Overriding of catalogs ---------------------- .. currentmodule:: dependency_injector.catalogs Catalogs can be overridden by other catalogs. This, actually, means that all of the providers from overriding catalog will override providers with the same names in overridden catalog. There are two ways to override :py:class:`DeclarativeCatalog` with another catalog: - Use :py:meth:`DeclarativeCatalog.override` method. - Use :py:func:`override` class decorator. Example of overriding catalog using :py:meth:`DeclarativeCatalog.override` method: .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/catalogs/override_declarative.py :language: python Example of overriding catalog using :py:func:`override` decorator: .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/catalogs/override_declarative_decorator.py :language: python Also there are several useful :py:class:`DeclarativeCatalog` methods and properties that help to work with catalog overridings: - :py:attr:`DeclarativeCatalog.is_overridden` - read-only property that is set to ``True`` if catalog is overridden. - :py:attr:`DeclarativeCatalog.last_overriding` - read-only reference to the last overriding catalog, if any. - :py:attr:`DeclarativeCatalog.overridden_by` - tuple of all overriding catalogs. - :py:meth:`DeclarativeCatalog.reset_last_overriding()` - reset last overriding catalog. - :py:meth:`DeclarativeCatalog.reset_override()` - reset all overridings for all catalog providers. :py:class:`DynamicCatalog` has exactly the same functionality, except of :py:func:`override` decorator. Also :py:class:`DynamicCatalog` can override :py:class:`DeclarativeCatalog` and vise versa. Example of overriding :py:class:`DeclarativeCatalog` by :py:class:`DynamicCatalog`: .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/catalogs/override_declarative_by_dynamic.py :language: python