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from hamcrest.core.description import Description

__author__ = "Jon Reid"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org"
__license__ = "BSD, see License.txt"


class SelfDescribing:
    """The ability of an object to describe itself."""

    def describe_to(self, description: Description) -> None:
        """Generates a description of the object.

        The description may be part of a description of a larger object of
        which this is just a component, so it should be worded appropriately.

        :param description: The description to be built or appended to.

        """
        raise NotImplementedError("describe_to")