fiberlab.util module

Miscellaneous package utilities.

fiberlab.util.all_subclasses(cls)[source]

Collect all the subclasses of the provided class.

The search follows the inheritance to the highest-level class. Intermediate base classes are included in the returned set, but not the base class itself.

Thanks to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3862310/how-to-find-all-the-subclasses-of-a-class-given-its-name

Parameters: cls (object) – The base class
Returns: The unique set of derived classes, including any intermediate base classes in the inheritance thread.
Return type: set