Standardized versions of various cool and/or strange things that you can do with Python's reflection capabilities.

Function fullyQualifiedName Return the fully qualified name of a module, class, method or function. Classes and functions need to be module level ones to be correctly qualified.
Function prefixedMethodNames Given a class object classObj, returns a list of method names that match the string prefix.
Function addMethodNamesToDict This goes through classObj (and its bases) and puts method names starting with 'prefix' in 'dict' with a value of 1. if baseClass isn't None, methods will only be added if classObj is-a baseClass
Function prefixedMethods Given an object obj, returns a list of method objects that match the string prefix.
Function accumulateMethods Given an object obj, add all methods that begin with prefix.
Function namedModule Return a module given its name.
Function namedObject Get a fully named module-global object.
Function requireModule Try to import a module given its name, returning default value if ImportError is raised during import.
Class InvalidName The given name is not a dot-separated list of Python objects.
Class ModuleNotFound The module associated with the given name doesn't exist and it can't be imported.
Class ObjectNotFound The object associated with the given name doesn't exist and it can't be imported.
Function namedAny No summary
Function filenameToModuleName Convert a name in the filesystem to the name of the Python module it is.
Function qual Return full import path of a class.
Function safe_repr Returns a string representation of an object, or a string containing a traceback, if that object's __repr__ raised an exception.
Function safe_str Returns a string representation of an object, or a string containing a traceback, if that object's __str__ raised an exception.
Class QueueMethod I represent a method that doesn't exist yet.
Function fullFuncName Undocumented
Function getClass Return the class or type of object 'obj'. Returns sensible result for oldstyle and newstyle instances and types.
Function accumulateClassDict Accumulate all attributes of a given name in a class hierarchy into a single dictionary.
Function accumulateClassList Accumulate all attributes of a given name in a class hierarchy into a single list.
Function isSame Undocumented
Function isLike Undocumented
Function modgrep Undocumented
Function isOfType Undocumented
Function findInstances Undocumented
Function objgrep An insanely CPU-intensive process for finding stuff.
Class _NoModuleFound No module was found because none exists.
Function _importAndCheckStack No summary
Function _determineClass Undocumented
Function _determineClassName Undocumented
Function _safeFormat Helper function for safe_repr and safe_str.
def fullyQualifiedName(obj): (source)

Return the fully qualified name of a module, class, method or function. Classes and functions need to be module level ones to be correctly qualified.

Returns (type: str.)
def prefixedMethodNames(classObj, prefix): (source)

Given a class object classObj, returns a list of method names that match the string prefix.

ParametersclassObjA class object from which to collect method names.
prefixA native string giving a prefix. Each method with a name which begins with this prefix will be returned. (type: str)
ReturnsA list of the names of matching methods of classObj (and base classes of classObj). (type: list of str)
def addMethodNamesToDict(classObj, dict, prefix, baseClass=None): (source)

This goes through classObj (and its bases) and puts method names starting with 'prefix' in 'dict' with a value of 1. if baseClass isn't None, methods will only be added if classObj is-a baseClass

If the class in question has the methods 'prefix_methodname' and 'prefix_methodname2', the resulting dict should look something like: {"methodname": 1, "methodname2": 1}.

ParametersclassObjA class object from which to collect method names.
dictA dict which will be updated with the results of the accumulation. Items are added to this dictionary, with method names as keys and 1 as values. (type: dict)
prefixA native string giving a prefix. Each method of classObj (and base classes of classObj) with a name which begins with this prefix will be returned. (type: str)
baseClassA class object at which to stop searching upwards for new methods. To collect all method names, do not pass a value for this parameter.
ReturnsNone
def prefixedMethods(obj, prefix=''): (source)

Given an object obj, returns a list of method objects that match the string prefix.

ParametersobjAn arbitrary object from which to collect methods.
prefixA native string giving a prefix. Each method of obj with a name which begins with this prefix will be returned. (type: str)
ReturnsA list of the matching method objects. (type: list)
def accumulateMethods(obj, dict, prefix='', curClass=None): (source)

Given an object obj, add all methods that begin with prefix.

ParametersobjAn arbitrary object to collect methods from.
dictA dict which will be updated with the results of the accumulation. Items are added to this dictionary, with method names as keys and corresponding instance method objects as values. (type: dict)
prefixA native string giving a prefix. Each method of obj with a name which begins with this prefix will be returned. (type: str)
curClassThe class in the inheritance hierarchy at which to start collecting methods. Collection proceeds up. To collect all methods from obj, do not pass a value for this parameter.
ReturnsNone
def namedModule(name): (source)

Return a module given its name.

def namedObject(name): (source)

Get a fully named module-global object.

def requireModule(name, default=None): (source)

Try to import a module given its name, returning default value if ImportError is raised during import.

