Module pedantic.mixins.generic_mixin

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from types import GenericAlias
from typing import List, Type, TypeVar, Dict, Generic, Any, Optional


class GenericMixin:
    """
        A mixin that provides easy access to given type variables.

        Example:
            >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
            >>> T = TypeVar('T')
            >>> U = TypeVar('U')
            >>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
            ...     values: List[T]
            ...     value: U
            >>> f = Foo[str, int]()
            >>> f.type_vars
            {~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
    """

    @property
    def type_var(self) -> Type:
        """
            Get the type variable for this class.
            Use this for convenience if your class has only one type parameter.

            Example:
                >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
                >>> T = TypeVar('T')
                >>> class Foo(Generic[T], GenericMixin):
                ...     value: T
                >>> f = Foo[float]()
                >>> f.type_var
                <class 'float'>
        """

        types = self._get_types()
        assert len(types) == 1, f'You have multiple type parameters. Please use "type_vars" instead of "type_var".'
        return list(types.values())[0]  # type: ignore

    @property
    def type_vars(self) -> Dict[TypeVar, Type]:
        """
            Returns the mapping of type variables to types.

            Example:
                >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
                >>> T = TypeVar('T')
                >>> U = TypeVar('U')
                >>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
                ...     values: List[T]
                ...     value: U
                >>> f = Foo[str, int]()
                >>> f.type_vars
                {~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
        """

        return self._get_types()

    def _get_types(self) -> Dict[TypeVar, Type]:
        """
            See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57706180/generict-base-class-how-to-get-type-of-t-from-within-instance/60984681#60984681
        """

        non_generic_error = AssertionError(
            f'{self.class_name} is not a generic class. To make it generic, declare it like: '
            f'class {self.class_name}(Generic[T], GenericMixin):...')

        if not hasattr(self, '__orig_bases__'):
            raise non_generic_error

        generic_base = get_generic_base(obj=self)

        if not generic_base:
            for base in self.__orig_bases__:  # type: ignore # (we checked existence above)
                if not hasattr(base, '__origin__'):
                    continue

                generic_base = get_generic_base(base.__origin__)

                if generic_base:
                    types = base.__args__
                    break
        else:
            if not hasattr(self, '__orig_class__'):
                raise AssertionError(
                    f'You need to instantiate this class with type parameters! Example: {self.class_name}[int]()\n'
                    f'Also make sure that you do not call this in the __init__() method of your class! '
                    f'See also https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90899')

            types = self.__orig_class__.__args__  # type: ignore

        type_vars = generic_base.__args__
        return {v: t for v, t in zip(type_vars, types)}

    @property
    def class_name(self) -> str:
        """ Get the name of the class of this instance. """

        return type(self).__name__


def get_generic_base(obj: Any) -> Optional[GenericAlias]:
    generic_bases = [c for c in obj.__orig_bases__ if hasattr(c, '__origin__') and c.__origin__ == Generic]

    if generic_bases:
        return generic_bases[0]  # this is safe because a class can have at most one "Generic" superclass

    return None

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import doctest
    doctest.testmod(verbose=False, optionflags=doctest.ELLIPSIS)

Functions

def get_generic_base(obj: Any) ‑> Optional[types.GenericAlias]
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def get_generic_base(obj: Any) -> Optional[GenericAlias]:
    generic_bases = [c for c in obj.__orig_bases__ if hasattr(c, '__origin__') and c.__origin__ == Generic]

    if generic_bases:
        return generic_bases[0]  # this is safe because a class can have at most one "Generic" superclass

    return None

Classes

class GenericMixin

A mixin that provides easy access to given type variables.

Example

>>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
>>> T = TypeVar('T')
>>> U = TypeVar('U')
>>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
...     values: List[T]
...     value: U
>>> f = Foo[str, int]()
>>> f.type_vars
{~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
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class GenericMixin:
    """
        A mixin that provides easy access to given type variables.

        Example:
            >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
            >>> T = TypeVar('T')
            >>> U = TypeVar('U')
            >>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
            ...     values: List[T]
            ...     value: U
            >>> f = Foo[str, int]()
            >>> f.type_vars
            {~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
    """

    @property
    def type_var(self) -> Type:
        """
            Get the type variable for this class.
            Use this for convenience if your class has only one type parameter.

