Source code for traitsui.ui_info

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""" Defines the UIInfo class used to represent the object and editor content of
    an active Traits-based user interface.
"""

from traits.api import HasPrivateTraits, Instance, Constant, Bool


class UIInfo(HasPrivateTraits):
    """Represents the object and editor content of an active Traits-based
    user interface
    """

    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    #  Trait definitions:
    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    #: Bound to a UI object at UIInfo construction time
    ui = Instance("traitsui.ui.UI", allow_none=True)

    #: Indicates whether the UI has finished initialization
    initialized = Bool(False)

    def bind_context(self):
        """Binds all of the associated context objects as traits of the
        object.
        """
        for name, value in self.ui.context.items():
            self.bind(name, value)

    def bind(self, name, value, id=None):
        """Binds a name to a value if it is not already bound."""
        if id is None:
            id = name

        if not hasattr(self, name):
            self.add_trait(name, Constant(value))
            if id != "":
                self.ui._names.append(id)