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Fluent Interface in Python Using Method Chaining and Reflection
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class Fluent: | |
def __init__(self, cache=None): | |
self._cache = cache or [] | |
# Build the cache, and handle special cases | |
def _(self, name): | |
# Enables method chaining | |
return Fluent(self._cache+[name]) | |
# Final method call | |
def method(self): | |
return self._cache | |
# Reflection | |
def __getattr__(self, name): | |
return self._(name) | |
# Called with the object is deleted | |
def __del__(self): | |
print('Deleting Myself') | |
fluent = Fluent() | |
chain = fluent.hello.world | |
print(chain.method()) | |
# 'for' is a Python reserved word | |
new_chain = chain.thanks._('for').all.the.fish | |
print(new_chain.method()) |
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