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A type for ``datetime.time()`` objects.

Method __init__ Undocumented
Method get_dbapi_type Return the corresponding type object from the underlying DB-API, if any.
Method literal_processor Return a conversion function for processing literal values that are to be rendered directly without using binds.
Class Variable __visit_name__ Undocumented
Instance Variable timezone Undocumented
Property python_type Return the Python type object expected to be returned by instances of this type, if known.
Method _resolve_for_literal adjust this type given a literal Python value that will be stored in a bound parameter.
Property _expression_adaptations Undocumented

Inherited from _RenderISO8601NoT:

Method _literal_processor_date Undocumented
Method _literal_processor_datetime Undocumented
Method _literal_processor_portion Undocumented
Method _literal_processor_time Undocumented

Inherited from HasExpressionLookup (via _RenderISO8601NoT):

Class Comparator Undocumented

Inherited from TypeEngineMixin (via _RenderISO8601NoT, HasExpressionLookup):

Method adapt Undocumented
Method dialect_impl Undocumented
Class Variable __slots__ Undocumented
Property _static_cache_key Undocumented

Inherited from TypeEngine (via _RenderISO8601NoT, HasExpressionLookup, TypeEngineMixin):

Method __repr__ Undocumented
Method __str__ Undocumented
Method as_generic Return an instance of the generic type corresponding to this type using heuristic rule. The method may be overridden if this heuristic rule is not sufficient.
Method bind_expression Given a bind value (i.e. a :class:`.BindParameter` instance), return a SQL expression in its place.
Method bind_processor Return a conversion function for processing bind values.
Method coerce_compared_value Suggest a type for a 'coerced' Python value in an expression.
Method column_expression Given a SELECT column expression, return a wrapping SQL expression.
Method compare_against_backend Compare this type against the given backend type.
Method compare_values Compare two values for equality.
Method compile Produce a string-compiled form of this :class:`.TypeEngine`.
Method copy Undocumented
Method copy_value Undocumented
Method evaluates_none Return a copy of this type which has the :attr:`.should_evaluate_none` flag set to True.
Method result_processor Return a conversion function for processing result row values.
Method with_variant Produce a copy of this type object that will utilize the given type when applied to the dialect of the given name.
Class Variable hashable Flag, if False, means values from this type aren't hashable.
Class Variable render_bind_cast Render bind casts for :attr:`.BindTyping.RENDER_CASTS` mode.
Class Variable render_literal_cast render casts when rendering a value as an inline literal, e.g. with :meth:`.TypeEngine.literal_processor`.
Class Variable should_evaluate_none If True, the Python constant ``None`` is considered to be handled explicitly by this type.
Class Variable sort_key_function A sorting function that can be passed as the key to sorted.
Static Method _to_instance Undocumented
Method _cached_bind_processor Return a dialect-specific bind processor for this type.
Method _cached_custom_processor return a dialect-specific processing object for custom purposes.
Method _cached_literal_processor Return a dialect-specific literal processor for this type.
Method _cached_result_processor Return a dialect-specific result processor for this type.
Method _compare_type_affinity Undocumented
Method _default_dialect Undocumented
Method _dialect_info Return a dialect-specific registry which caches a dialect-specific implementation, bind processing function, and one or more result processing functions.
Method _gen_dialect_impl Undocumented
Method _resolve_for_python_type given a Python type (e.g. ``int``, ``str``, etc. ) return an instance of this :class:`.TypeEngine` that's appropriate for this type.
Method _unwrapped_dialect_impl Return the 'unwrapped' dialect impl for this type.
Class Variable _is_array Undocumented
Class Variable _is_table_value Undocumented
Class Variable _is_tuple_type Undocumented
Class Variable _is_type_decorator Undocumented
Class Variable _isnull Undocumented
Class Variable _sqla_type Undocumented
Property _generic_type_affinity Undocumented
Property _has_bind_expression memoized boolean, check if bind_expression is implemented.
Property _has_column_expression memoized boolean, check if column_expression is implemented.
Property _type_affinity Return a rudimental 'affinity' value expressing the general class of type.

Inherited from Visitable (via _RenderISO8601NoT, HasExpressionLookup, TypeEngineMixin, TypeEngine):

Method __class_getitem__ Undocumented
Method __init_subclass__ Undocumented
Class Method _generate_compiler_dispatch Undocumented
Method _compiler_dispatch Undocumented
Class Variable _original_compiler_dispatch Undocumented
def get_dbapi_type(self, dbapi): (source)

Return the corresponding type object from the underlying DB-API, if any. This can be useful for calling ``setinputsizes()``, for example.

def literal_processor(self, dialect): (source)

Return a conversion function for processing literal values that are to be rendered directly without using binds. This function is used when the compiler makes use of the "literal_binds" flag, typically used in DDL generation as well as in certain scenarios where backends don't accept bound parameters. Returns a callable which will receive a literal Python value as the sole positional argument and will return a string representation to be rendered in a SQL statement. .. note:: This method is only called relative to a **dialect specific type object**, which is often **private to a dialect in use** and is not the same type object as the public facing one, which means it's not feasible to subclass a :class:`.types.TypeEngine` class in order to provide an alternate :meth:`_types.TypeEngine.literal_processor` method, unless subclassing the :class:`_types.UserDefinedType` class explicitly. To provide alternate behavior for :meth:`_types.TypeEngine.literal_processor`, implement a :class:`_types.TypeDecorator` class and provide an implementation of :meth:`_types.TypeDecorator.process_literal_param`. .. seealso:: :ref:`types_typedecorator`

timezone = (source)

Undocumented

@property
python_type = (source)

Return the Python type object expected to be returned by instances of this type, if known. Basically, for those types which enforce a return type, or are known across the board to do such for all common DBAPIs (like ``int`` for example), will return that type. If a return type is not defined, raises ``NotImplementedError``. Note that any type also accommodates NULL in SQL which means you can also get back ``None`` from any type in practice.

def _resolve_for_literal(self, value): (source)

adjust this type given a literal Python value that will be stored in a bound parameter. Used exclusively by _resolve_value_to_type(). .. versionadded:: 1.4.30 or 2.0 TODO: this should be part of public API .. seealso:: :meth:`.TypeEngine._resolve_for_python_type`

@util.memoized_property
_expression_adaptations = (source)