forcing a definition to be called on attribute change

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Michael Malinowski wrote:
> Hey All, 
> Apologies if this is a stupidly obvious or simple question. If I have a
> class with a series of attributes, is there a way to run a function
> definition in the class

s/run a function definition in the class/call a method/

> whenever a specific attribute is changed?

Yes : properties.

> Something like the following 
> 
> class cSphere() :

OT : prefixing classes names with 'c' is totally unpythonic.
 	
> 	def __init__(self):
> 		Self.myAttr = 0

s/Self/self/

> 	def runThisFunctionWhenMyAttrChanged() :
> 		Pass


class MyClass(object):
  def __init__(self):
    self.my_attr = 0 # will call the setter
    # use direct attribute access instead if you don't
    # want to call the setter, ie:
    # self._my_attr = 0

  def _get_my_attr(self):
    return self._my_attr

  def _set_my_attr(self, val):
    self._my_attr = val
    self.runThisFunctionWhenMyAttrChanged()

  my_attr = property(_get_my_attr, _set_my_attr)

HTH

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bruno desthuilliers
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