pyGHDL.dom.Object

This module implements derived object classes from pyVHDLModel.Object.

Classes

Constant: Represents a constant.
DeferredConstant: Represents a deferred constant.
Variable: Represents a variable.
SharedVariable: Represents a shared variable.
Signal: Represents a signal.
File: Represents a file.

Classes

class pyGHDL.dom.Object.Constant(node, identifiers, subtype, defaultExpression, documentation=None)[source]

Represents a constant.

This class implements a pyGHDL.dom object derived from pyVHDLModel.Object.Constant.

Example

constant BITS : positive := 8;

Inheritance

Parameters:

node (Iir)
identifiers (List[str])
subtype (Symbol)
defaultExpression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal)
documentation (str)

__init__(node, identifiers, subtype, defaultExpression, documentation=None)[source]

Initializes a constant.

Parameters:

node (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node this object was translated from.
identifiers (List[str]) – A list of identifiers.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the object’s subtype.
defaultExpression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal) – The default value, or None if none was given.
documentation (str) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.

Return type:

None

classmethod parse(constantNode, furtherIdentifiers=None)[source]

Translates the IIR node of the constant declaration to a Constant.

Parameters:

constantNode (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node of the constant declaration.
furtherIdentifiers (Iterable[str]) – The remaining identifiers, when one declaration names several.

Return type:

Constant | DeferredConstant

Returns:

The translated constant declaration.

_iirNode: The IIR node in libghdl’s tree this DOM object was translated from.

_position: The IIR node’s position in the source file, resolved on first access and then cached.

Read-only property to access the default expression (_defaultExpression).

Returns:: The default expression, or None if not set.

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 Identifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of identifiers.

property NormalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifiers (_normalizedIdentifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of normalized identifiers.

property ObjectVertex: Vertex | None

Read-only property to access the corresponding object vertex (_objectVertex).

The object vertex references this Object by its value field.

Returns:: The corresponding object vertex.

property Parent: ModelEntity

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

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

property Position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>

Cached read-only property to access an IIR’s position in source code (_position).

If _position is None, resolve the position object from _iirNode

Returns:: The IIR’s position in the source file.

property Subtype: Symbol

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

Returns:: The subtype.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

__str__()

Formats the object declaration.

Format: signal s1, s2 : bit

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

_defaultExpression: The default value, or None if none was given.

_documentation: The associated documentation of a model entity.

_identifiers: A list of identifiers.

_normalizedIdentifiers: A list of normalized (lower case) identifiers.

_objectKeyword = 'constant': The VHDL keyword introducing this object class.

_objectVertex: The vertex representing this object in the design’s object graph.

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

_subtype: Reference to the object’s subtype.

class pyGHDL.dom.Object.DeferredConstant(node, identifiers, subtype, documentation=None)[source]

Represents a deferred constant.

This class implements a pyGHDL.dom object derived from pyVHDLModel.Object.DeferredConstant.

Example

constant BITS : positive;

Inheritance

Parameters:

node (Iir)
identifiers (List[str])
subtype (Symbol)
documentation (str)

__init__(node, identifiers, subtype, documentation=None)[source]

Initializes a deferred constant.

Parameters:

node (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node this object was translated from.
identifiers (List[str]) – A list of identifiers.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the object’s subtype.
documentation (str) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.

Return type:

None

classmethod parse(constantNode, furtherIdentifiers=None)[source]

Translates the IIR node of the constant declaration to a DeferredConstant.

Parameters:

constantNode (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node of the constant declaration.
furtherIdentifiers (Iterable[str]) – The remaining identifiers, when one declaration names several.

Return type:

DeferredConstant

Returns:

The translated constant declaration.

_iirNode: Iir: The IIR node in libghdl’s tree this DOM object was translated from.

_position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>: The IIR node’s position in the source file, resolved on first access and then cached.

property ConstantReference: Constant | None

Read-only property to access the constant reference (_constantReference).

Returns:: The constant reference, or None if not set.

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 Identifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of identifiers.

property NormalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifiers (_normalizedIdentifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of normalized identifiers.

property ObjectVertex: Vertex | None

Read-only property to access the corresponding object vertex (_objectVertex).

The object vertex references this Object by its value field.

Returns:: The corresponding object vertex.

property Parent: ModelEntity

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

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

property Position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>

Cached read-only property to access an IIR’s position in source code (_position).

If _position is None, resolve the position object from _iirNode

Returns:: The IIR’s position in the source file.

property Subtype: Symbol

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

Returns:: The subtype.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

__str__()

Formats the object declaration.

Format: signal s1, s2 : bit

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

_constantReference: Constant | None: The full declaration, or None if unlinked.

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

_identifiers: Tuple[str]: A list of identifiers.

_normalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]: A list of normalized (lower case) identifiers.

