On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Kayode Odeyemi <drey...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm testing Python's class abstractness and inheritance. Since interface > doesn't exist, I will > like to test how to have access to a superclass method from a subclass > without necessary > invoking or overriding the superclass method in its subclass. > > >>> class Equipment(object): > ... def fault(): > ... return "fault" > ... > >>> Equipment().__class__ > <class '__main__.Equipment'> > >>> class Vehicle(Equipment): > ... # Find out here if Vehicle has access to fault > > I want to know whether Vehicle has access to Equipment's fault() method. > Just want to know if it's there(that a vehicle can also develop a fault). > > I know I can override it, but I want to know if I can use it directly > without overriding it. > OK! I figured it out like this: >>> v = Vehicle() >>> dir(v) ['__class__', '__delattr__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__getattribut e__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_e x__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '_ _weakref__', 'fault'] Cool stuff. -- > Odeyemi 'Kayode O. > http://www.sinati.com. t: @charyorde > > -- Odeyemi 'Kayode O. http://www.sinati.com. t: @charyorde
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