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50 <h1 class="epydoc"> API Documentation </h1>
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52 <p> This document contains the API (Application Programming Interface)
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53 documentation for this project. Documentation for the Python
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54 objects defined by the project is divided into separate pages for each
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55 package, module, and class. The API documentation also includes two
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56 pages containing information about the project as a whole: a trees
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57 page, and an index page. </p>
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59 <h2> Object Documentation </h2>
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60
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61 <p>Each <strong>Package Documentation</strong> page contains: </p>
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62 <ul>
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63 <li> A description of the package. </li>
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64 <li> A list of the modules and sub-packages contained by the
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65 package. </li>
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66 <li> A summary of the classes defined by the package. </li>
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67 <li> A summary of the functions defined by the package. </li>
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68 <li> A summary of the variables defined by the package. </li>
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70 package. </li>
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72 package. </li>
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75 <p>Each <strong>Module Documentation</strong> page contains:</p>
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76 <ul>
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77 <li> A description of the module. </li>
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78 <li> A summary of the classes defined by the module. </li>
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79 <li> A summary of the functions defined by the module. </li>
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80 <li> A summary of the variables defined by the module. </li>
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81 <li> A detailed description of each function defined by the
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82 module. </li>
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83 <li> A detailed description of each variable defined by the
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84 module. </li>
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85 </ul>
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87 <p>Each <strong>Class Documentation</strong> page contains: </p>
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88 <ul>
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94 <li> A summary of the class (static) variables defined by the
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95 class. </li>
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96 <li> A detailed description of each method defined by the
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97 class. </li>
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106 <p> The <strong>Trees</strong> page contains the module and class hierarchies: </p>
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107 <ul>
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108 <li> The <em>module hierarchy</em> lists every package and module, with
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109 modules grouped into packages. At the top level, and within each
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110 package, modules and sub-packages are listed alphabetically. </li>
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111 <li> The <em>class hierarchy</em> lists every class, grouped by base
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112 class. If a class has more than one base class, then it will be
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113 listed under each base class. At the top level, and under each base
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114 class, classes are listed alphabetically. </li>
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117 <p> The <strong>Index</strong> page contains indices of terms and
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118 identifiers: </p>
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119 <ul>
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120 <li> The <em>term index</em> lists every term indexed by any object's
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121 documentation. For each term, the index provides links to each
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122 place where the term is indexed. </li>
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123 <li> The <em>identifier index</em> lists the (short) name of every package,
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124 module, class, method, function, variable, and parameter. For each
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125 identifier, the index provides a short description, and a link to
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126 its documentation. </li>
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127 </ul>
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129 <h2> The Table of Contents </h2>
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131 <p> The table of contents occupies the two frames on the left side of
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132 the window. The upper-left frame displays the <em>project
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133 contents</em>, and the lower-left frame displays the <em>module
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134 contents</em>: </p>
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151 <p> The <strong>project contents frame</strong> contains a list of all packages
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153 will display its contents in the module contents frame. Clicking on a
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154 special entry, labeled "Everything," will display the contents of
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155 the entire project. </p>
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157 <p> The <strong>module contents frame</strong> contains a list of every
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158 submodule, class, type, exception, function, and variable defined by a
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159 module or package. Clicking on an entry will display its
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160 documentation in the API documentation frame. Clicking on the name of
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161 the module, at the top of the frame, will display the documentation
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162 for the module itself. </p>
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164 <p> The "<strong>frames</strong>" and "<strong>no frames</strong>" buttons below the top
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207 <p> The "<strong>show private</strong>" and "<strong>hide private</strong>" buttons below
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215 if a module defines the "<code>__all__</code>" variable, then its
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