Reformatted and updated many docstrings.

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Greg Ward 2000-06-02 00:44:53 +00:00
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"""distutils.cmd
Provides the Command class, the base class for the command classes
in the distutils.command package."""
in the distutils.command package.
"""
# created 2000/04/03, Greg Ward
# (extricated from core.py; actually dates back to the beginning)
@ -16,28 +17,28 @@ from distutils import util
class Command:
"""Abstract base class for defining command classes, the "worker bees"
of the Distutils. A useful analogy for command classes is to
think of them as subroutines with local variables called
"options". The options are "declared" in 'initialize_options()'
and "defined" (given their final values, aka "finalized") in
'finalize_options()', both of which must be defined by every
command class. The distinction between the two is necessary
because option values might come from the outside world (command
line, option file, ...), and any options dependent on other
options must be computed *after* these outside influences have
been processed -- hence 'finalize_options()'. The "body" of the
subroutine, where it does all its work based on the values of its
options, is the 'run()' method, which must also be implemented by
every command class."""
of the Distutils. A useful analogy for command classes is to think of
them as subroutines with local variables called "options". The options
are "declared" in 'initialize_options()' and "defined" (given their
final values, aka "finalized") in 'finalize_options()', both of which
must be defined by every command class. The distinction between the
two is necessary because option values might come from the outside
world (command line, config file, ...), and any options dependent on
other options must be computed *after* these outside influences have
been processed -- hence 'finalize_options()'. The "body" of the
subroutine, where it does all its work based on the values of its
options, is the 'run()' method, which must also be implemented by every
command class.
"""
# -- Creation/initialization methods -------------------------------
def __init__ (self, dist):
"""Create and initialize a new Command object. Most importantly,
invokes the 'initialize_options()' method, which is the
real initializer and depends on the actual command being
instantiated."""
invokes the 'initialize_options()' method, which is the real
initializer and depends on the actual command being
instantiated.
"""
# late import because of mutual dependence between these classes
from distutils.dist import Distribution
@ -97,9 +98,9 @@ class Command:
# Subclasses must define:
# initialize_options()
# provide default values for all options; may be overridden
# by Distutils client, by command-line options, or by options
# from option file
# provide default values for all options; may be customized by
# setup script, by options from config file(s), or by command-line
# options
# finalize_options()
# decide on the final values for all options; this is called
# after all possible intervention from the outside world
@ -110,28 +111,28 @@ class Command:
def initialize_options (self):
"""Set default values for all the options that this command
supports. Note that these defaults may be overridden
by the command-line supplied by the user; thus, this is
not the place to code dependencies between options; generally,
'initialize_options()' implementations are just a bunch
of "self.foo = None" assignments.
This method must be implemented by all command classes."""
supports. Note that these defaults may be overridden by other
commands, by the setup script, by config files, or by the
command-line. Thus, this is not the place to code dependencies
between options; generally, 'initialize_options()' implementations
are just a bunch of "self.foo = None" assignments.
This method must be implemented by all command classes.
"""
raise RuntimeError, \
"abstract method -- subclass %s must override" % self.__class__
def finalize_options (self):
"""Set final values for all the options that this command
supports. This is always called as late as possible, ie.
after any option assignments from the command-line or from
other commands have been done. Thus, this is the place to to
code option dependencies: if 'foo' depends on 'bar', then it
is safe to set 'foo' from 'bar' as long as 'foo' still has
the same value it was assigned in 'initialize_options()'.
"""Set final values for all the options that this command supports.
This is always called as late as possible, ie. after any option
assignments from the command-line or from other commands have been
done. Thus, this is the place to to code option dependencies: if
'foo' depends on 'bar', then it is safe to set 'foo' from 'bar' as
long as 'foo' still has the same value it was assigned in
'initialize_options()'.
This method must be implemented by all command classes."""
This method must be implemented by all command classes.
"""
raise RuntimeError, \
"abstract method -- subclass %s must override" % self.__class__
@ -151,23 +152,23 @@ class Command:
def run (self):
"""A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists
to perform, controlled by the options initialized in
'initialize_options()', customized by the user and other
commands, and finalized in 'finalize_options()'. All
terminal output and filesystem interaction should be done by
'run()'.
"""A command's raison d'etre: carry out the action it exists to
perform, controlled by the options initialized in
'initialize_options()', customized by other commands, the setup
script, the command-line, and config files, and finalized in
'finalize_options()'. All terminal output and filesystem
interaction should be done by 'run()'.
This method must be implemented by all command classes."""
This method must be implemented by all command classes.
