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import warnings

import IECore

"""
Implement new methods to the Parameterised class.
"""

def __parameterisedSetItemOp( self, attrName, attrValue ):
	"""
	Smart version of __setitem__ operator. Uses Parameter.smartSetValue() function for
	dynamic type conversion.
	"""
	try:
		parameters = IECore.Parameterised.parameters( self )
	except:
		# it's probably a derived class and the constructor did not initialized Parameterised.
		# So the attribute must be a class attribute and not a Parameter attribute.
		# \todo Might want to rethink this logic
		self.__dict__[ attrName ] = attrValue
	else:
		if parameters.has_key( attrName ):
			parameters[ attrName ].smartSetValue( attrValue )
		else:
			# allow assignment of other attributes to the object.
			self.__dict__[ attrName ] = attrValue

IECore.Parameterised.__setitem__ = __parameterisedSetItemOp

__all__ = []
