quay/util/abchelpers.py

class NoopIsANoopException(TypeError):
  """ Raised if the nooper decorator is unnecessary on a class. """
  pass


def nooper(cls):
  """ Decorates a class that derives from an ABCMeta, filling in any unimplemented methods with
      no-ops.
  """
  def empty_func(*args, **kwargs):
    # pylint: disable=unused-argument
    pass

  empty_methods = {m_name: empty_func for m_name in cls.__abstractmethods__}

  if not empty_methods:
    raise NoopIsANoopException('nooper implemented no abstract methods on %s' % cls)

  return type(cls.__name__, (cls,), empty_methods)