sebastianbergmann/object-reflector
Object Reflector
Object-reflector is a Python object reflection library and dynamic attribute access tool. It functions as an object property extractor designed to retrieve values from an object's internal state and inheritance hierarchies during runtime.
The library provides the capability to access and extract private, protected, and inherited object attributes. This allows for the inspection of internal properties regardless of their visibility.
The project covers domains including software debugging workflows, automated testing utilities, and general Python runtime reflection to analyze object properties without modifying source code.
Features
- Reflection-Based Access - Uses runtime type inspection to bypass access restrictions and retrieve private or protected properties.
- Runtime Reflection - Enables runtime introspection and dynamic retrieval of protected or inherited class properties.
- Object Inspection Tools - Provides utilities for analyzing the internal state and private members of Python objects at runtime.
- Dynamic Inheritance Resolution - Implements runtime traversal of class hierarchies to locate and retrieve inherited object properties.
- Private Member Access - Bypasses private and protected access modifiers to extract internal member values from object instances.
- Attribute Object Inspection - Provides capabilities to inspect declared attributes and their internal structure at runtime.
- Dynamic Attribute Accessors - Provides a mechanism for reflecting object state and navigating inheritance hierarchies at runtime.
- Object Reflection Libraries - Provides a specialized library for accessing and extracting private, protected, and inherited Python object attributes.
- Attribute Extraction - Extracts values from object properties regardless of their visibility or inheritance status.
- Inherited Property Retrievers - Retrieves enumerable property names and values from an object's inheritance hierarchy.
- Internal Property Extractors - Extracts values from an object's internal properties regardless of their visibility modifiers.
- Object State Inspection - Facilitates debugging complex class hierarchies by exposing hidden internal object properties.
- Testing Utilities - Serves as a utility for verifying internal object state during automated tests when public APIs are insufficient.
