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Complete listings of the programs discussed in this module, along with the outputs produced by those programs are provided below.
| Listing 15 . Complete program listing. |
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# This program demonstrates the modification of a class after it has been
# used to instantiate objects.#------------------------------------------------------------------------class TestClass(object):
def addClassVar(self,data):TestClass.classVar02 = data
print("Instantiate and display two objects of TestClass")ref01 = TestClass()
print(ref01)ref02 = TestClass()
print(ref02)print("Add a class variable directly.")
TestClass.classVar01 = "ABCD"print("Add a class variable via an object.")
ref01.addClassVar("1234")print("Display both class variables via one object")
print("ref01: " + ref01.classVar01)print("ref01: " + ref01.classVar02)
print("Display both class variables via the other object")print("ref02: " + ref02.classVar01)
print("ref02: " + ref02.classVar02) |
| Figure 10 . Output from the code in Listing 15. |
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Instantiate and display two objects of TestClass<__main__.TestClass object at 0x02152930><__main__.TestClass object at 0x02152E70>Add a class variable directly.
Add a class variable via an object.Display both class variables via one object
ref01: ABCDref01: 1234
Display both class variables via the other objectref02: ABCD
ref02: 1234 |
| Listing 16 . Complete program listing. |
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# This program demonstrates that class variables are shared among the objects
# instantiated from a class and that changes to class variables impact the# objects instantiated from the class.
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------class TestClass(object):
classVar = [1,2,3,4]def modifyClassVar01(self):
self.classVar.append("a")def printClassVar01(self):
print(str(self)[10:40]+ ": " + str(self.classVar))
print("1 Display class var using class: " + str(TestClass.classVar))print("2 Instantiate two objects")ref01 = TestClass()
ref02 = TestClass()print("3 Display class var using objects")
ref01.printClassVar01()ref02.printClassVar01()
print("4 Modify class var using object")ref01.modifyClassVar01()
print("5 Display class var using objects")ref01.printClassVar01()
ref02.printClassVar01()print("6 Modify class var using class")
TestClass.classVar.append(True)print("7 Display class var using objects")
ref01.printClassVar01()ref02.printClassVar01()
print("8 Display class var using class: " + str(TestClass.classVar)) |
| Figure 11 . Output from the code in Listing 16. |
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1 Display class var using class: [1, 2, 3, 4]
2 Instantiate two objects3 Display class var using objects
TestClass object at 0x02091DD0: [1, 2, 3, 4]TestClass object at 0x0218C710: [1, 2, 3, 4]
4 Modify class var using object5 Display class var using objects
TestClass object at 0x02091DD0: [1, 2, 3, 4, 'a']TestClass object at 0x0218C710: [1, 2, 3, 4, 'a']
6 Modify class var using class7 Display class var using objects
TestClass object at 0x02091DD0: [1, 2, 3, 4, 'a', True]TestClass object at 0x0218C710: [1, 2, 3, 4, 'a', True]
8 Display class var using class: [1, 2, 3, 4, 'a', True] |
| Listing 17 . Complete program listing. |
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# This program illustrates that an instance variable will shadow or hide a
# class variable with the same name.#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestClass(object):classVar = 1234
#Note, the following code adds a new instance variable named classVar# to the object, which "shadows" or hides the actual class variable
# named classVar insofar as this object is concerned.def shadowClassVariable(self):
self.classVar = "ABCD"def printClassVar(self):
print(str(self)[10:40]+ ": " + str(self.classVar))
print("1 Instantiate two objects")ref01 = TestClass()
ref02 = TestClass()print("2 Display classVar using objects")
ref01.printClassVar()ref02.printClassVar()
print("3 Shadow the classVar in one object")ref01.shadowClassVariable()
print("4 Display classVar using objects")ref01.printClassVar()
ref02.printClassVar()print("5 Modify classVar using class")
TestClass.classVar = Trueprint("6 Display classVar using objects")
ref01.printClassVar()ref02.printClassVar() |
| Figure 12 . Output from the code in Listing 17. |
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1 Instantiate two objects
2 Display classVar using objectsTestClass object at 0x02201DD0: 1234
TestClass object at 0x022FC710: 12343 Shadow the classVar in one object
4 Display classVar using objectsTestClass object at 0x02201DD0: ABCD
TestClass object at 0x022FC710: 12345 Modify classVar using class
6 Display classVar using objectsTestClass object at 0x02201DD0: ABCD
TestClass object at 0x022FC710: True |
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