            Example:
                >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
                >>> T = TypeVar('T')
                >>> class Foo(Generic[T], GenericMixin):
                ...     value: T
                >>> f = Foo[float]()
                >>> f.type_var
                <class 'float'>
        """

        types = self._get_types()
        assert len(types) == 1, f'You have multiple type parameters. Please use "type_vars" instead of "type_var".'
        return list(types.values())[0]  # type: ignore

    @property
    def type_vars(self) -> Dict[TypeVar, Type]:
        """
            Returns the mapping of type variables to types.

            Example:
                >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
                >>> T = TypeVar('T')
                >>> U = TypeVar('U')
                >>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
                ...     values: List[T]
                ...     value: U
                >>> f = Foo[str, int]()
                >>> f.type_vars
                {~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
        """

        return self._get_types()

    def _get_types(self) -> Dict[TypeVar, Type]:
        """
            See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57706180/generict-base-class-how-to-get-type-of-t-from-within-instance/60984681#60984681
        """

        non_generic_error = AssertionError(
            f'{self.class_name} is not a generic class. To make it generic, declare it like: '
            f'class {self.class_name}(Generic[T], GenericMixin):...')

        if not hasattr(self, '__orig_bases__'):
            raise non_generic_error

        generic_base = get_generic_base(obj=self)

        if not generic_base:
            for base in self.__orig_bases__:  # type: ignore # (we checked existence above)
                if not hasattr(base, '__origin__'):
                    continue

                generic_base = get_generic_base(base.__origin__)

                if generic_base:
                    types = base.__args__
                    break
        else:
            if not hasattr(self, '__orig_class__'):
                raise AssertionError(
                    f'You need to instantiate this class with type parameters! Example: {self.class_name}[int]()\n'
                    f'Also make sure that you do not call this in the __init__() method of your class! '
                    f'See also https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/90899')

            types = self.__orig_class__.__args__  # type: ignore

        type_vars = generic_base.__args__
        return {v: t for v, t in zip(type_vars, types)}

    @property
    def class_name(self) -> str:
        """ Get the name of the class of this instance. """

        return type(self).__name__

Subclasses

Instance variables

var class_name : str

Get the name of the class of this instance.

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@property
def class_name(self) -> str:
    """ Get the name of the class of this instance. """

    return type(self).__name__
var type_var : Type

Get the type variable for this class. Use this for convenience if your class has only one type parameter.

Example

>>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
>>> T = TypeVar('T')
>>> class Foo(Generic[T], GenericMixin):
...     value: T
>>> f = Foo[float]()
>>> f.type_var
<class 'float'>
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@property
def type_var(self) -> Type:
    """
        Get the type variable for this class.
        Use this for convenience if your class has only one type parameter.

        Example:
            >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
            >>> T = TypeVar('T')
            >>> class Foo(Generic[T], GenericMixin):
            ...     value: T
            >>> f = Foo[float]()
            >>> f.type_var
            <class 'float'>
    """

    types = self._get_types()
    assert len(types) == 1, f'You have multiple type parameters. Please use "type_vars" instead of "type_var".'
    return list(types.values())[0]  # type: ignore
var type_vars : Dict[TypeVar, Type]

Returns the mapping of type variables to types.

Example

>>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
>>> T = TypeVar('T')
>>> U = TypeVar('U')
>>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
...     values: List[T]
...     value: U
>>> f = Foo[str, int]()
>>> f.type_vars
{~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
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@property
def type_vars(self) -> Dict[TypeVar, Type]:
    """
        Returns the mapping of type variables to types.

        Example:
            >>> from typing import Generic, TypeVar
            >>> T = TypeVar('T')
            >>> U = TypeVar('U')
            >>> class Foo(Generic[T, U], GenericMixin):
            ...     values: List[T]
            ...     value: U
            >>> f = Foo[str, int]()
            >>> f.type_vars
            {~T: <class 'str'>, ~U: <class 'int'>}
    """

    return self._get_types()