from __future__ import unicode_literals import six class NonDataProperty(object): """Much like the property builtin, but only implements __get__, making it a non-data property, and can be subsequently reset. See http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm for more information. >>> class X(object): ... @NonDataProperty ... def foo(self): ... return 3 >>> x = X() >>> x.foo 3 >>> x.foo = 4 >>> x.foo 4 """ def __init__(self, fget): assert fget is not None, "fget cannot be none" assert six.callable(fget), "fget must be callable" self.fget = fget def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None): if obj is None: return self return self.fget(obj) # from http://stackoverflow.com/a/5191224 class ClassPropertyDescriptor(object): def __init__(self, fget, fset=None): self.fget = fget self.fset = fset def __get__(self, obj, klass=None): if klass is None: klass = type(obj) return self.fget.__get__(obj, klass)() def __set__(self, obj, value): if not self.fset: raise AttributeError("can't set attribute") type_ = type(obj) return self.fset.__get__(obj, type_)(value) def setter(self, func): if not isinstance(func, (classmethod, staticmethod)): func = classmethod(func) self.fset = func return self def classproperty(func): if not isinstance(func, (classmethod, staticmethod)): func = classmethod(func) return ClassPropertyDescriptor(func)