Source code for spinetoolbox.metaobject

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"""
MetaObject class.

:authors: E. Rinne (VTT), P. Savolainen (VTT)
:date:   18.12.2017
"""

from PySide2.QtCore import QObject
from spine_engine.utils.helpers import shorten


class MetaObject(QObject):
    def __init__(self, name, description):
        """Class for an object which has a name, type, and some description.

        Args:
            name (str): Object name
            description (str): Object description
        """
        super().__init__()
        self.name = name
        self.short_name = shorten(name)
        self.description = description

    def set_name(self, name):
        """Set object name and short name.
        Note: Check conflicts (e.g. name already exists)
        before calling this method.

        Args:
            name (str): New (long) name for this object
        """
        self.name = name
        self.short_name = shorten(name)

    def set_description(self, description):
        """Set object description.

        Args:
            description (str): Object description
        """
        self.description = description