Returns list of all the exposed method objects in the current controller for Python Turbogears

get_turbogears_exposed_method.py

    def _get_exposed_methods(self):
        """
        Returns list of all the exposed method in the current controller.

        """

        #
        # TG controller class has _is_exposed method with same implementation but
        # that method is private so we are not using it. One could say why we are 
        # not using the private method inside the class itself. That is because we
        # are suspecting that it is a private method so can be removed in any future tg release.
        #
        def is_exposed(controller, name):
            if hasattr(controller, name):
                method = getattr(controller, name)
                if inspect.ismethod(method) and hasattr(method, 'decoration'):
                    return method.decoration.exposed
            return False
        
        exposed_methods = []
        # Going through all the attributes of the method object using dir(method_object). In python methods are objects too. 
        for attr_name in dir(self):
            if is_exposed(self, attr_name):
                exposed_methods.append(getattr(self, attr_name))

        return exposed_methods