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Output Layout

Python output is one module per schema file, for example:

• <python_out>/addressbook.py

Type Generation

Unions generate a case enum plus a Union subclass with typed helpers:

class AnimalCase(Enum):
    DOG = 1
    CAT = 2

class Animal(Union):
    @classmethod
    def dog(cls, v: Dog) -> "Animal": ...

    def case(self) -> AnimalCase: ...
    def case_id(self) -> int: ...

    def is_dog(self) -> bool: ...
    def dog_value(self) -> Dog: ...
    def set_dog(self, v: Dog) -> None: ...

Messages generate @pyfory.dataclass types, and nested types stay nested:

@pyfory.dataclass
class Person:
    class PhoneType(IntEnum):
        MOBILE = 0
        HOME = 1
        WORK = 2

    @pyfory.dataclass
    class PhoneNumber:
        number: str = pyfory.field(id=1, default="")
        phone_type: Person.PhoneType = pyfory.field(id=2, default=None)

    name: str = pyfory.field(id=1, default="")
    phones: List[Person.PhoneNumber] = pyfory.field(id=7, default_factory=list)
    pet: Animal = pyfory.field(id=8, default=None)

    def to_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
    @classmethod
    def from_bytes(cls, data: bytes) -> "Person": ...

Registration

Generated registration function:

def register_addressbook_types(fory: pyfory.Fory):
    fory.register_union(Animal, type_id=106, serializer=AnimalSerializer(fory))
    fory.register_type(Person, type_id=100)
    fory.register_type(Person.PhoneType, type_id=101)
    fory.register_type(Person.PhoneNumber, type_id=102)
    fory.register_type(Dog, type_id=104)
    fory.register_type(Cat, type_id=105)
    fory.register_type(AddressBook, type_id=103)

For schemas without explicit [id=...], generated registration uses computed numeric IDs:

fory.register_type(Status, type_id=1124725126)
fory.register_union(Wrapper, type_id=1471345060, serializer=WrapperSerializer(fory))
fory.register_type(Envelope, type_id=3022445236)
fory.register_union(Envelope.Detail, type_id=1609214087, serializer=Envelope.DetailSerializer(fory))
fory.register_type(Envelope.Payload, type_id=2862577837)

If option enable_auto_type_id = false; is set:

fory.register_type(Config, name="myapp.models.Config")
fory.register_union(
    Holder,
    name="myapp.models.Holder",
    serializer=HolderSerializer(fory),
)

Usage

person = Person(name="Alice", pet=Animal.dog(Dog(name="Rex", bark_volume=10)))

data = person.to_bytes()
restored = Person.from_bytes(data)

gRPC Service Companions

With --grpc, Python emits <module>_grpc.py with stubs, servicer bases, and registration functions. Async grpc.aio is the default; --grpc-python-mode=sync keeps the same filename and public names. See Python gRPC for dependencies and usage.