Property setter with multiple values
The setter can only take one value, so use a tuple: (value1, value2)
.
@id.setter
def id(self,value):
self._id = sha512(str(value))
...
self.id = (value1, value2)
(You didn't post what sha512
is. I'm assuming you are using hashlib.sha512
, and sha512
is calling the update
method, which requires a string as input.)
How do I pass two values to the setter?
You can pass an iterable(tuple, list) to the setter, for example:
class A(object):
def __init__(self, val):
self.idx = val
@property
def idx(self):
return self._idx
@idx.setter
def idx(self, val):
try:
value1, value2 = val
except ValueError:
raise ValueError("Pass an iterable with two items")
else:
""" This will run only if no exception was raised """
self._idx = sha512(value1+value2)
Demo:
>>> a = A(['foo', 'bar']) #pass a list
>>> b = A(('spam', 'eggs')) #pass a tuple
>>> a.idx
<sha512 HASH object @ 0xa57e688>
>>> a.idx = ('python', 'org') #works
>>> b.idx = ('python',) #fails
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
raise ValueError("Pass an iterable with two items")
ValueError: Pass an iterable with two items