_objectKeyword: ClassVar[str] = 'constant': The VHDL keyword introducing this object class.

_objectVertex: Vertex | None: The vertex representing this object in the design’s object graph.

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

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

class pyGHDL.dom.Object.Variable(node, identifiers, subtype, defaultExpression, documentation=None)[source]

Represents a variable.

This class implements a pyGHDL.dom object derived from pyVHDLModel.Object.Variable.

Example

variable result : natural := 0;

Inheritance

Parameters:

node (Iir)
identifiers (List[str])
subtype (Symbol)
defaultExpression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal)
documentation (str)

__init__(node, identifiers, subtype, defaultExpression, documentation=None)[source]

Initializes a variable.

Parameters:

node (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node this object was translated from.
identifiers (List[str]) – A list of identifiers.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the object’s subtype.
defaultExpression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal) – The default value, or None if none was given.
documentation (str) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.

Return type:

None

classmethod parse(variableNode, furtherIdentifiers=None)[source]

Translates the IIR node of the variable declaration to a Variable.

Parameters:

variableNode (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node of the variable declaration.
furtherIdentifiers (Iterable[str]) – The remaining identifiers, when one declaration names several.

Return type:

Variable

Returns:

The translated variable declaration.

_iirNode: The IIR node in libghdl’s tree this DOM object was translated from.

_position: The IIR node’s position in the source file, resolved on first access and then cached.

Read-only property to access the default expression (_defaultExpression).

Returns:: The default expression, or None if not set.

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 Identifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of identifiers.

property NormalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifiers (_normalizedIdentifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of normalized identifiers.

property ObjectVertex: Vertex | None

Read-only property to access the corresponding object vertex (_objectVertex).

The object vertex references this Object by its value field.

Returns:: The corresponding object vertex.

property Parent: ModelEntity

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

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

property Position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>

Cached read-only property to access an IIR’s position in source code (_position).

If _position is None, resolve the position object from _iirNode

Returns:: The IIR’s position in the source file.

property Subtype: Symbol

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

Returns:: The subtype.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

__str__()

Formats the object declaration.

Format: signal s1, s2 : bit

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

_defaultExpression: The default value, or None if none was given.

_documentation: The associated documentation of a model entity.

_identifiers: A list of identifiers.

_normalizedIdentifiers: A list of normalized (lower case) identifiers.

_objectKeyword = 'variable': The VHDL keyword introducing this object class.

_objectVertex: The vertex representing this object in the design’s object graph.

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

_subtype: Reference to the object’s subtype.

class pyGHDL.dom.Object.SharedVariable(node, identifiers, subtype, documentation=None)[source]

Represents a shared variable.

This class implements a pyGHDL.dom object derived from pyVHDLModel.Object.SharedVariable.

Example

shared variable counter : counter_pt;

Inheritance

Parameters:

node (Iir)
identifiers (List[str])
subtype (Symbol)
documentation (str)

__init__(node, identifiers, subtype, documentation=None)[source]

Initializes a shared variable.

Parameters:

node (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node this object was translated from.
identifiers (List[str]) – A list of identifiers.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the object’s subtype.
documentation (str) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.

Return type:

None

classmethod parse(variableNode, furtherIdentifiers=None)[source]

Translates the IIR node of the variable declaration to a SharedVariable.

Parameters:

variableNode (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node of the variable declaration.
furtherIdentifiers (Iterable[str]) – The remaining identifiers, when one declaration names several.

Return type:

SharedVariable

Returns:

The translated variable declaration.

_iirNode: Iir: The IIR node in libghdl’s tree this DOM object was translated from.

_position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>: The IIR node’s position in the source file, resolved on first access and then cached.

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 Identifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of identifiers.

property NormalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifiers (_normalizedIdentifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of normalized identifiers.

property ObjectVertex: Vertex | None

Read-only property to access the corresponding object vertex (_objectVertex).

The object vertex references this Object by its value field.

Returns:: The corresponding object vertex.

property Parent: ModelEntity

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

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

property Position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>

Cached read-only property to access an IIR’s position in source code (_position).

If _position is None, resolve the position object from _iirNode

Returns:: The IIR’s position in the source file.

property Subtype: Symbol

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

Returns:: The subtype.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

__str__()

Formats the object declaration.

Format: signal s1, s2 : bit

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

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

_identifiers: Tuple[str]: A list of identifiers.

_normalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]: A list of normalized (lower case) identifiers.

_objectKeyword: ClassVar[str] = 'shared variable': The VHDL keyword introducing this object class.

_objectVertex: Vertex | None: The vertex representing this object in the design’s object graph.

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

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

class pyGHDL.dom.Object.Signal(node, identifiers, subtype, defaultExpression, documentation=None)[source]

Represents a signal.

