<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ascii"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title>VisionEgg.ClassWithParameters</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="epydoc.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="epydoc.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="blue" vlink="#204080" alink="#204080"> <!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== --> <table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="middle"> <!-- Home link --> <th> <a href="VisionEgg-module.html">Home</a> </th> <!-- Tree link --> <th> <a href="module-tree.html">Trees</a> </th> <!-- Index link --> <th> <a href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a> </th> <!-- Help link --> <th> <a href="help.html">Help</a> </th> <!-- Project homepage --> <th class="navbar" align="right" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><th class="navbar" align="center" ><a class="navbar" target="_top" href="http://www.visionegg.org">Vision Egg</a></th> </tr></table></th> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100%"> <span class="breadcrumbs"> <a href="VisionEgg-module.html">Package VisionEgg</a> :: Class ClassWithParameters </span> </td> <td> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <!-- hide/show private --> <tr><td align="right"><span class="options" >[<a href="frames.html" target="_top">frames</a >] | <a href="VisionEgg.ClassWithParameters-class.html" target="_top">no frames</a>]</span></td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== CLASS DESCRIPTION ==================== --> <h1 class="epydoc">Class ClassWithParameters</h1><span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters">source code</a></span><br /><br /> <pre class="base-tree"> object --+ | <strong class="uidshort">ClassWithParameters</strong> </pre> <hr /> <pre class="literalblock"> Base class for any class that uses parameters. Any class that uses parameters potentially modifiable in realtime should be a subclass of ClassWithParameters. This class enforces type checking and sets default values. Any subclass of ClassWithParameters can define two class (not instance) attributes, "parameters_and_defaults" and "constant_parameters_and_defaults". These are dictionaries where the key is a string containing the name of the parameter and the the value is a tuple of length 2 containing the default value and the type. For example, an acceptable dictionary would be {"parameter1" : (1.0, ve_types.Real)} See the ParameterTypes module for more information about types. </pre><br /><br /> <!-- ==================== INSTANCE METHODS ==================== --> <a name="section-InstanceMethods"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header"> <span class="table-header">Instance Methods</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="__getstate__"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">__getstate__</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br /> support for being pickled</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a 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href="VisionEgg.ClassWithParameters-class.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name">__init__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">**kw</span>)</span><br /> Create self.parameters and set values.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.__init__">source code</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="is_constant_parameter"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">is_constant_parameter</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">parameter_name</span>)</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.is_constant_parameter">source code</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="get_specified_type"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">get_specified_type</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">parameter_name</span>)</span></td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.get_specified_type">source code</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a name="verify_parameters"></a><span class="summary-sig-name">verify_parameters</span>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br /> Perform type check on all parameters</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.verify_parameters">source code</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="VisionEgg.ClassWithParameters-class.html#set" class="summary-sig-name">set</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="summary-sig-arg">**kw</span>)</span><br /> Set a parameter with type-checked value This is the slow but safe way to set parameters.</td> <td align="right" valign="top"> <span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.set">source code</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="summary"> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>: <code>__delattr__</code>, <code>__getattribute__</code>, <code>__hash__</code>, <code>__new__</code>, <code>__reduce__</code>, <code>__reduce_ex__</code>, <code>__repr__</code>, <code>__setattr__</code>, <code>__str__</code> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== CLASS VARIABLES ==================== --> <a name="section-ClassVariables"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header"> <span class="table-header">Class Variables</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="parameters_and_defaults"></a><span class="summary-name">parameters_and_defaults</span> = <code title="ParameterDefinition({})">ParameterDefinition({})</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="constant_parameters_and_defaults"></a><span class="summary-name">constant_parameters_and_defaults</span> = <code title="ParameterDefinition({})">ParameterDefinition({})</code> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="15%" align="right" valign="top" class="summary"> <span class="summary-type"> </span> </td><td class="summary"> <a name="__safe_for_unpickling__"></a><span class="summary-name">__safe_for_unpickling__</span> = <code title="True">True</code> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== PROPERTIES ==================== --> <a name="section-Properties"></a> <table class="summary" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header"> <span class="table-header">Properties</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="summary"> <p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>: <code>__class__</code> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- ==================== METHOD DETAILS ==================== --> <a name="section-MethodDetails"></a> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr bgcolor="#70b0f0" class="table-header"> <td align="left" colspan="2" class="table-header"> <span class="table-header">Method Details</span></td> </tr> </table> <a name="__init__"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="sig-arg">**kw</span>)</span> <br /><em class="fname">(Constructor)</em> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.__init__">source code</a></span> </td> </table> <pre class="literalblock"> Create self.parameters and set values. </pre> <dl class="fields"> <dt>Overrides: object.__init__ </dt> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <a name="set"></a> <div> <table class="details" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="white"> <tr><td> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr valign="top"><td> <h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">set</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>, <span class="sig-arg">**kw</span>)</span> </h3> </td><td align="right" valign="top" ><span class="codelink"><a href="VisionEgg-pysrc.html#ClassWithParameters.set">source code</a></span> </td> </table> <pre class="literalblock"> Set a parameter with type-checked value This is the slow but safe way to set parameters. It is recommended to use this method in all but speed-critical portions of code. </pre> <dl class="fields"> </dl> </td></tr></table> </div> <br /> <!-- ==================== NAVIGATION BAR ==================== --> <table class="navbar" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#a0c0ff" cellspacing="0"> <tr valign="middle"> <!-- Home link --> <th> <a href="VisionEgg-module.html">Home</a> </th> <!-- Tree link --> <th> <a href="module-tree.html">Trees</a> </th> <!-- Index link --> <th> <a href="identifier-index.html">Indices</a> </th> <!-- Help link --> <th> <a href="help.html">Help</a> </th> <!-- Project homepage --> <th class="navbar" align="right" width="100%"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><th class="navbar" align="center" ><a class="navbar" target="_top" href="http://www.visionegg.org">Vision Egg</a></th> </tr></table></th> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%%"> <tr> <td align="left" class="footer"> Generated by Epydoc 3.0beta1 on Sat Jun 7 15:40:10 2008 </td> <td align="right" class="footer"> <a href="http://epydoc.sourceforge.net">http://epydoc.sourceforge.net</a> </td> </tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- // Private objects are initially displayed (because if // javascript is turned off then we want them to be // visible); but by default, we want to hide them. 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