Python: Do something for any method of a class?

Question

Say I have a class with a bunch of methods:

class Human():

  def eat():
    print(\"eating\")

  def sleep():
    print(\"sleeping\")

  def throne():
    print         


        

Answer 1

You can do this if you don't mind adding an __init__ and __call__ method to your class and self to your method's arguments.

class Human():
    def __init__(self):
        return None
    def __call__(self, act):
        print "I am:"
        method = getattr(self, act)
        if not method:
            raise Exception("Method %s not implemented" % method_name)
        method()

    def eat(self):
        print "eating"

    def sleep(self):
        print "sleeping"

    def throne(self):
        print "on the throne"

John = Human()
John("eat")
John("sleep")
John("throne")

EDIT: see my other answer for a better solution