Get name of current class?

How do I get the name of the class I am currently in?

Example:

def get_input(class_name):
    [do things]
    return class_name_result

class foo():
    input = get_input([class name goes here])

Due to the nature of the program I am interfacing with (vistrails), I cannot use __init__() to initialize input.

obj.__class__.__name__ will get you any objects name, so you can do this:

class Clazz():
    def getName(self):
        return self.__class__.__name__

Usage:

>>> c = Clazz()
>>> c.getName()
'Clazz'

Within the body of a class, the class name isn't defined yet, so it is not available. Can you not simply type the name of the class? Maybe you need to say more about the problem so we can find a solution for you.

I would create a metaclass to do this work for you. It's invoked at class creation time (conceptually at the very end of the class: block), and can manipulate the class being created. I haven't tested this:

class InputAssigningMetaclass(type):
    def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
        cls.input = get_input(name)
        return super(MyType, cls).__new__(cls, name, bases, newattrs)

class MyBaseFoo(object):
    __metaclass__ = InputAssigningMetaclass

class foo(MyBaseFoo):
    # etc, no need to create 'input'

class foo2(MyBaseFoo):
    # etc, no need to create 'input'