pyffi.object_models.xml.MetaFileFormat

Type MetaFileFormat

object --+ | type --+ | MetaFileFormat --+ | MetaFileFormat

The MetaFileFormat metaclass transforms the XML description of a file format into a bunch of classes which can be directly used to manipulate files in this format.

The actual implementation of the parser is delegated to pyffi.object_models.xml.FileFormat.

Instance Methods

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the object's type

__init__(cls, name, bases, dct)
This function constitutes the core of the class generation process.

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Inherited from type: __call__, __delattr__, __eq__, __ge__, __getattribute__, __gt__, __hash__, __instancecheck__, __le__, __lt__, __ne__, __new__, __repr__, __setattr__, __subclasscheck__, __subclasses__, mro

Inherited from object: __format__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from type: __abstractmethods__, __base__, __bases__, __basicsize__, __dictoffset__, __flags__, __itemsize__, __mro__, __name__, __weakrefoffset__

Inherited from object: __class__

init(cls, name, bases, dct)
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This function constitutes the core of the class generation process. For instance, we declare NifFormat to have metaclass MetaFileFormat, so upon creation of the NifFormat class, the __init__ function is called, with

Parameters:

cls - The class created using MetaFileFormat, for example NifFormat.
name - The name of the class, for example 'NifFormat'.
bases - The base classes, usually (object,).
dct - A dictionary of class attributes, such as 'xml_file_name'.

Returns: the object's type

Overrides: object.__init__

Type MetaFileFormat

__init__(cls, name, bases, dct) (Constructor)

init(cls, name, bases, dct)
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