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Proxy class (was: use UserDict for class __dict__)

Jul 5th, 2000 10:03
Nathan Wallace, Hans Nowak, Snippet 339, Gordon McMillan

"""
Packages: oop;basic_datatypes.dictionaries
"""
"""
> In order to monitor access of class attributes, I tried to
> replace class __dict__ with UserDict.
> 
> class Foo: pass
> 
> class MyUserDict(UserDict.UserDict):
>     def __getitem__(self, name):
>         ......
> 
> Foo.__dict__ = MyUserDict(Foo.__dict__)
> 
> But python bit me with:
>     TypeError: __dict__ must be a dictionary object
> 
> How can I avoid this kind error.
Wrap your object in a proxy:
"""
class Proxy:
	def __init__(self, obj=None):
		self.__obj__ = obj
	def __getattr__(self,name):
		print "getattr called for", name
		return getattr(self.__obj__, name)
	def __repr__(self):
		return "Proxy for "+`self.__obj__`
	__str__ = __repr__