How to fake type with Python

Question

I recently developed a class named DocumentWrapper around some ORM document object in Python to transparently add some features to it without changing its inter

Answer 1

Here is a solution by using metaclass, but you need to modify the wrapped classes:

>>> class DocumentWrapper:
    def __init__(self, wrapped_obj):
        self.wrapped_obj = wrapped_obj

>>> class MetaWrapper(abc.ABCMeta):
    def __instancecheck__(self, instance):
        try:
            return isinstance(instance.wrapped_obj, self)
        except:
            return isinstance(instance, self)

>>> class User(metaclass=MetaWrapper):
    pass

>>> user=DocumentWrapper(User())
>>> isinstance(user,User)
True
>>> class User2:
    pass

>>> user2=DocumentWrapper(User2())
>>> isinstance(user2,User2)
False