Reviving this old thread out of interest...
So, with that sample code, we can introspect predefined global objects like
Application and XSIUtils. That's cool, but for example, another object type
like... "Parameter".... that's a class but I can't create it. I can't do
win32com.client.Dispatch("Parameter") and
XSIFactory.CreateObject("Parameter") won't work either.
Is there any way I can somehow create the object on the fly, knowing its
class type, some other way so that I can query its methods and properties?
ps: Raff, could you elaborate how you AL guys got your introspection going
for non-predefined globals?
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Andy Nicholas <[email protected]> wrote:
> You guys should check this out. It might give you a good start...
>
>
> http://xsisupport.com/2012/10/06/saturday-snippet-getting-a-list-of-properties-and-methods-with-python-introspection/
>
>
>
> On 04 January 2013 at 00:54 jo benayoun <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> > The Softimage API (object model) is not visible because its all about
> dynamic
> > dispatching at runtime. This is like thinking your editor will be
> natively
> > enough smart to detect attributes you would add dynamically when
> overriding
> > the __getattr__ method of a class.
> > Happily for us the dispatching is cached somewhere and even
> introspectable by
> > using the pythoncom/pywin32 API. With a little effort and sticking with
> > python, one would have no problem in developing a plugin for this text
> editor
> > specially if sublime API is as convenient as it is claimed. The first
> step is
> > to learn how to use correctly the pywin32 package and what it does under
> the
> > hood to fully understand what the 'ultimate' solution could be.
> > --jo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2013/1/3 César Sáez <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
> > > > You're right, sublime/any-other-editor can't see that softimage
> > > > variables.
> > > If you're using 'Application' (or any 'implicit variable' like
> that) your
> > > script will fail on import, sipyutils module (or your own version of
> it) is
> > > the way to go IMHO.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Alan Fregtman <
> [email protected]
> > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > > > > > But it won't be able to find global XSI objects just like
> that,
> > > > > > right? "Application" is defined by the axscript module, but
> I
> > > > > > feel like SI internally dispatches it in a way I don't think
> > > > > > Sublime could "see" it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:40 PM, César Sáez <[email protected]
> > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > You have to add your environment paths to the 'env'
> tag in
> > > > > > > > your python.sublime-build config file, this way if
> you have
> > > > > > > > a shortcuts module it will instrospect it.
> > > > > El 03/01/2013 17:34, "Gene Crucean" <
> [email protected]
> > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > escribió:
> > > > > > > > > > Hehe I was trying to figure out the same thing.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Alan Fregtman
> > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > I use SublimeCodeIntel too but it's not
> aware
> > > > > > > > > > > > of XSI globals like Application, XSIUtils
> and
> > > > > > > > > > > > so on, so it won't introspect them.
> > > > > > > How would one hack it to be more aware of such?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 9:19 PM, César Sáez
> > > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > SublimeCodeIntel does a great job
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > autocompleting python modules and
> import
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > statements (via introspoction,
> works with
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > your own modules too), it's not
> softimage
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > specific but helps alot.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Another cool package is the SublimeLinter, it
> > > > > > > > highlight potential errors in your code (IDE-like). I have
> no idea
> > > > > > > > how far I was from PEP8 until I start using it, now my code
> is way
> > > > > > > > cleaner and easy to the eyes :)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Raffaele
> Fragapane
> > > > > > > > <[email protected] <mailto:
> [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You actually can introspect
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > recursively almost the
> entirety of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the scripting API and
> generate a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > dummy set of libraries from
> there.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That will offer
> autocompletion in
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > most IDEs.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We've had that running here in AL for a
> while
> > > > > > > > > thanks to Aloys' efforts a long time ago and it's worked
> without
> > > > > > > > > a hitch for years.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Gene
> Crucean
> > > > > > > > > <[email protected]
> > > > > > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It would be completely
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bitchin if it
> autocompleted
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > the entire sdk... and
> not
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > just simple commonly
> used
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > snippets.
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