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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions docs/usage.rst
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Expand Up @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ The `module`, `func` and `prog` options are required.

`func` is a function that returns an instance of the `argparse.ArgumentParser` class.

If `func` is a class method then use `klass` to indicate the class it belongs to.

Alternatively, one can use :ref: like this::

.. argparse::
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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion sphinxarg/ext.py
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Expand Up @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def ensureUniqueIDs(items):

class ArgParseDirective(Directive):
has_content = True
option_spec = dict(module=unchanged, func=unchanged, ref=unchanged,
option_spec = dict(module=unchanged, func=unchanged, klass=unchanged, ref=unchanged,
prog=unchanged, path=unchanged, nodefault=flag,
nodefaultconst=flag, filename=unchanged,
manpage=unchanged, nosubcommands=unchanged, passparser=flag,
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if 'module' in self.options and 'func' in self.options:
module_name = self.options['module']
attr_name = self.options['func']
if 'klass' in self.options:
klass_name = self.options['klass']
elif 'ref' in self.options:
_parts = self.options['ref'].split('.')
module_name = '.'.join(_parts[0:-1])
Expand All @@ -445,6 +447,15 @@ def run(self):
except:
raise self.error('Failed to import "%s" from "%s".\n%s' % (attr_name, module_name, sys.exc_info()[1]))

if 'klass' in self.options:
if not hasattr(mod, klass_name):
raise self.error((
'Module "%s" has no attribute "%s"\n'
'Incorrect argparse :module: or :klass: values?'
) % (module_name, klass_name))

mod = getattr(mod, klass_name)

if not hasattr(mod, attr_name):
raise self.error((
'Module "%s" has no attribute "%s"\n'
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