Enum Properties

Add properties to Python enumeration values with a simple declarative syntax. Enum Properties is a lightweight extension to Python's Enum class. Example:

from enum_properties import EnumProperties, p
from enum import auto

class Color(EnumProperties, p('rgb'), p('hex')):

    # name   value      rgb       hex
    RED    = auto(), (1, 0, 0), 'ff0000'
    GREEN  = auto(), (0, 1, 0), '00ff00'
    BLUE   = auto(), (0, 0, 1), '0000ff'

# the named p() values in the Enum's inheritance become properties on
# each value, matching the order in which they are specified

Color.RED.rgb   == (1, 0, 0)
Color.GREEN.rgb == (0, 1, 0)
Color.BLUE.rgb  == (0, 0, 1)

Color.RED.hex   == 'ff0000'
Color.GREEN.hex == '00ff00'
Color.BLUE.hex  == '0000ff'

Properties may also be symmetrically mapped to enumeration values, using s() values:

from enum_properties import EnumProperties, s
from enum import auto

class Color(EnumProperties, s('rgb'), s('hex', case_fold=True)):

    RED    = auto(), (1, 0, 0), 'ff0000'
    GREEN  = auto(), (0, 1, 0), '00ff00'
    BLUE   = auto(), (0, 0, 1), '0000ff'

# any named s() values in the Enum's inheritance become properties on
# each value, and the enumeration value may be instantiated from the
# property's value

Color((1, 0, 0)) == Color.RED
Color((0, 1, 0)) == Color.GREEN
Color((0, 0, 1)) == Color.BLUE

Color('ff0000') == Color.RED
Color('FF0000') == Color.RED  # case_fold makes mapping case insensitive
Color('00ff00') == Color.GREEN
Color('00FF00') == Color.GREEN
Color('0000ff') == Color.BLUE
Color('0000FF') == Color.BLUE

Color.RED.hex == 'ff0000'

Member functions may also be specialized to each enumeration value, using the @specialize decorator.

from enum_properties import EnumProperties, specialize

class SpecializedEnum(EnumProperties):

    ONE   = 1
    TWO   = 2
    THREE = 3

    @specialize(ONE)
    def method(self):
        return 'method_one()'

    @specialize(TWO)
    def method(self):
        return 'method_two()'

    @specialize(THREE)
    def method(self):
        return 'method_three()'

SpecializedEnum.ONE.method() == 'method_one()'
SpecializedEnum.TWO.method() == 'method_two()'
SpecializedEnum.THREE.method() == 'method_three()'

Please report bugs and discuss features on the issues page.

Contributions are encouraged!

Full documentation at read the docs.

Installation

1. Clone enum-properties from GitHub or install a release off PyPI :

pip install enum-properties