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On 9/10/2011 5:58 AM, Kayode Odeyemi wrote:
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<div>Hello,</div>
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<div>I'm testing Python's class abstractness and inheritance.
Since interface doesn't exist, I will</div>
<div>like to test how to have access to a superclass method from a
subclass without necessary</div>
<div>invoking or overriding the superclass method in its subclass.</div>
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<div>>>> class Equipment(object):</div>
<div>... def fault():</div>
<div>... return "fault"</div>
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...</div>
<div>>>> Equipment().__class__</div>
<div><class '__main__.Equipment'></div>
<div>>>> class Vehicle(Equipment):</div>
<div>... # Find out here if Vehicle has access to fault</div>
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<div>I want to know whether Vehicle has access to Equipment's
fault() method. </div>
<div>Just want to know if it's there(that a vehicle can also
develop a fault).</div>
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<div>I know I can override it, but I want to know if I can use it
directly without overriding it.</div>
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Perhaps this helps:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/610883/how-to-know-if-an-object-has-an-attribute-in-python">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/610883/how-to-know-if-an-object-has-an-attribute-in-python</a><br>
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Take care,
Ty
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