Gender plugins

Type	betty.ancestry.gender.Gender
Repository	betty.project.Project.gender_repository

Creating a gender

1. Create a new class that extends betty.ancestry.gender.Gender and implements the abstract methods, for example:

   from typing import override
   from betty.ancestry.gender import Gender
   from betty.machine_name import MachineName
   
   class MyGender(Gender):
     @override
     @classmethod
     def plugin_id(cls) -> MachineName:
         return "my-module-my-gender"
   
     # Implement remaining abstract methods...
     ...
   

2. Tell Betty about your gender by registering it as an entry point. Given the gender above in a module my_package.my_module, add the following to your Python package:

pyproject.toml

[project.entry-points.'betty.gender']
'my-module-my-gender' = 'my_package.my_module.MyGender'

setup.py

SETUP = {
    'entry_points': {
        'betty.gender': [
            'my-module-my-gender=my_package.my_module.MyGender',
        ],
    },
}
if __name__ == '__main__':
    setup(**SETUP)

See also

Read more about how to use genders and Betty’s built-in genders at Gender.