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<h1>eric7.Utilities.ModuleParser</h1>

<p>
Parse a Python module file.
</p>
<p>
<b>BUGS</b> (from pyclbr.py)
<ul>
<li>Code that doesn't pass tabnanny or python -t will confuse it, unless
  you set the module TABWIDTH variable (default 8) to the correct tab width
  for the file.</li>
</ul>
</p>
<h3>Global Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>PTL_SOURCE</td></tr><tr><td>PY_SOURCE</td></tr><tr><td>RB_SOURCE</td></tr><tr><td>SEARCH_ERROR</td></tr><tr><td>SUPPORTED_TYPES</td></tr><tr><td>TABWIDTH</td></tr><tr><td>TYPE_MAPPING</td></tr><tr><td>__all__</td></tr><tr><td>_commentsub</td></tr><tr><td>_hashsub</td></tr><tr><td>_modules</td></tr><tr><td>_py_getnext</td></tr><tr><td>_rb_getnext</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Classes</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#Attribute">Attribute</a></td>
<td>Class to represent a Python function or method.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class">Class</a></td>
<td>Class to represent a Python class.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Function">Function</a></td>
<td>Class to represent a Python function or method.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module">Module</a></td>
<td>Class to represent a Python module.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#RbModule">RbModule</a></td>
<td>Class to represent a Ruby module.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase">VisibilityBase</a></td>
<td>Class implementing the visibility aspect of all objects.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Functions</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#_indent">_indent</a></td>
<td>Protected function to determine the indent width of a whitespace string.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#find_module">find_module</a></td>
<td>Module function to extend the Python module finding mechanism.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#getTypeFromTypeName">getTypeFromTypeName</a></td>
<td>Module function to determine the module type given the module type name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#readModule">readModule</a></td>
<td>Function to read a module file and parse it.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#resetParsedModule">resetParsedModule</a></td>
<td>Module function to clear one module from the list of parsed modules.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#resetParsedModules">resetParsedModules</a></td>
<td>Module function to reset the list of modules already parsed.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<hr />
<hr />
<a NAME="Attribute" ID="Attribute"></a>
<h2>Attribute</h2>

<p>
    Class to represent a Python function or method.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
VisibilityBase
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#Attribute.__init__">Attribute</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Attribute.addAssignment">addAssignment</a></td>
<td>Public method to add another assignment line number.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="Attribute.__init__" ID="Attribute.__init__"></a>
<h4>Attribute (Constructor)</h4>
<b>Attribute</b>(<i>module, name, file, lineno, isSignal=False</i>)

<p>
        Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
name of module containing this function (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the function (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
name of file containing this function (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>lineno</i></dt>
<dd>
linenumber of the first attribute assignment (integer)
</dd>
<dt><i>isSignal</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating a signal definition (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Attribute.addAssignment" ID="Attribute.addAssignment"></a>
<h4>Attribute.addAssignment</h4>
<b>addAssignment</b>(<i>lineno</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add another assignment line number.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>lineno</i></dt>
<dd>
linenumber of the additional attribute assignment
            (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr />
<hr />
<a NAME="Class" ID="Class"></a>
<h2>Class</h2>

<p>
    Class to represent a Python class.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
VisibilityBase
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.__init__">Class</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.addAttribute">addAttribute</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about attributes.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.addDescription">addDescription</a></td>
<td>Public method to store the class docstring.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.addGlobal">addGlobal</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about global (class) variables.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.addMethod">addMethod</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about a method.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.getAttribute">getAttribute</a></td>
<td>Public method to retrieve an attribute by name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.getMethod">getMethod</a></td>
<td>Public method to retrieve a method by name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Class.setEndLine">setEndLine</a></td>
<td>Public method to record the number of the last line of a class.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="Class.__init__" ID="Class.__init__"></a>
<h4>Class (Constructor)</h4>
<b>Class</b>(<i>module, name, superClasses, file, lineno</i>)

