openmmtools.utils.find_all_subclasses

openmmtools.utils.find_all_subclasses(parent_cls, discard_abstract=False, include_parent=True)

Return a set of all the classes inheriting from parent_cls.

The functions handle multiple inheritance and discard the same classes.

Parameters:

parent_cls : type

The parent class.

discard_abstract : bool, optional

If True, abstract classes are not returned (default is False).

include_parent : bool, optional

If True, the parent class will be included, unless it is abstract and discard_abstract is True.

Returns:

subclasses : set of type

The set of all the classes inheriting from parent_cls.