meta.py

import inspect

from .dprint import dprint
from .revision import update_revision_information

# update version information directly from SVN
update_revision_information("$HeadURL$", "$Revision$")

class MetaObject(object):
    class Implementation(object):
        def __init__(self, meta):
            assert isinstance(meta, MetaObject)
            self._meta = meta

        @property
        def meta(self):
            return self._meta

        def __str__(self):
            return "<%s.%s>" % (self._meta.__class__.__name__, self.__class__.__name__)

    def __str__(self):
        return "<%s>" % self.__class__.__name__

    def implement_class(self, cls, *args, **kargs):
        assert cls == self.Implementation or cls in self.Implementation.__subclasses__(), (cls, self.Implementation)
        if __debug__:
            try:
                return cls(self, *args, **kargs)
            except TypeError:
                dprint("TypeError in ", self.__class__.__name__, ".", self.Implementation.__name__, level="error")
                dprint("self.Implementation takes: ", inspect.getargspec(self.Implementation.__init__), level="error")
                dprint("self.Implementation got: ", args, " ", kargs, level="error")
                raise

        else:
            return cls(self, *args, **kargs)

    def implement(self, *args, **kargs):
        if __debug__:
            return self.implement_class(self.Implementation, *args, **kargs)

        else:
            return self.Implementation(self, *args, **kargs)