Creating nested dataclass objects in Python

Question

I have a dataclass object that has nested dataclass objects in it. However, when I create the main object, the nested objects turn into a dictionary:

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Answer 1

I have created an augmentation of the solution by @jsbueno that also accepts typing in the form List[].

def nested_dataclass(*args, **kwargs):
    def wrapper(cls):
        cls = dataclass(cls, **kwargs)
        original_init = cls.__init__

        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
            for name, value in kwargs.items():
                field_type = cls.__annotations__.get(name, None)
                if isinstance(value, list):
                    if field_type.__origin__ == list or field_type.__origin__ == List:
                        sub_type = field_type.__args__[0]
                        if is_dataclass(sub_type):
                            items = []
                            for child in value:
                                if isinstance(child, dict):
                                    items.append(sub_type(**child))
                            kwargs[name] = items
                if is_dataclass(field_type) and isinstance(value, dict):
                    new_obj = field_type(**value)
                    kwargs[name] = new_obj
            original_init(self, *args, **kwargs)

        cls.__init__ = __init__
        return cls

    return wrapper(args[0]) if args else wrapper