manstey wrote: > I have a ClassWrapper that wraps around a third party database object. > Each database object has a set of properties, like columns in a > relational database. > > I want my wrapper to generate a property for each database object and > load its value into it. > > Thus, in my database (which is an oodbms) say I have a MyDbaseClass > with MyProperty1, MyProperty2, etc, after it is loaded, I have: > > dbase_object = LoadMyDbaseClass > PythonDbaseClass = PythonWrapper(dbase_object) > > I can then load in a list of ['MyProperty1','MyProperty2', etc]. > > But how can I turn these list elements into PythonDbaseClass > properties, so that I could then simply have: > > print PythonDbaseClass.MyProperty1 > PythonDbaseClass.MyProperty2="4" > > Is this clear?
Sounds as if you're reinventing a part of an ORM. Have you checked out SQLAlchemy or Django's ORM, in case they provide what you want out of the box ? George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
