[Jython-users] __setattr__ when subclassing Java classes

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Hi all,

I'm new to [p|j]ython and have a question regarding __setattr__.

I have a Java class:
  public JClazz { public int jfield ; }

I want to subclass JClass in python and use the __setattr__ special method
to customize access to the jfield attribute, for, say, print a message when
jfield is being
changed from python:

class PClazz(JClazz):
  def __setattr__(self,name,value):
    if name != 'jfield':
      # for python fields, use __dict__
      self.__dict__[name] = value
    else:
      print "Changing jfield..."
      # an then ????

My question: is there any way to set the jfield without using self.jfield which
would cause
a fatal recursive call to __setattr__ (ie similar to accessing __dict__
directly) ?