"""Python.Dictionary COM Server. This module implements a simple COM server that acts much like a Python dictionary or as a standard string-keyed VB Collection. The keys of the dictionary are strings and are case-insensitive. It uses a highly customized policy to fine-tune the behavior exposed to the COM client. The object exposes the following properties: int Count (readonly) VARIANT Item(BSTR key) (propget for Item) Item(BSTR key, VARIANT value) (propput for Item) Note that 'Item' is the default property, so the following forms of VB code are acceptable: set ob = CreateObject("Python.Dictionary") ob("hello") = "there" ob.Item("hi") = ob("HELLO") All keys are defined, returning VT_NULL (None) if a value has not been stored. To delete a key, simply assign VT_NULL to the key. The object responds to the _NewEnum method by returning an enumerator over the dictionary's keys. This allows for the following type of VB code: for each name in ob debug.print name, ob(name) next """ import pythoncom import pywintypes import winerror from pythoncom import DISPATCH_METHOD, DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET from win32com.server import policy, util from win32com.server.exception import COMException from winerror import S_OK class DictionaryPolicy(policy.BasicWrapPolicy): ### BasicWrapPolicy looks for this _com_interfaces_ = [] ### BasicWrapPolicy looks for this _name_to_dispid_ = { "item": pythoncom.DISPID_VALUE, "_newenum": pythoncom.DISPID_NEWENUM, "count": 1, } ### Auto-Registration process looks for these... _reg_desc_ = "Python Dictionary" _reg_clsid_ = "{39b61048-c755-11d0-86fa-00c04fc2e03e}" _reg_progid_ = "Python.Dictionary" _reg_verprogid_ = "Python.Dictionary.1" _reg_policy_spec_ = "win32com.servers.dictionary.DictionaryPolicy" def _CreateInstance_(self, clsid, reqIID): self._wrap_({}) return pythoncom.WrapObject(self, reqIID) def _wrap_(self, ob): self._obj_ = ob # ob should be a dictionary def _invokeex_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwargs, serviceProvider): if dispid == 0: # item l = len(args) if l < 1: raise COMException( desc="not enough parameters", scode=winerror.DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT ) key = args[0] if type(key) not in [str, str]: ### the nArgErr thing should be 0-based, not reversed... sigh raise COMException( desc="Key must be a string", scode=winerror.DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH ) key = key.lower() if wFlags & (DISPATCH_METHOD | DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET): if l > 1: raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT) try: return self._obj_[key] except KeyError: return None # unknown keys return None (VT_NULL) if l != 2: raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT) if args[1] is None: # delete a key when None is assigned to it try: del self._obj_[key] except KeyError: pass else: self._obj_[key] = args[1] return S_OK if dispid == 1: # count if not wFlags & DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET: raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND) # not found if len(args) != 0: raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_BADPARAMCOUNT) return len(self._obj_) if dispid == pythoncom.DISPID_NEWENUM: return util.NewEnum(list(self._obj_.keys())) raise COMException(scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND) def _getidsofnames_(self, names, lcid): ### this is a copy of MappedWrapPolicy._getidsofnames_ ... name = names[0].lower() try: return (self._name_to_dispid_[name],) except KeyError: raise COMException( scode=winerror.DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND, desc="Member not found" ) def Register(): from win32com.server.register import UseCommandLine return UseCommandLine(DictionaryPolicy) if __name__ == "__main__": Register()