pyVHDLModel.Declaration

This module contains parts of an abstract document language model for VHDL.

Classes

EntityClass: An EntityClass is an enumeration. It represents a VHDL language entity class (entity, label, …).
Attribute: Represents an attribute declaration.
AttributeSpecification: Represents an attribute specification.
Alias: Represents an alias declaration.

Classes

class pyVHDLModel.Declaration.EntityClass(*values)[source]

An EntityClass is an enumeration. It represents a VHDL language entity class (entity, label, …).

Inheritance

Entity = 0: Entity

Architecture = 1: Architecture

Configuration = 2: Configuration

Procedure = 3: Procedure

Function = 4: Function

Package = 5: Package

Type = 6: Type

Subtype = 7: Subtype

Constant = 8: Constant

Signal = 9: Signal

Variable = 10: Variable

Component = 11: Component

Label = 12: Label

Literal = 13: Literal

Units = 14: Units

Group = 15: Group

File = 16: File

Property = 17: Property

Sequence = 18: Sequence

View = 19: View

Others = 20: Others

classmethod __contains__(value)

Return True if value is in cls.

value is in cls if: 1) value is a member of cls, or 2) value is the value of one of the cls’s members. 3) value is a pseudo-member (flags)

classmethod __getitem__(name): Return the member matching name.

classmethod __iter__(): Return members in definition order.

classmethod __len__(): Return the number of members (no aliases)

class pyVHDLModel.Declaration.Attribute(identifier, subtype, documentation=None, parent=None)[source]

Represents an attribute declaration.

Example

attribute TotalBits : natural;

Inheritance

Parameters:

identifier (str)
subtype (Symbol)
documentation (str | None)
parent (ModelEntity | None)

__init__(identifier, subtype, documentation=None, parent=None)[source]

Initializes an attribute declaration.

Parameters:

identifier (str) – The identifier of a model entity.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the attribute’s subtype.
documentation (str | None) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.
parent (ModelEntity | None) – The parent model entity of this entity.

Return type:

None

_subtype: Symbol: Reference to the attribute’s subtype.

property Subtype: None

Read-only property to access the subtype (_subtype).

Returns:: The subtype.

__str__()[source]

Formats the attribute declaration.

Format: attribute myAttribute: bit

Return type:: str
Returns:: Formatted attribute declaration.

_identifier: str: The identifier of a model entity.

_normalizedIdentifier: str: The normalized (lower case) identifier of a model entity.

_documentation: str | None: The associated documentation of a model entity.

property Documentation: str | None

Read-only property to access the model entity’s documentation (_documentation).

Returns:: Associated documentation of a model entity.

GetAncestor(type)

Return the closest ancestor of the given type found by walking the parent chain upwards.

Iterates the parent chain - starting at this model entity - upwards (toward the root of the model) until an ancestor of the requested type is found.

Parameters:: type (Type) – Class (type) of the ancestor to find.
Return type:: ModelEntity
Returns:: The closest ancestor of the requested type.
Raises:: VHDLModelException – If the root of the model is reached without finding an ancestor of the requested type.

classmethod GetMethodsWithAttributes(predicate: TAttr | Iterable[TAttr] | None = None) → Dict[Callable, Tuple[Attribute, ...]]

Parameters:

predicate (TypeVar(TAttr) | Iterable[TypeVar(TAttr)] | None) – An attribute class, an iterable of attribute classes, or None to accept every attribute.

Return type:

Dict[Callable, Tuple[Attribute, ...]]

Returns:

Dictionary of methods and the matching attributes attached to them.

Raises:

ValueError – If an element of parameter ‘predicate’ is not a sub-class of Attribute.
ValueError – If parameter ‘predicate’ is neither an attribute class nor an iterable of those.

property Identifier: str

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifier (_identifier).

Returns:: Name of a model entity.

property NormalizedIdentifier: str

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifier (_normalizedIdentifier).

Returns:: Normalized name of a model entity.

property Parent: ModelEntity

Property to access the model entity’s parent element reference in a logical hierarchy (_parent).

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

_parent: ModelEntity: Reference to a parent entity in the logical model hierarchy.

class pyVHDLModel.Declaration.AttributeSpecification(identifiers, attribute, entityClass, expression, documentation=None, parent=None)[source]

Represents an attribute specification.

Example

attribute TotalBits of BusType : subtype is 32;

Inheritance

Parameters:

identifiers (Iterable[Name])
attribute (Name)
entityClass (<pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x778fa3510a50>)
expression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal)
documentation (str | None)
parent (ModelEntity | None)

__init__(identifiers, attribute, entityClass, expression, documentation=None, parent=None)[source]

Initializes an attribute specification.

Parameters:

identifiers (Iterable[Name]) – List of all names the attribute is specified for.
attribute (Name) – Reference to the specified attribute.
entityClass (readonly) – The entity class the named items belong to.
expression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal) – The value assigned to the attribute.
documentation (str | None) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.
parent (ModelEntity | None) – The parent model entity of this entity.

Return type:

None

_identifiers: List[Name]: List of all names the attribute is specified for.

_attribute: Name: Reference to the specified attribute.

_entityClass: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x778fa3510a50>: The entity class the named items belong to.

_expression: BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal: The value assigned to the attribute.

property Identifiers: List[Name]

Read-only property to access the identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: List of identifiers.

property Attribute: Name

Read-only property to access the attribute (_attribute).

