pydoctor.visitor.VisitorExt

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class VisitorExt(_BaseVisitor[T]): (source)

Constructor: VisitorExt()

The node visitor extension base class, to inherit from.

Subclasses must define the when class variable, and any custom visit_* methods.

See: When

Method	`__init__`	Initialize the visitor extension.
Method	`attach`	Attach the parent visitor to this extension.
Method	`unknown_departure`	Called before exiting unknown object types.
Method	`unknown_visit`	Called when entering unknown object types.
Instance Variable	`visitor`	The parent visitor

Inherited from _BaseVisitor:

Method	`depart`	Depart an object.
Method	`visit`	Visit an object.

Initialize the visitor extension.

def attach(self, visitor: Visitor[T]): (source) ¶

Attach the parent visitor to this extension.

def unknown_departure(self, ob: T): (source) ¶

overrides pydoctor.visitor._BaseVisitor.unknown_departure

Called before exiting unknown object types.

Raise exception unless overridden.

def unknown_visit(self, ob: T): (source) ¶

overrides pydoctor.visitor._BaseVisitor.unknown_visit

Called when entering unknown object types.

Raise an exception unless overridden.

overridden in pydoctor.extensions.ModuleVisitorExt

The parent visitor