__all__ = ['classAddMethod', 'Category'] from objc._objc import selector, classAddMethods, objc_class, ivar from types import FunctionType, MethodType def classAddMethod(cls, name, method): """ Add a single method to a class. 'name' is the ObjC selector """ if isinstance(method, selector): sel = selector(method.callable, selector=name, signature=method.signature, isClassMethod=method.isClassMethod) else: sel = selector(method, selector=name) return classAddMethods(cls, [sel]) # # Syntactic support for categories # class _CategoryMeta(type): """ Meta class for categories. """ __slots__ = () _IGNORENAMES = ('__module__', '__name__', '__doc__') def _newSubclass(cls, name, bases, methods): return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, methods) _newSubclass = classmethod(_newSubclass) def __new__(cls, name, bases, methods): if len(bases) != 1: raise TypeError("Cannot have multiple inheritance with Categories") c = bases[0].real_class if c.__name__ != name: raise TypeError("Category name must be same as class name") m = [ x[1] for x in methods.iteritems() if x[0] not in cls._IGNORENAMES and isinstance(x[1], (FunctionType, MethodType, selector, classmethod))] vars = [ x for x in methods.iteritems() if x[0] not in cls._IGNORENAMES and not isinstance(x[1], (FunctionType, MethodType, selector, classmethod))] for k, v in vars: if isinstance(v, ivar): raise TypeError("Cannot add instance variables in a Category") classAddMethods(c, m) for k, v in vars: setattr(c, k, v) return c def Category(cls): """ Create a category on ``cls``. Usage: class SomeClass (Category(SomeClass)): def method(self): pass ``SomeClass`` is an existing class that will be rebound to the same value. The side-effect of this class definition is that the methods in the class definition will be added to the existing class. """ if not isinstance(cls, objc_class): raise TypeError, "Category can only be used on Objective-C classes" retval = _CategoryMeta._newSubclass('Category', (), dict(real_class=cls)) return retval