Returns:: The attribute.

property EntityClass: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x778fa3510a50>

Read-only property to access the entity class (_entityClass).

Returns:: The entity class.

property Expression: BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal

Read-only property to access the expression (_expression).

Returns:: The expression.

_documentation: str | None: The associated documentation of a model entity.

property Documentation: str | None

Read-only property to access the model entity’s documentation (_documentation).

Returns:: Associated documentation of a model entity.

GetAncestor(type)

Return the closest ancestor of the given type found by walking the parent chain upwards.

Iterates the parent chain - starting at this model entity - upwards (toward the root of the model) until an ancestor of the requested type is found.

Parameters:: type (Type) – Class (type) of the ancestor to find.
Return type:: ModelEntity
Returns:: The closest ancestor of the requested type.
Raises:: VHDLModelException – If the root of the model is reached without finding an ancestor of the requested type.

classmethod GetMethodsWithAttributes(predicate: TAttr | Iterable[TAttr] | None = None) → Dict[Callable, Tuple[Attribute, ...]]

Parameters:

predicate (TypeVar(TAttr) | Iterable[TypeVar(TAttr)] | None) – An attribute class, an iterable of attribute classes, or None to accept every attribute.

Return type:

Dict[Callable, Tuple[Attribute, ...]]

Returns:

Dictionary of methods and the matching attributes attached to them.

Raises:

ValueError – If an element of parameter ‘predicate’ is not a sub-class of Attribute.
ValueError – If parameter ‘predicate’ is neither an attribute class nor an iterable of those.

property Parent: ModelEntity

Property to access the model entity’s parent element reference in a logical hierarchy (_parent).

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

_parent: ModelEntity: Reference to a parent entity in the logical model hierarchy.

class pyVHDLModel.Declaration.Alias(identifier, name, subtype=None, documentation=None, parent=None)[source]

Represents an alias declaration.

Name is a Symbol - like every other cross-reference in this model - rather than a bare Name, so it participates in the usual resolve-later mechanism (Reference / IsResolved). Unlike PackageReferenceSymbol and similar, there is no single fixed PossibleReference value that always fits: an alias without a subtype indication can refer to almost anything nameable (an object, a type, a subprogram, a literal, …), while an alias with a subtype indication can - per the LRM - only ever refer to an object (a constant, variable, signal, or file); the possibleReferences passed to the Symbol should reflect whichever case applies.

Example

alias a : bit_vector(3 downto 0) is s(3 downto 0);
--        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^
--        optional Subtype           Name

alias b is s;
--          ^
--          Name

Inheritance

Parameters:

identifier (str)
name (Symbol)
subtype (SubtypeSymbol | None)
documentation (str | None)
parent (ModelEntity | None)

_identifier: str: The identifier of a model entity.

_normalizedIdentifier: str: The normalized (lower case) identifier of a model entity.

_documentation: str | None: The associated documentation of a model entity.

property Documentation: str | None

Read-only property to access the model entity’s documentation (_documentation).

Returns:: Associated documentation of a model entity.

GetAncestor(type)

Return the closest ancestor of the given type found by walking the parent chain upwards.

Iterates the parent chain - starting at this model entity - upwards (toward the root of the model) until an ancestor of the requested type is found.

Parameters:: type (Type) – Class (type) of the ancestor to find.
Return type:: ModelEntity
Returns:: The closest ancestor of the requested type.
Raises:: VHDLModelException – If the root of the model is reached without finding an ancestor of the requested type.

classmethod GetMethodsWithAttributes(predicate: TAttr | Iterable[TAttr] | None = None) → Dict[Callable, Tuple[Attribute, ...]]

Parameters:

predicate (TypeVar(TAttr) | Iterable[TypeVar(TAttr)] | None) – An attribute class, an iterable of attribute classes, or None to accept every attribute.

Return type:

Dict[Callable, Tuple[Attribute, ...]]

Returns:

Dictionary of methods and the matching attributes attached to them.

Raises:

ValueError – If an element of parameter ‘predicate’ is not a sub-class of Attribute.
ValueError – If parameter ‘predicate’ is neither an attribute class nor an iterable of those.

property Identifier: str

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifier (_identifier).

Returns:: Name of a model entity.

property NormalizedIdentifier: str

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifier (_normalizedIdentifier).

Returns:: Normalized name of a model entity.

property Parent: ModelEntity

Property to access the model entity’s parent element reference in a logical hierarchy (_parent).

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

_parent: ModelEntity: Reference to a parent entity in the logical model hierarchy.

__init__(identifier, name, subtype=None, documentation=None, parent=None)[source]

Initializes an alias declaration.

Parameters:

identifier (str) – The identifier of a model entity.
name (Symbol) – Reference to the name being aliased.
subtype (SubtypeSymbol | None) – Reference to the alias’ subtype, or None if none was given.
documentation (str | None) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.
parent (ModelEntity | None) – The parent model entity of this entity.

Return type:

None

_name: Symbol: Reference to the name being aliased.

_subtype: SubtypeSymbol | None: Reference to the alias’ subtype, or None if none was given.

property Name: Symbol

Read-only property to access the name (_name).

Returns:: The name.

property Subtype: SubtypeSymbol | None

Read-only property to access the subtype (_subtype).

Returns:: The subtype, or None if not set.

__str__()[source]

Formats the alias declaration.

Format: alias myAlias : bit is target, or without the subtype when none was given

Return type:: str
Returns:: Formatted alias declaration.