Parameters#

Parameter

An attribute descriptor for declaring parameters.

String

A String Parameter, with a default value and optional regular expression (regex) matching.

Bytes

A Bytes Parameter, with a default value and optional regular expression (regex) matching.

Color

Color parameter defined as a hex RGB string with an optional # prefix or (optionally) as a CSS3 color name.

Boolean

Binary or tristate Boolean Parameter.

Event

An Event Parameter is one whose value is intimately linked to the triggering of events for watchers to consume.

Dynamic

Parameter whose value can be generated dynamically by a callable object.

Number

A numeric Dynamic Parameter, with a default value and optional bounds.

Integer

Numeric Parameter required to be an Integer

Magnitude

Numeric Parameter required to be in the range [0.0-1.0].

Tuple

A tuple Parameter (e.g.

NumericTuple

A numeric tuple Parameter (e.g.

XYCoordinates

A NumericTuple for an X,Y coordinate.

Range

A numeric range with optional bounds and softbounds.

Date

Date parameter of datetime or date type.

DateRange

A datetime or date range specified as (start, end).

CalendarDate

Parameter specifically allowing dates (not datetimes).

CalendarDateRange

A date range specified as (start_date, end_date).

List

Parameter whose value is a list of objects, usually of a specified type.

HookList

Parameter whose value is a list of callable objects.

Path

Parameter that can be set to a string specifying the path of a file or folder.

Filename

Parameter that can be set to a string specifying the path of a file.

Foldername

Parameter that can be set to a string specifying the path of a folder.

Selector

Parameter whose value must be one object from a list of possible objects.

FileSelector

Given a path glob, allows one file to be selected from those matching.

ListSelector

Variant of Selector where the value can be multiple objects from a list of possible objects.

MultiFileSelector

Given a path glob, allows multiple files to be selected from the list of matches.

ClassSelector

Parameter allowing selection of either a subclass or an instance of a given set of classes.

Dict

Parameter whose value is a dictionary.

Array

Parameter whose value is a numpy array.

Series

Parameter whose value is a pandas Series.

DataFrame

Parameter whose value is a pandas DataFrame.

Callable

Parameter holding a value that is a callable object, such as a function.

Action

A user-provided function that can be invoked like a class or object method using ().

Composite

A Parameter that is a composite of a set of other attributes of the class.