BaseVariable

class osaft.core.variable.BaseVariable(name=None)

Bases: ABC

BaseVariable class defining basic methods and attributes shared between active and passive attributes.

This class and its children are based on the Observer Design Pattern. In the present context value changes shall be tracked so ActiveVariable know when their dependencies changed, and they need to recompute their underlying value.

Parameters:

name (None | str, optional) – Name of the variable

Default: None

Raises:

TypeError if name is of wrong type

Public Data Attributes:

name	Returns name of the variable.
value	Value of the attribute

Public Methods:

notify()

Notifies all items in BaseVariable._variables_to_notify that a dependent value changed.

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notify()

Notifies all items in BaseVariable._variables_to_notify that a dependent value changed. Just the information of a changed dependency is passed.

Return type:

None

property name: str

Returns name of the variable.

Setter:

sets _name

property value: Any

Value of the attribute

Setter:

just defined in PassiveVariable

Getter:

returns/computes the value of the instance