# Source code for taurus.core.util.object

    #!/usr/bin/env python

    # ###########################################################################
    #
    # This file is part of Taurus
    #
    # http://taurus-scada.org
    #
    # Copyright 2011 CELLS / ALBA Synchrotron, Bellaterra, Spain
    #
    # Taurus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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    # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    # GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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    # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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    """This module contains the base Object class for taurus.
    """

    __all__ = ["Object"]

    __docformat__ = "restructuredtext"

    class Object(object):
        def __init__(self):
            pass

        def call__init__(self, klass, *args, **kw):
            """Method to be called from subclasses to call superclass corresponding
            __init__ method. This method ensures that classes from diamond like
            class hierarquies don't call their super classes __init__ more than
            once.
            """

            if "inited_class_list" not in self.__dict__:
                self.inited_class_list = []

            if klass not in self.inited_class_list:
                self.inited_class_list.append(klass)
                klass.__init__(self, *args, **kw)

        def call__init__wo_kw(self, klass, *args):
            """
            Same as call__init__ but without keyword arguments because PyQt4 does
            not support them.
            """

            if "inited_class_list" not in self.__dict__:
                self.inited_class_list = []

            if klass not in self.inited_class_list:
                self.inited_class_list.append(klass)
                klass.__init__(self, *args)

        def getAttrDict(self):
            attr = dict(self.__dict__)
            if "inited_class_list" in attr:
                del attr["inited_class_list"]
            return attr

        def updateAttrDict(self, other):
            attr = other.getAttrDict()
            self.__dict__.update(attr)