Instance variables in methods outside the constructor (Python) — why and how?

Why is it best practice to initialize the instance variable within the constructor? Clarity. Because it makes it easy to see at a glance all of the attributes of the class. If you initialize the variables in multiple methods, it becomes difficult to understand the complete data structure without reading every line of code. Initializing … Read more

Get Enum Instance from Class

public static <T extends Enum<T>> T getInstance(final String value, final Class<T> enumClass) { return Enum.valueOf(enumClass, value); } And the method is to be used as: final Shape shape = getInstance(“CAT”, Shape.class); Then again, you can always use final Shape shape = Shape.valueOf(“CAT”); which is a shortcut for Enum.valueOf(Shape.class, “CAT”);

How to check if string exists in Enum of strings?

I just bumped into this problem today (2020-12-09); I had to change a number of subpackages for Python 3.8. Perhaps an alternative to the other solutions here is the following, inspired by the excellent answer here to a similar question, as well as @MadPhysicist’s answer on this page: from enum import Enum, EnumMeta class MetaEnum(EnumMeta): … Read more