ParametersnameModule name as it would have been passed to import. (type: str.)
defaultValue returned in case ImportError is raised while importing the module.
ReturnsModule or default value.
def _importAndCheckStack(importName): (source)

Import the given name as a module, then walk the stack to determine whether the failure was the module not existing, or some code in the module (for example a dependent import) failing. This can be helpful to determine whether any actual application code was run. For example, to distiguish administrative error (entering the wrong module name), from programmer error (writing buggy code in a module that fails to import).

ParametersimportNameThe name of the module to import. (type: str)
RaisesExceptionif something bad happens. This can be any type of exception, since nobody knows what loading some arbitrary code might do.
_NoModuleFoundif no module was found.
def namedAny(name): (source)

Retrieve a Python object by its fully qualified name from the global Python module namespace. The first part of the name, that describes a module, will be discovered and imported. Each subsequent part of the name is treated as the name of an attribute of the object specified by all of the name which came before it. For example, the fully-qualified name of this object is 'twisted.python.reflect.namedAny'.

ParametersnameThe name of the object to return. (type: str)
Returnsthe Python object identified by 'name'.
RaisesInvalidNameIf the name is an empty string, starts or ends with a '.', or is otherwise syntactically incorrect.
ModuleNotFoundIf the name is syntactically correct but the module it specifies cannot be imported because it does not appear to exist.
ObjectNotFoundIf the name is syntactically correct, includes at least one '.', but the module it specifies cannot be imported because it does not appear to exist.
AttributeErrorIf an attribute of an object along the way cannot be accessed, or a module along the way is not found.
def filenameToModuleName(fn): (source)

Convert a name in the filesystem to the name of the Python module it is.

This is aggressive about getting a module name back from a file; it will always return a string. Aggressive means 'sometimes wrong'; it won't look at the Python path or try to do any error checking: don't use this method unless you already know that the filename you're talking about is a Python module.

ParametersfnA filesystem path to a module or package; bytes on Python 2, bytes or unicode on Python 3.
ReturnsA hopefully importable module name. (type: str)
def qual(clazz): (source)

Return full import path of a class.

def _determineClass(x): (source)
Undocumented
def _determineClassName(x): (source)
Undocumented
def _safeFormat(formatter, o): (source)

Helper function for safe_repr and safe_str.

Called when repr or str fail. Returns a string containing info about o and the latest exception.

Parametersformatterstr or repr. (type: type)
oAny object.
ReturnsA string containing information about o and the raised exception. (type: str)
def safe_repr(o): (source)

Returns a string representation of an object, or a string containing a traceback, if that object's __repr__ raised an exception.

ParametersoAny object.
Returns (type: str)
def safe_str(o): (source)

Returns a string representation of an object, or a string containing a traceback, if that object's __str__ raised an exception.

ParametersoAny object.
Returns (type: str)
def fullFuncName(func): (source)
Undocumented
def getClass(obj): (source)

Return the class or type of object 'obj'. Returns sensible result for oldstyle and newstyle instances and types.

def accumulateClassDict(classObj, attr, adict, baseClass=None): (source)

Accumulate all attributes of a given name in a class hierarchy into a single dictionary.

Assuming all class attributes of this name are dictionaries. If any of the dictionaries being accumulated have the same key, the one highest in the class hierarchy wins. (XXX: If "highest" means "closest to the starting class".)

Ex:

 class Soy:
   properties = {"taste": "bland"}

 class Plant:
   properties = {"colour": "green"}

 class Seaweed(Plant):
   pass

 class Lunch(Soy, Seaweed):
   properties = {"vegan": 1 }

 dct = {}

 accumulateClassDict(Lunch, "properties", dct)

 print(dct)

{"taste": "bland", "colour": "green", "vegan": 1}

def accumulateClassList(classObj, attr, listObj, baseClass=None): (source)

Accumulate all attributes of a given name in a class hierarchy into a single list.

Assuming all class attributes of this name are lists.

def isSame(a, b): (source)
Undocumented
def isLike(a, b): (source)
Undocumented
def modgrep(goal): (source)
Undocumented
def isOfType(start, goal): (source)
Undocumented
def findInstances(start, t): (source)
Undocumented
def objgrep(start, goal, eq=isLike, path='', paths=None, seen=None, showUnknowns=0, maxDepth=None): (source)

An insanely CPU-intensive process for finding stuff.

API Documentation for Twisted, generated by pydoctor at 2017-06-11 10:59:01.