<p>
        Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
name of module containing this class (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the class (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>superClasses</i></dt>
<dd>
list of classnames this class is inherited from
                (list of strings)
</dd>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
name of file containing this class (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>lineno</i></dt>
<dd>
linenumber of the class definition (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.addAttribute" ID="Class.addAttribute"></a>
<h4>Class.addAttribute</h4>
<b>addAttribute</b>(<i>name, attr</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about attributes.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the attribute to add (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>attr</i></dt>
<dd>
Attribute object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.addDescription" ID="Class.addDescription"></a>
<h4>Class.addDescription</h4>
<b>addDescription</b>(<i>description</i>)

<p>
        Public method to store the class docstring.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>description</i></dt>
<dd>
the docstring to be stored (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.addGlobal" ID="Class.addGlobal"></a>
<h4>Class.addGlobal</h4>
<b>addGlobal</b>(<i>name, attr</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about global (class) variables.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the global to add (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>attr</i></dt>
<dd>
Attribute object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.addMethod" ID="Class.addMethod"></a>
<h4>Class.addMethod</h4>
<b>addMethod</b>(<i>name, function</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about a method.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of method to be added (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>function</i></dt>
<dd>
Function object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.getAttribute" ID="Class.getAttribute"></a>
<h4>Class.getAttribute</h4>
<b>getAttribute</b>(<i>name</i>)

<p>
        Public method to retrieve an attribute by name.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the attribute (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
the named attribute or None
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.getMethod" ID="Class.getMethod"></a>
<h4>Class.getMethod</h4>
<b>getMethod</b>(<i>name</i>)

<p>
        Public method to retrieve a method by name.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the method (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
the named method or None
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Class.setEndLine" ID="Class.setEndLine"></a>
<h4>Class.setEndLine</h4>
<b>setEndLine</b>(<i>endLineNo</i>)

<p>
        Public method to record the number of the last line of a class.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>endLineNo</i></dt>
<dd>
number of the last line (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr />
<hr />
<a NAME="Function" ID="Function"></a>
<h2>Function</h2>

<p>
    Class to represent a Python function or method.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
VisibilityBase
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>Class</td></tr><tr><td>General</td></tr><tr><td>Static</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#Function.__init__">Function</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Function.addDescription">addDescription</a></td>
<td>Public method to store the functions docstring.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Function.setEndLine">setEndLine</a></td>
<td>Public method to record the number of the last line of a class.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="Function.__init__" ID="Function.__init__"></a>
<h4>Function (Constructor)</h4>
<b>Function</b>(<i>module, name, file, lineno, signature="", pyqtSignature=None, modifierType=General, annotation="", </i>)

<p>
        Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
name of module containing this function (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the function (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
name of file containing this function (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>lineno</i></dt>
<dd>
linenumber of the function definition (integer)
</dd>
<dt><i>signature</i></dt>
<dd>
the functions call signature (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>pyqtSignature</i></dt>
<dd>
the functions PyQt signature (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>modifierType</i></dt>
<dd>
type of the function
</dd>
<dt><i>annotation</i></dt>
<dd>
return annotation
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Function.addDescription" ID="Function.addDescription"></a>
<h4>Function.addDescription</h4>
<b>addDescription</b>(<i>description</i>)

<p>
        Public method to store the functions docstring.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>description</i></dt>
<dd>
the docstring to be stored (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Function.setEndLine" ID="Function.setEndLine"></a>
<h4>Function.setEndLine</h4>
<b>setEndLine</b>(<i>endLineNo</i>)

<p>
        Public method to record the number of the last line of a class.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>endLineNo</i></dt>
<dd>
number of the last line (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
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<hr />
<hr />
<a NAME="Module" ID="Module"></a>
<h2>Module</h2>

