"""`Factory` providers delegation example.""" import collections import dependency_injector.providers as providers Photo = collections.namedtuple('Photo', []) class User(object): """Example user model.""" def __init__(self, photos_factory): """Initializer.""" self.photos_factory = photos_factory self._main_photo = None @property def main_photo(self): """Return user's main photo.""" if not self._main_photo: self._main_photo = self.photos_factory() return self._main_photo # Defining User and Photo factories using DelegatedFactory provider: photos_factory = providers.DelegatedFactory(Photo) users_factory = providers.DelegatedFactory(User, photos_factory=photos_factory) # or using Delegate(Factory(...)) photos_factory = providers.Factory(Photo) users_factory = providers.Factory(User, photos_factory=providers.Delegate( photos_factory)) # or using Factory(...).delegate() photos_factory = providers.Factory(Photo) users_factory = providers.Factory(User, photos_factory=photos_factory.delegate()) # Creating several User objects: user1 = users_factory() # Same as: user1 = User(photos_factory=photos_factory) user2 = users_factory() # Same as: user2 = User(photos_factory=photos_factory) # Making some asserts: assert isinstance(user1.main_photo, Photo) assert isinstance(user2.main_photo, Photo)