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"""Module containing plugin base class."""
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
[docs]class BasePlugin(ABC):
"""An abstract class for IMPROVER plugins.
Subclasses must be callable. We preserve the process
method by redirecting to __call__.
"""
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
""" Makes subclasses callable to use process
Args:
*args:
Positional arguments.
**kwargs:
Keyword arguments.
Returns:
Output of self.process()
"""
return self.process(*args, **kwargs)
[docs] @abstractmethod
def process(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""Abstract class for rest to implement."""
pass