<p>
    Class to represent a Python module.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
None
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.__init__">Module</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.__py_scan">__py_scan</a></td>
<td>Private method to scan the source text of a Python module and retrieve the relevant information.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.__py_setVisibility">__py_setVisibility</a></td>
<td>Private method to set the visibility of an object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.__rb_scan">__rb_scan</a></td>
<td>Private method to scan the source text of a Python module and retrieve the relevant information.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.addClass">addClass</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about a class.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.addDescription">addDescription</a></td>
<td>Public method to store the modules docstring.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.addFunction">addFunction</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about a function.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.addGlobal">addGlobal</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about global variables.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.addModule">addModule</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about a Ruby module.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.addPathToHierarchy">addPathToHierarchy</a></td>
<td>Public method to put the exhausted path into the result dictionary.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.assembleHierarchy">assembleHierarchy</a></td>
<td>Public method to assemble the inheritance hierarchy.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.calculateEndline">calculateEndline</a></td>
<td>Function to calculate the end line of a class or method/function.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.createHierarchy">createHierarchy</a></td>
<td>Public method to build the inheritance hierarchy for all classes of this module.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.getFileName">getFileName</a></td>
<td>Public method to retrieve the modules filename.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.getName">getName</a></td>
<td>Public method to retrieve the modules name.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.getType">getType</a></td>
<td>Public method to get the type of the module's source.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#Module.scan">scan</a></td>
<td>Public method to scan the source text and retrieve the relevant information.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="Module.__init__" ID="Module.__init__"></a>
<h4>Module (Constructor)</h4>
<b>Module</b>(<i>name, file=None, moduleType=None</i>)

<p>
        Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of this module (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
filename of file containing this module (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>moduleType</i></dt>
<dd>
type of this module
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.__py_scan" ID="Module.__py_scan"></a>
<h4>Module.__py_scan</h4>
<b>__py_scan</b>(<i>src</i>)

<p>
        Private method to scan the source text of a Python module and retrieve
        the relevant information.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>src</i></dt>
<dd>
the source text to be scanned (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.__py_setVisibility" ID="Module.__py_setVisibility"></a>
<h4>Module.__py_setVisibility</h4>
<b>__py_setVisibility</b>(<i>objectRef</i>)

<p>
        Private method to set the visibility of an object.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>objectRef</i></dt>
<dd>
reference to the object (Attribute, Class or Function)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.__rb_scan" ID="Module.__rb_scan"></a>
<h4>Module.__rb_scan</h4>
<b>__rb_scan</b>(<i>src</i>)

<p>
        Private method to scan the source text of a Python module and retrieve
        the relevant information.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>src</i> (str)</dt>
<dd>
the source text to be scanned
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.addClass" ID="Module.addClass"></a>
<h4>Module.addClass</h4>
<b>addClass</b>(<i>name, _class</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about a class.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of class to be added (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>_class</i></dt>
<dd>
Class object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.addDescription" ID="Module.addDescription"></a>
<h4>Module.addDescription</h4>
<b>addDescription</b>(<i>description</i>)

<p>
        Public method to store the modules docstring.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>description</i></dt>
<dd>
the docstring to be stored (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.addFunction" ID="Module.addFunction"></a>
<h4>Module.addFunction</h4>
<b>addFunction</b>(<i>name, function</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about a function.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of function to be added (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>function</i></dt>
<dd>
Function object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.addGlobal" ID="Module.addGlobal"></a>
<h4>Module.addGlobal</h4>
<b>addGlobal</b>(<i>name, attr</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about global variables.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the global to add (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>attr</i></dt>
<dd>
Attribute object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.addModule" ID="Module.addModule"></a>
<h4>Module.addModule</h4>
<b>addModule</b>(<i>name, module</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about a Ruby module.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of module to be added (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
Module object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.addPathToHierarchy" ID="Module.addPathToHierarchy"></a>
<h4>Module.addPathToHierarchy</h4>
<b>addPathToHierarchy</b>(<i>path, result, fn</i>)

<p>
        Public method to put the exhausted path into the result dictionary.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
the exhausted path of classes
</dd>
<dt><i>result</i></dt>
<dd>
the result dictionary
</dd>
<dt><i>fn</i></dt>
<dd>
function to call for classe that are already part of the
            result dictionary
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.assembleHierarchy" ID="Module.assembleHierarchy"></a>
<h4>Module.assembleHierarchy</h4>
<b>assembleHierarchy</b>(<i>name, classes, path, result</i>)

<p>
        Public method to assemble the inheritance hierarchy.
</p>
<p>
        This method will traverse the class hierarchy, from a given class
        and build up a nested dictionary of super-classes. The result is
        intended to be inverted, i.e. the highest level are the super classes.
</p>
<p>
        This code is borrowed from Boa Constructor.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of class to assemble hierarchy (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>classes</i></dt>
<dd>
A dictionary of classes to look in.
</dd>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>