"""
raise RuntimeError, \
"abstract method -- subclass %s must override" % self.__class__
def announce (self, msg, level=1):
"""If the Distribution instance to which this command belongs
has a verbosity level of greater than or equal to 'level'
print 'msg' to stdout."""
"""If the current verbosity level is of greater than or equal to
'level' print 'msg' to stdout.
"""
if self.verbose >= level:
print msg
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def set_undefined_options (self, src_cmd, *option_pairs):
"""Set the values of any "undefined" options from corresponding
option values in some other command object. "Undefined" here
means "is None", which is the convention used to indicate
that an option has not been changed between
'set_initial_values()' and 'set_final_values()'. Usually
called from 'set_final_values()' for options that depend on
some other command rather than another option of the same
command. 'src_cmd' is the other command from which option
values will be taken (a command object will be created for it
if necessary); the remaining arguments are
'(src_option,dst_option)' tuples which mean "take the value
of 'src_option' in the 'src_cmd' command object, and copy it
to 'dst_option' in the current command object"."""
option values in some other command object. "Undefined" here means
"is None", which is the convention used to indicate that an option
has not been changed between 'initialize_options()' and
'finalize_options()'. Usually called from 'finalize_options()' for
options that depend on some other command rather than another
option of the same command. 'src_cmd' is the other command from
which option values will be taken (a command object will be created
for it if necessary); the remaining arguments are
'(src_option,dst_option)' tuples which mean "take the value of
'src_option' in the 'src_cmd' command object, and copy it to
'dst_option' in the current command object".
"""
# Option_pairs: list of (src_option, dst_option) tuples
@ -207,10 +208,11 @@ class Command:
def get_finalized_command (self, command, create=1):
"""Wrapper around Distribution's 'get_command_obj()' method:
find (create if necessary and 'create' is true) the command
object for 'command'.."""
"""Wrapper around Distribution's 'get_command_obj()' method: find
(create if necessary and 'create' is true) the command object for
'command', call its 'ensure_finalized()' method, and return the
finalized command object.
"""
cmd_obj = self.distribution.get_command_obj (command, create)
cmd_obj.ensure_finalized ()
return cmd_obj
@ -222,9 +224,9 @@ class Command:
def run_command (self, command):
"""Run some other command: uses the 'run_command()' method of
Distribution, which creates the command object if necessary
and then invokes its 'run()' method."""
Distribution, which creates and finalizes the command object if
necessary and then invokes its 'run()' method.
"""
self.distribution.run_command (command)
@ -236,15 +238,16 @@ class Command:
def execute (self, func, args, msg=None, level=1):
"""Perform some action that affects the outside world (eg.
by writing to the filesystem). Such actions are special because
they should be disabled by the "dry run" flag, and should
announce themselves if the current verbosity level is high
enough. This method takes care of all that bureaucracy for you;
all you have to do is supply the funtion to call and an argument
tuple for it (to embody the "external action" being performed),
a message to print if the verbosity level is high enough, and an
optional verbosity threshold."""
"""Perform some action that affects the outside world (eg. by
writing to the filesystem). Such actions are special because they
should be disabled by the "dry run" flag, and should announce
themselves if the current verbosity level is high enough. This
method takes care of all that bureaucracy for you; all you have to
do is supply the funtion to call and an argument tuple for it (to
embody the "external action" being performed), a message to print
if the verbosity level is high enough, and an optional verbosity
threshold.
"""
# Generate a message if we weren't passed one
if msg is None:
@ -285,8 +288,8 @@ class Command:
preserve_mode=1, preserve_times=1, preserve_symlinks=0,
level=1):
"""Copy an entire directory tree respecting verbose, dry-run,
and force flags."""
and force flags.
"""
return util.copy_tree (infile, outfile,
preserve_mode,preserve_times,preserve_symlinks,
not self.force,
@ -302,6 +305,7 @@ class Command:
def spawn (self, cmd, search_path=1, level=1):
"""Spawn an external command respecting verbose and dry-run flags."""
from distutils.spawn import spawn
spawn (cmd, search_path,
self.verbose >= level,
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def make_file (self, infiles, outfile, func, args,
exec_msg=None, skip_msg=None, level=1):
"""Special case of 'execute()' for operations that process one or
more input files and generate one output file. Works just like
'execute()', except the operation is skipped and a different
message printed if 'outfile' already exists and is newer than all
files listed in 'infiles'. If the command defined 'self.force',
and it is true, then the command is unconditionally run -- does no
timestamp checks."""
timestamp checks.
"""
if exec_msg is None:
exec_msg = "generating %s from %s" % \
(outfile, string.join (infiles, ', '))