This class implements a pyGHDL.dom object derived from pyVHDLModel.Object.Signal.

Example

signal counter : unsigned := (others => '0');

Inheritance

Parameters:

node (Iir)
identifiers (List[str])
subtype (Symbol)
defaultExpression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal)
documentation (str)

__init__(node, identifiers, subtype, defaultExpression, documentation=None)[source]

Initializes a signal.

Parameters:

node (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node this object was translated from.
identifiers (List[str]) – A list of identifiers.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the object’s subtype.
defaultExpression (BaseExpression | QualifiedExpression | FunctionCall | TypeConversion | Literal) – The default value, or None if none was given.
documentation (str) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.

Return type:

None

classmethod parse(signalNode, furtherIdentifiers=None)[source]

Translates the IIR node of the signal declaration to a Signal.

Parameters:

signalNode (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node of the signal declaration.
furtherIdentifiers (Iterable[str]) – The remaining identifiers, when one declaration names several.

Return type:

Signal

Returns:

The translated signal declaration.

_iirNode: The IIR node in libghdl’s tree this DOM object was translated from.

_position: The IIR node’s position in the source file, resolved on first access and then cached.

Read-only property to access the default expression (_defaultExpression).

Returns:: The default expression, or None if not set.

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 Identifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of identifiers.

property NormalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifiers (_normalizedIdentifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of normalized identifiers.

property ObjectVertex: Vertex | None

Read-only property to access the corresponding object vertex (_objectVertex).

The object vertex references this Object by its value field.

Returns:: The corresponding object vertex.

property Parent: ModelEntity

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

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

property Position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>

Cached read-only property to access an IIR’s position in source code (_position).

If _position is None, resolve the position object from _iirNode

Returns:: The IIR’s position in the source file.

property Subtype: Symbol

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

Returns:: The subtype.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

__str__()

Formats the object declaration.

Format: signal s1, s2 : bit

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

_defaultExpression: The default value, or None if none was given.

_documentation: The associated documentation of a model entity.

_identifiers: A list of identifiers.

_normalizedIdentifiers: A list of normalized (lower case) identifiers.

_objectKeyword = 'signal': The VHDL keyword introducing this object class.

_objectVertex: The vertex representing this object in the design’s object graph.

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

_subtype: Reference to the object’s subtype.

class pyGHDL.dom.Object.File(node, identifiers, subtype, documentation=None)[source]

Represents a file.

This class implements a pyGHDL.dom object derived from pyVHDLModel.Object.File.

Example

file INPUT : TEXT;

Inheritance

Parameters:

node (Iir)
identifiers (List[str])
subtype (Symbol)
documentation (str)

__init__(node, identifiers, subtype, documentation=None)[source]

Initializes a file object.

Parameters:

node (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node this object was translated from.
identifiers (List[str]) – A list of identifiers.
subtype (Symbol) – Reference to the object’s subtype.
documentation (str) – The documentation comment associated with this declaration.

Return type:

None

classmethod parse(fileNode, furtherIdentifiers=None)[source]

Translates the IIR node of the file declaration to a File.

Parameters:

fileNode (TypeVar(Iir, bound= c_int)) – The IIR node of the file declaration.
furtherIdentifiers (Iterable[str]) – The remaining identifiers, when one declaration names several.

Return type:

File

Returns:

The translated file declaration.

_iirNode: Iir: The IIR node in libghdl’s tree this DOM object was translated from.

_position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>: The IIR node’s position in the source file, resolved on first access and then cached.

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 Identifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s identifiers (_identifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of identifiers.

property NormalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]

Read-only property to access the model entity’s normalized identifiers (_normalizedIdentifiers).

Returns:: Tuple of normalized identifiers.

property ObjectVertex: Vertex | None

Read-only property to access the corresponding object vertex (_objectVertex).

The object vertex references this Object by its value field.

Returns:: The corresponding object vertex.

property Parent: ModelEntity

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

Returns:: Reference to the parent entity.

property Position: <pyTooling.Decorators.readonly object at 0x7f3f462456d0>

Cached read-only property to access an IIR’s position in source code (_position).

If _position is None, resolve the position object from _iirNode

Returns:: The IIR’s position in the source file.

property Subtype: Symbol

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

Returns:: The subtype.

__getstate__() → Dict[str, Any]

Helper for pickle.

Return type:: Dict[str, Any]

__str__()

Formats the object declaration.

Format: signal s1, s2 : bit

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

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

_identifiers: Tuple[str]: A list of identifiers.

_normalizedIdentifiers: Tuple[str]: A list of normalized (lower case) identifiers.

_objectKeyword: ClassVar[str] = 'file': The VHDL keyword introducing this object class.

_objectVertex: Vertex | None: The vertex representing this object in the design’s object graph.

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

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