</dd>
<dt><i>result</i></dt>
<dd>
The resultant hierarchy
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.calculateEndline" ID="Module.calculateEndline"></a>
<h4>Module.calculateEndline</h4>
<b>calculateEndline</b>(<i>lines, indent</i>)

<p>
            Function to calculate the end line of a class or method/function.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>lineno</i> (int)</dt>
<dd>
line number to start at (one based)
</dd>
<dt><i>lines</i> (list of str)</dt>
<dd>
list of source lines
</dd>
<dt><i>indent</i> (int)</dt>
<dd>
indent length the class/method/function definition
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
end line of the class/method/function (one based)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return Type:</dt>
<dd>
int
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.createHierarchy" ID="Module.createHierarchy"></a>
<h4>Module.createHierarchy</h4>
<b>createHierarchy</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to build the inheritance hierarchy for all classes of
        this module.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
A dictionary with inheritance hierarchies.
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.getFileName" ID="Module.getFileName"></a>
<h4>Module.getFileName</h4>
<b>getFileName</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to retrieve the modules filename.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
module filename (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.getName" ID="Module.getName"></a>
<h4>Module.getName</h4>
<b>getName</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to retrieve the modules name.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
module name (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.getType" ID="Module.getType"></a>
<h4>Module.getType</h4>
<b>getType</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to get the type of the module's source.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
type of the modules's source (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="Module.scan" ID="Module.scan"></a>
<h4>Module.scan</h4>
<b>scan</b>(<i>src</i>)

<p>
        Public method to scan the source text and retrieve the relevant
        information.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>src</i></dt>
<dd>
the source text to be scanned (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="RbModule" ID="RbModule"></a>
<h2>RbModule</h2>

<p>
    Class to represent a Ruby module.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
Class
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#RbModule.__init__">RbModule</a></td>
<td>Constructor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#RbModule.addClass">addClass</a></td>
<td>Public method to add information about a class.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="RbModule.__init__" ID="RbModule.__init__"></a>
<h4>RbModule (Constructor)</h4>
<b>RbModule</b>(<i>module, name, file, lineno</i>)

<p>
        Constructor
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
name of module containing this class (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the class (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>file</i></dt>
<dd>
name of file containing this class (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>lineno</i></dt>
<dd>
linenumber of the class definition (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="RbModule.addClass" ID="RbModule.addClass"></a>
<h4>RbModule.addClass</h4>
<b>addClass</b>(<i>name, _class</i>)

<p>
        Public method to add information about a class.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
name of class to be added (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>_class</i></dt>
<dd>
Class object to be added
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="VisibilityBase" ID="VisibilityBase"></a>
<h2>VisibilityBase</h2>

<p>
    Class implementing the visibility aspect of all objects.
</p>
<h3>Derived from</h3>
None
<h3>Class Attributes</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Class Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Methods</h3>

<table>

<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase.isPrivate">isPrivate</a></td>
<td>Public method to check, if the visibility is Private.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase.isProtected">isProtected</a></td>
<td>Public method to check, if the visibility is Protected.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase.isPublic">isPublic</a></td>
<td>Public method to check, if the visibility is Public.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase.setPrivate">setPrivate</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the visibility to Private.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase.setProtected">setProtected</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the visibility to Protected.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="#VisibilityBase.setPublic">setPublic</a></td>
<td>Public method to set the visibility to Public.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3>Static Methods</h3>

