diplomat.processing.type_casters.List

class diplomat.processing.type_casters.List(item_type: Callable[[Any], Any])

Bases: ConvertibleTypeCaster

A type which represents a sequence, or list.

__init__(item_type: Callable[[Any], Any])

Methods

__init__(item_type)
to_metavar()	Convert this type to a CLI-Friendly format for display on the command line as a metavar.
to_type_hint()	Abstract method: Convert this typecaster instance to a regular type hint.

to_metavar() → str

Convert this type to a CLI-Friendly format for display on the command line as a metavar.

Returns:

A string, the CLI Friendly format for this type.

to_type_hint() → Type

Abstract method: Convert this typecaster instance to a regular type hint.

Returns:

A type from the typing module or primitive, being the underlying type this typecaster converts values to and represents.