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+
+/*
+
+  KLayout Layout Viewer
+  Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Matthias Koefferlein
+
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+*/
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+#include "gsiDecl.h"
+#include "pyaInternal.h"
+
+namespace gsi
+{
+
+gsi::Class<pya::MethodTableEntry> decl_PythonFunction ("tl", "PythonFunction",
+  gsi::method ("methods", &pya::MethodTableEntry::methods, "@brief Gets the list of methods bound to this Python function") +
+  gsi::method ("name", &pya::MethodTableEntry::name, "@brief Gets the name of this Python function") +
+  gsi::method ("is_static", &pya::MethodTableEntry::is_static, "@brief Gets the value indicating whether this Python function is 'static' (class function)") +
+  gsi::method ("is_protected", &pya::MethodTableEntry::is_protected, "@brief Gets a value indicating whether this function is protected"),
+  "@hide"
+);
+
+static std::vector<const pya::MethodTableEntry *> get_python_methods (const gsi::ClassBase *cls, bool st)
+{
+  const pya::MethodTable *mt = pya::MethodTable::method_table_by_class (cls);
+
+  std::vector<const pya::MethodTableEntry *> methods;
+
+  if (mt != 0) {
+    for (auto m = mt->method_table ().begin (); m != mt->method_table ().end (); ++m) {
+      if (m->is_enabled () && m->is_static () == st) {
+        methods.push_back (m.operator-> ());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return methods;
+}
+
+static std::vector<std::pair<const pya::MethodTableEntry *, const pya::MethodTableEntry *> > get_python_properties (const gsi::ClassBase *cls, bool st)
+{
+  const pya::MethodTable *mt = pya::MethodTable::method_table_by_class (cls);
+
+  std::vector<std::pair<const pya::MethodTableEntry *, const pya::MethodTableEntry *> > methods;
+
+  if (mt != 0) {
+    for (auto m = mt->property_table ().begin (); m != mt->property_table ().end (); ++m) {
+      if (m->first.is_enabled () && m->first.is_static () == st) {
+        methods.push_back (std::make_pair (&m->first, &m->second));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return methods;
+}
+
+static
+gsi::ClassExt<gsi::ClassBase> class_base_ext (
+  gsi::method_ext ("python_methods", &get_python_methods, gsi::arg ("static"), "@brief Gets the Python methods (static or non-static)") +
+  gsi::method_ext ("python_properties", &get_python_properties, gsi::arg ("static"), "@brief Gets the Python properties (static or non-static) as a list of getter/setter pairs\nNote that if a getter or setter is not available the list of Python functions for this part is empty."),
+  "@hide"
+);
+
+}