Python: getting an object's “attribute/method/property” either as a parameter to a method or as a property

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In the WMI module (yeah, my boss wants me to program in Windows — but at least it’s not in COBOL), it seems that you can access a WMI value either by passing it’s name as a string parameter of a method,

blabla=wmithingy().getvalue('nameOfValue')

or as a property/method:

blabla=wmithingy().nameOfValue()

Am I dreaming, smoking bad weed, or can it effectively be done (and how)?

Do you have the source of wmithingy() to look at and see how it's done? — matt b
– matt b, Commented Oct 18, 2010 at 13:25

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18 13:37:52Z

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Either the getvalue() method uses getattr(), or the __getattr__() method defers to the getvalue() method.

answered Oct 18, 2010 at 13:37

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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