from copy import deepcopy class Prototype: def __init__(self): self._objs = {} def registerObject(self, name, obj): """ register an object. """ self._objs[name] = obj def unregisterObject(self, name): """unregister an object""" del self._objs[name] def clone(self, name, **attr): """clone a registered object and add/replace attr""" obj = deepcopy(self._objs[name]) obj.__dict__.update(attr) return obj if __name__ == '__main__': class A: pass a=A() prototype=Prototype() prototype.registerObject("a",a) b=prototype.clone("a",a=1,b=2,c=3) print(a) print(b.a, b.b, b.c)