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David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +00001class Delegator:
2
3 # The cache is only used to be able to change delegates!
4
5 def __init__(self, delegate=None):
6 self.delegate = delegate
Terry Jan Reedyacd5f812013-06-30 18:37:05 -04007 self.__cache = set()
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +00008
9 def __getattr__(self, name):
10 attr = getattr(self.delegate, name) # May raise AttributeError
11 setattr(self, name, attr)
Terry Jan Reedyacd5f812013-06-30 18:37:05 -040012 self.__cache.add(name)
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +000013 return attr
14
15 def resetcache(self):
Kurt B. Kaisere0712772007-08-23 05:25:55 +000016 for key in self.__cache:
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +000017 try:
18 delattr(self, key)
19 except AttributeError:
20 pass
21 self.__cache.clear()
22
David Scherer7aced172000-08-15 01:13:23 +000023 def setdelegate(self, delegate):
24 self.resetcache()
25 self.delegate = delegate