My apologies. What I meant to write was this class Factory
def __init__(self, handler): David Pratt wrote: > Hi Marco. Thanks for your reply. I am providing the handler with the > factory instance as I have shown. This is how my code currently works. > What I am trying to figure out is how to possibly provide the handler in > the constructor when it needs the factory instance. This would give me > some better flexibility. > > ie. > > class Factory > > def __init__(self, factory): > > At this point I don't have self. Would super help me? > > Regards, > David > > > Marco Giusti wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 06:15:28PM -0300, David Pratt wrote: >>> Hi. I want to have different handlers to do perform logic. The problem >>> is the Handler requires an instance of the factory since it will use its >>> own methods in conjunction with methods of the factory. >>> >>> Once I have got a Factory instance I can give it a new handler (see >>> below). It would be more flexible if I could provide a handle in >>> constructor - but how to do this when it requires the object itself. >>> Would I use a super for this sort of thing? Many thanks >> when __init__ is called the object already exists. >> >>> class Factory: >>> >>> def __init__(self): >>> self.some_handler = Handler(self) >>> >>> f = Factory() >>> f.some_handler = AnotherHandler(f) >> try this, should works: >> >> class Factory: >> >> def __init__(self): >> self._some_handler = AnotherHandler(self) >> >> maybe a class hierarchy is good for you >> >> ciao >> m. >> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list