[Python.NET] exposing modules

[Brian Lloyd]

Haran - you can't expose a 'module' (in the Python sense), but 
you can easily do what you trying to do.

The usual pattern for this would be stow away a reference to your 
application object in a static where the Python code can then get 
it. Assuming you have an assembly 'my.app', this would look like:

namespace my.app {

  public class MyApp {

  public static MyApp theapp;

    public MyApp() {
      // do initialization
      theapp = this;
    }

  }

}

Now from Python you can do the following:

from my.app import MyApp
app = MyApp.theapp


hope this helps,

-Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pythondotnet-bounces at python.org 
> [mailto:pythondotnet-bounces at python.org] On Behalf Of Haran Shivanan
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:27 PM
> To: pythondotnet at python.org
> Subject: [Python.NET] exposing modules
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to embed the python interpreter in my .NET-based program.
> The basic stuff is working fine.
> But now, I want to expose some of my program's internal data 
> to the scripts.
> (ie, not just functions that live in an assembly, but access 
> to my live program's state) For example, if I have a WinForms 
> application, I want to be able to access a textbox's current 
> text from python.
> Ideally, I should be able to do something like this from a script:
> import MyApp
> s = MyApp.GetText()
> 
> Is there any way to do this in Python.NET?
> And if not, can someone provide me with some pointers on how 
> to go about adding the functionality to the Python.NET code?
> (I believe we have to use issue a call to Py_InitModule or something,
> right?)
> 
> Thanks,
> Haran
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