Function fields

tools/python-3.11.9-amd64/Lib/dataclasses.py:1235–1250

Return a tuple describing the fields of this dataclass. Accepts a dataclass or an instance of one. Tuple elements are of type Field.

(class_or_instance)

def fields(class_or_instance):
    """Return a tuple describing the fields of this dataclass.

    Accepts a dataclass or an instance of one. Tuple elements are of
    type Field.
    """

    # Might it be worth caching this, per class?
    try:
        fields = getattr(class_or_instance, _FIELDS)
    except AttributeError:
        raise TypeError('must be called with a dataclass type or instance') from None

    # Exclude pseudo-fields.  Note that fields is sorted by insertion
    # order, so the order of the tuple is as the fields were defined.
    return tuple(f for f in fields.values() if f._field_type is _FIELD)


def _is_dataclass_instance(obj):