ideas on how to mark browsers as being remote or not -- or more accurately whether they can use the localfiledetecter that is in send_keys. with the additional twist of being a wrapper around webdriver and not being in the project itself

by property.py

class Remote(object):
  IS_A_REMOTE_BROWSER = True

    def send_keys(self):
        if self.IS_A_REMOTE_BROWSER:
            print('%s is a remote' % self.__class__.__name__)
        print('send_keys')

class Firefox(Remote):
    IS_A_REMOTE_BROWSER = False

class Tailored(Remote):
    IS_A_REMOTE_BROWSER = True

if __name__ == '__main__':
    Firefox().send_keys()
    Remote().send_keys()
    Tailored().send_keys()

by reflection.py

class Remote(object):
    def send_keys(self):
        if self.__class__.__name__ not in ['Firefox']:
            print('%s is a remote' % self.__class__.__name__)
        print('send_keys')

class Firefox(Remote):
    pass

class Tailored(Remote):
    pass

if __name__ == '__main__':
    Firefox().send_keys()
    Remote().send_keys()
    Tailored().send_keys()