I have a Tornado application structured like below:
...
class Application(tornado.web.Application):
def __init__(self):
...
class MyHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
def get():
...
class MyOtherHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
def post():
...
class MyClass(object):
my_class_variable = {}
...
def my_method_one():
# access my_class_variable
...
def my_method_two():
# access my_class_variable
...
Inside which, I have a class variable my_class_variable
inside my custom class. I want to set this class variable from outside of MyClass
, e.g. inside one of the handlers. Hence my question, is it a good practice in a Tornado application to modify class variables directly within methods of handlers? e.g.
MyClass.my_class_variable[key] = value
Yes, that's fine. Handlers often need to interact with other classes, in various ways.