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# This file is part of Checkbox.
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# Copyright 2011 Canonical Ltd.
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# Checkbox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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# Checkbox is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with Checkbox. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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def implement_from_dict(class_name, methods=[], superclass=object):
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"""Return a class that implements empty methods.
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:param superclass: The superclass of the class to be generated.
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:param methods: A list of method names to implement as empty.
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def empty(*args, **kwargs):
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for method in methods:
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class_dict[method] = empty
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if not isinstance(superclass, tuple):
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superclass = (superclass,)
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return type(class_name, superclass, class_dict)