Source code for lmi.shell.LMIObjectFactory

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[docs]class LMIObjectFactory(object): """ Object factory class. Used to avoid circular import dependencies between several LMI classes. The class implements a singleton design pattern. Example of usage: .. code-block:: python LMIObjectFactory().register(SomeClass) some_obj = LMIObjectFactory().SomeClass(*args, **kwargs) """ # Singleton instance _instance = None def __getattr__(self, name): """ Returns either a class member or a new instance of registered classes. :param string name: member name, which should be returned """ if name in self._classes: return self._classes[name] raise AttributeError(name) def __new__(cls): """ Creates a new :py:class:`.LMIObjectFactory` instance, if not created, and returns the singleton instance object. """ if not cls._instance: cls._instance = super(LMIObjectFactory, cls).__new__(cls) cls._instance._classes = {} return cls._instance
[docs] def register(self, reg_class): """ Registers a class into the factory. """ LMIObjectFactory._instance._classes[reg_class.__name__] = reg_class