touchdesigner-general-code-segmentation-messageParserEXT-example.py

'''
    The MessageParser and General classes are intended to be the 
    classes that persist from project to project. The parser is the meta
    function that handles message receiving and sending.
'''

class MessageParser:

    def __init__(self, my_op):
        self.Me     = my_op
        print("Parser init")
        return
    
    def Process_message(self, message):
        incoming_messagekind        = message.get('messagekind')

        # test to see if a matching method exists
        if hasattr(self.Me, incoming_messagekind):
            function                = getattr(self.Me, incoming_messagekind)

            # call the method if it exists
            function(message)
        
        else:
            # return an invalid message if no matching method exists
            print("Invalid Call")

        return