a complex number'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, complex):
return value
if isinstance(value, (float, int)):
return complex(value)
self.error(obj, value)
class CComplex(Complex):
"""A casting version of the complex number traitlet."""
def validate (self, obj, value):
try:
return complex(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Str(TraitletType):
"""A traitlet for strings."""
evaluate = lambda x: x
default_value = ''
info_text = 'a string'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, str):
return value
self.error(obj, value)
class CStr(Str):
"""A casting version of the string traitlet."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
try:
return str(value)
except:
try:
return unicode(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Unicode(TraitletType):
"""A traitlet for unicode strings."""
evaluate = unicode
default_value = u''
info_text = 'a unicode string'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, unicode):
return value
if isinstance(value, str):
return unicode(value)
self.error(obj, value)
class CUnicode(Unicode):
"""A casting version of the unicode traitlet."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
try:
return unicode(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Bool(TraitletType):
"""A boolean (True, False) traitlet."""
evaluate = bool
default_value = False
info_text = 'a boolean'
def validate(self, obj, value):
if isinstance(value, bool):
return value
self.error(obj, value)
class CBool(Bool):
"""A casting version of the boolean traitlet."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
try:
return bool(value)
except:
self.error(obj, value)
class Enum(TraitletType):
"""An enum that whose value must be in a given sequence."""
def __init__(self, values, default_value=None, allow_none=True, **metadata):
self.values = values
self._allow_none = allow_none
super(Enum, self).__init__(default_value, **metadata)
def validate(self, obj, value):
if value is None:
if self._allow_none:
return value
if value in self.values:
return value
self.error(obj, value)
def info(self):
""" Returns a description of the trait."""
result = 'any of ' + repr(self.values)
if self._allow_none:
return result + ' or None'
return result
class CaselessStrEnum(Enum):
"""An enum of strings that are caseless in validate."""
def validate(self, obj, value):
if value is None:
if self._allow_none:
return value
if not isinstance(value, str):
self.error(obj, value)
for v in self.values:
if v.lower() == value.lower():
return v
self.error(obj, value)
class List(Instance):
"""An instance of a Python list."""
def __init__(self, default_value=None, allow_none=True, **metadata):
"""Create a list traitlet type from a list or tuple.
The default value is created by doing ``list(default_value)``,
which creates a copy of the ``default_value``.
"""
if default_value is None:
args = ((),)
elif isinstance(default_value, SequenceTypes):
args = (default_value,)
super(List,self).__init__(klass=list, args=args,
allow_none=allow_none, **metadata)