如何在Python中使类或方法抽象?

我尝试像这样重新定义__new__():

class F:
    def __new__(cls):
        raise Exception("Unable to create an instance of abstract class %s" %cls)

但是现在,如果我创建一个从F继承的类G,像这样:

class G(F):
    pass

然后,我也不能实例化G,因为它调用它的超类的__new__方法。

是否有更好的方法来定义抽象类?


当前回答

只是对@TimGilbert老派回答的一个快速补充…你可以让你的抽象基类的init()方法抛出一个异常,这将阻止它被实例化,不是吗?

>>> class Abstract(object):
...     def __init__(self):
...         raise NotImplementedError("You can't instantiate this class!")
...
>>> a = Abstract()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in __init__
NotImplementedError: You can't instantiate this class! 

其他回答

老式的(pre-PEP 3119)方法是在调用抽象方法时在抽象类中引发NotImplementedError。

class Abstract(object):
    def foo(self):
        raise NotImplementedError('subclasses must override foo()!')

class Derived(Abstract):
    def foo(self):
        print 'Hooray!'

>>> d = Derived()
>>> d.foo()
Hooray!
>>> a = Abstract()
>>> a.foo()
Traceback (most recent call last): [...]

它没有像使用abc模块那样好的属性。您仍然可以实例化抽象基类本身,并且直到在运行时调用抽象方法时才会发现错误。

但是如果您处理的是一小组简单类,可能只有几个抽象方法,那么这种方法比费力地查阅abc文档要容易一些。

Most Previous answers were correct but here is the answer and example for Python 3.7. Yes, you can create an abstract class and method. Just as a reminder sometimes a class should define a method which logically belongs to a class, but that class cannot specify how to implement the method. For example, in the below Parents and Babies classes they both eat but the implementation will be different for each because babies and parents eat a different kind of food and the number of times they eat is different. So, eat method subclasses overrides AbstractClass.eat.

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod

class AbstractClass(ABC):

    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value
        super().__init__()

    @abstractmethod
    def eat(self):
        pass

class Parents(AbstractClass):
    def eat(self):
        return "eat solid food "+ str(self.value) + " times each day"

class Babies(AbstractClass):
    def eat(self):
        return "Milk only "+ str(self.value) + " times or more each day"

food = 3    
mom = Parents(food)
print("moms ----------")
print(mom.eat())

infant = Babies(food)
print("infants ----------")
print(infant.eat())

输出:

moms ----------
eat solid food 3 times each day
infants ----------
Milk only 3 times or more each day

在你的代码片段中,你也可以通过在子类中提供__new__方法的实现来解决这个问题,类似地:

def G(F):
    def __new__(cls):
        # do something here

但这是一个黑客,我建议你不要这样做,除非你知道你在做什么。对于几乎所有的情况,我建议您使用abc模块,在我之前的其他人已经建议过了。

同样,当你创建一个新的(基)类时,让它成为子类对象,就像这样:我不知道它是否还有那么重要,但它有助于保持代码的风格一致性

这个方法也很简单:

class A_abstract(object):

    def __init__(self):
        # quite simple, old-school way.
        if self.__class__.__name__ == "A_abstract": 
            raise NotImplementedError("You can't instantiate this abstract class. Derive it, please.")

class B(A_abstract):

        pass

b = B()

# here an exception is raised:
a = A_abstract()

这个将在python3中工作

from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod

class Abstract(metaclass=ABCMeta):

    @abstractmethod
    def foo(self):
        pass

Abstract()
>>> TypeError: Can not instantiate abstract class Abstract with abstract methods foo