class MockNull: def __init__(self, **kwargs): for key, value in kwargs.items(): self.__dict__[key] = value def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs): return MockNull() def __getattr__(self, name): # This allows assignments which assume all intermediate steps are Null # objects if they don't exist yet. # # For example (with just 'client' defined): # # client.db.config.TRACKER_WEB = 'BASE/' self.__dict__[name] = MockNull() return getattr(self, name) def __getitem__(self, key): return self def __bool__(self): return False # Python 2 compatibility: __nonzero__ = __bool__ def __contains__(self, key): return False def __eq__(self, rhs): return False def __ne__(self, rhs): return False def __str__(self): return '' def __repr__(self): return '' % id(self) def gettext(self, string): return string _ = gettext def get(self, name, default=None): try: return self.__dict__[name.lower()] except KeyError: return default