Source code for marshmallow.class_registry

"""A registry of :class:`Schema <marshmallow.Schema>` classes. This allows for string
lookup of schemas, which may be used with
class:`fields.Nested <marshmallow.fields.Nested>`.

.. warning::

    This module is treated as private API.
    Users should not need to use this module directly.
"""
from __future__ import annotations

import typing

from marshmallow.exceptions import RegistryError

if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
    from marshmallow import Schema

    SchemaType = typing.Type[Schema]

# {
#   <class_name>: <list of class objects>
#   <module_path_to_class>: <list of class objects>
# }
_registry = {}  # type: dict[str, list[SchemaType]]


[docs] def register(classname: str, cls: SchemaType) -> None: """Add a class to the registry of serializer classes. When a class is registered, an entry for both its classname and its full, module-qualified path are added to the registry. Example: :: class MyClass: pass register('MyClass', MyClass) # Registry: # { # 'MyClass': [path.to.MyClass], # 'path.to.MyClass': [path.to.MyClass], # } """ # Module where the class is located module = cls.__module__ # Full module path to the class # e.g. user.schemas.UserSchema fullpath = ".".join([module, classname]) # If the class is already registered; need to check if the entries are # in the same module as cls to avoid having multiple instances of the same # class in the registry if classname in _registry and not any( each.__module__ == module for each in _registry[classname] ): _registry[classname].append(cls) elif classname not in _registry: _registry[classname] = [cls] # Also register the full path if fullpath not in _registry: _registry.setdefault(fullpath, []).append(cls) else: # If fullpath does exist, replace existing entry _registry[fullpath] = [cls] return None
[docs] def get_class(classname: str, all: bool = False) -> list[SchemaType] | SchemaType: """Retrieve a class from the registry. :raises: marshmallow.exceptions.RegistryError if the class cannot be found or if there are multiple entries for the given class name. """ try: classes = _registry[classname] except KeyError as error: raise RegistryError( f"Class with name {classname!r} was not found. You may need " "to import the class." ) from error if len(classes) > 1: if all: return _registry[classname] raise RegistryError( f"Multiple classes with name {classname!r} " "were found. Please use the full, " "module-qualified path." ) else: return _registry[classname][0]