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class CtlProperty (object):
    '''
    Property descriptor.  When applied to a Control-derived class, invokes the correct Maya command under the hood to get or set values
    '''
    
    def __init__(self, flag, cmd):
        assert callable(cmd), "cmd flag must be a maya command for editing gui objects"
        self.Flag = flag
        self.Command = cmd 

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import maya.cmds as cmds

class ExampleButton(object):
    CMD = cmds.button
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.Widget = self.CMD (*args, **kwargs)
        
    @property
    def Label(self):

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    @Label.setter
    def Label(self, val):
        return self.CMD(self.Widget, e=True, label=val)

# add this to the example above:
btn.Label = "Goodbye cruel world"

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def constructor(self, name):
    self.Name = name
    
example = type('Example', (), {'__init__':constructor } )

Test = example("Hello world")
# <__main__.Example object at 0x00000000022D6198>
Test.Name
# Hello world

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class ControlMeta(type):
    '''
    Metaclass which creates CtlProperty  objects for maya gui proxies
    '''
    CONTROL_ATTRIBS = ['annotation', 'backgroundColor', 'defineTemplate', 
                'docTag', 'dragCallback', 'dropCallback', 'enable', 
                'enableBackground',  'exists', 'fullPathName', 'height',  
                'manage', 'noBackground',  'numberOfPopupMenus', 'parent', 
                'popupMenuArray', 'preventOverride', 'useTemplate', 'visible', 
                'visibleChangeCommand', 'width']

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class MetaButton(object):
    CMD = cmds.button
    __metaclass__ = ControlMeta
    
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.Widget = self.CMD (*args, **kwargs)
        
        
w = cmds.window()
c = cmds.columnLayout()

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class ControlMeta(type):
    '''
    Metaclass which creates CtlProperty  objects for Control classes
    '''
    CONTROL_ATTRIBS = ['annotation', 'backgroundColor', 'defineTemplate', 'docTag', 
                        'dragCallback', 'dropCallback', 'enable', 'enableBackground', 
                        'exists', 'fullPathName', 'height',  'manage', 'noBackground', 
                        'numberOfPopupMenus', 'parent', 'popupMenuArray', 'preventOverride', 
                        'useTemplate', 'visible', 'visibleChangeCommand', 'width']
    

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class FloatSlider(Control):
    '''sample output from mGui.helpers.tools.generate_commands()'''
    CMD = cmds.floatSlider
    _ATTRIBS = ['horizontal','step','maxValue','value','minValue']
    _CALLBACKS = ['changeCommand','dragCommand']

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from mGui.core.controls import FloatSlider

slider = FloatSlider('testslider')
# pythonic properties, thanks to the metaclass...
slider.width = 100
slider.minValue = 50 
slider.maxValue = 250

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class ControlMeta(type):
    '''
    Metaclass which creates CtlProperty and CallbackProperty objects for Control classes
    '''

    def __new__(cls, name, parents, kwargs):
        

        CMD = kwargs.get('CMD', None)
        _READ_ONLY = kwargs.get('_READ_ONLY',[])