[Python] How can I make a child class call a function in All of its children?

I'm having a little problem figuring the best way to make a "child" class to call function in it's children's

Design looks like this:

class BaseA():
a_attr = 'I handle Table'
def entery_point(self):
print('Computing Value from %s' % self.a_attr)
for child in self._children: #filling the self._children is where i think need help
child().entery_point_b()

class BaseB(A):
b_attr = 'I handle Fields'
def entery_point_b(self):
print('Computing Value from %s and %s' % (self.a_attr,self.b_attr) )

#Now the concrete classes
class A(BaseA):
a_attr = 'table_name'

class B(BaseB,A):
b_attr = 'field_name_1'

class BB(BaseB, A):
b_attr = 'field_name_2'


#another set of concrete classes to handle another table
class A2(BaseA):
a_attr = 'another_table_name'

class B2(BaseB,A2):
b_attr = 'another_field_name_1'

class BB2(BaseB, A2):
b_attr = 'another_field_name_2'

if certain_condition:
a = A()
a.entery_point()
else:
a2 = A2()
a2.entery_point()


What I want to do here is that entery_point() get's executed for A then entery_point_b() for B & BB instance, and the same for the A2 instance (execute entery_point, then B2.entery_point_b() and BB2.entery_point_b() )

How I arrive to do that ?


What I have so far :

class BaseA():
a_attr = 'I handle Table'
def entery_point(self):
print('Computing Value from %s' % self.a_attr)
for child in self._children: #This is where i think need help
child().entery_point_b()

def __init__(self):
for x in self.__class__.__subclasses__():
if x not in self._children:
self._children.append(x)


Problem here is that self._children is filled with all of the B,BB and B2 , BB2, Basicaly all classes derived from BaseA, What I need is it to be filled with just the classes derived from A (or A2)


The scenario Here:

Those classes form a "framework" that respond to CRUD operation in certain database tables with calculations & stuff to be stored in a cache table.

class BaseA handles the table level (creates a row in the cache table) , class BaseB handles the field level, ie each BaseB class populate a field in the row we just created with needed values.

Is it time for metaclass master?

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