#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- import copy class Prototype: def __init__(self): self._objects = {} def register_object(self, name, obj): """Register an object""" self._objects[name] = obj def unregister_object(self, name): """Unregister an object""" del self._objects[name] def clone(self, name, **attr): """Clone a registered object and update inner attributes dictionary""" obj = copy.deepcopy(self._objects.get(name)) obj.__dict__.update(attr) return obj def main(): class A: pass a = A() prototype = Prototype() prototype.register_object('a', a) b = prototype.clone('a', a=1, b=2, c=3) print(a) print(b.a, b.b, b.c) if __name__ == '__main__': main() ### OUTPUT ### # <__main__.main..A object at 0x7fc1d23272d0> # 1 2 3