<table>
<tr><td>None</td></tr>
</table>

<a NAME="VisibilityBase.isPrivate" ID="VisibilityBase.isPrivate"></a>
<h4>VisibilityBase.isPrivate</h4>
<b>isPrivate</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to check, if the visibility is Private.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating Private visibility (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="VisibilityBase.isProtected" ID="VisibilityBase.isProtected"></a>
<h4>VisibilityBase.isProtected</h4>
<b>isProtected</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to check, if the visibility is Protected.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating Protected visibility (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="VisibilityBase.isPublic" ID="VisibilityBase.isPublic"></a>
<h4>VisibilityBase.isPublic</h4>
<b>isPublic</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to check, if the visibility is Public.
</p>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
flag indicating Public visibility (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
<a NAME="VisibilityBase.setPrivate" ID="VisibilityBase.setPrivate"></a>
<h4>VisibilityBase.setPrivate</h4>
<b>setPrivate</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to set the visibility to Private.
</p>
<a NAME="VisibilityBase.setProtected" ID="VisibilityBase.setProtected"></a>
<h4>VisibilityBase.setProtected</h4>
<b>setProtected</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to set the visibility to Protected.
</p>
<a NAME="VisibilityBase.setPublic" ID="VisibilityBase.setPublic"></a>
<h4>VisibilityBase.setPublic</h4>
<b>setPublic</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
        Public method to set the visibility to Public.
</p>
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<a NAME="_indent" ID="_indent"></a>
<h2>_indent</h2>
<b>_indent</b>(<i>ws</i>)

<p>
    Protected function to determine the indent width of a whitespace string.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>ws</i></dt>
<dd>
The whitespace string to be cheked. (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
Length of the whitespace string after tab expansion.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="find_module" ID="find_module"></a>
<h2>find_module</h2>
<b>find_module</b>(<i>name, path, extensions</i>)

<p>
    Module function to extend the Python module finding mechanism.
</p>
<p>
    This function searches for files in the given path. If the filename
    doesn't have an extension or an extension of .py, the normal search
    implemented in the imp module is used. For all other supported files
    only path is searched.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
filename or modulename to search for (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
search path (list of strings)
</dd>
<dt><i>extensions</i></dt>
<dd>
list of extensions, which should be considered valid
        source file extensions (list of strings)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
tuple of the open file, pathname and description. Description
        is a tuple of file suffix, file mode and file type)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>

<dt>Raises <b>ImportError</b>:</dt>
<dd>
The file or module wasn't found.
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="getTypeFromTypeName" ID="getTypeFromTypeName"></a>
<h2>getTypeFromTypeName</h2>
<b>getTypeFromTypeName</b>(<i>name</i>)

<p>
    Module function to determine the module type given the module type name.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>name</i></dt>
<dd>
module type name (string)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
module type or -1 for failure (integer)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="readModule" ID="readModule"></a>
<h2>readModule</h2>
<b>readModule</b>(<i>module, path=None, inpackage=False, basename="", extensions=None, caching=True, ignoreBuiltinModules=False, </i>)

<p>
    Function to read a module file and parse it.
</p>
<p>
    The module is searched in path and sys.path, read and parsed.
    If the module was parsed before, the information is taken
    from a cache in order to speed up processing.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
name of the module to be parsed (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>path</i></dt>
<dd>
search path for the module (list of strings)
</dd>
<dt><i>inpackage</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating that module is inside a
        package (boolean)
</dd>
<dt><i>basename</i></dt>
<dd>
a path basename that is deleted from the filename of
        the module file to be read (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>extensions</i></dt>
<dd>
list of extensions, which should be considered valid
        source file extensions (list of strings)
</dd>
<dt><i>caching</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating that the parsed module should be
        cached (boolean)
</dd>
<dt><i>ignoreBuiltinModules</i></dt>
<dd>
flag indicating to ignore the builtin modules
        (boolean)
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Return:</dt>
<dd>
reference to a Module object containing the parsed
        module information (Module)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="resetParsedModule" ID="resetParsedModule"></a>
<h2>resetParsedModule</h2>
<b>resetParsedModule</b>(<i>module, basename=""</i>)

<p>
    Module function to clear one module from the list of parsed modules.
</p>
<dl>

<dt><i>module</i></dt>
<dd>
Name of the module to be parsed (string)
</dd>
<dt><i>basename</i></dt>
<dd>
a path basename. This basename is deleted from
        the filename of the module file to be cleared. (string)
</dd>
</dl>
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<a NAME="resetParsedModules" ID="resetParsedModules"></a>
<h2>resetParsedModules</h2>
<b>resetParsedModules</b>(<i></i>)

<p>
    Module function to reset the list of modules already parsed.
</p>
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