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__author__ = "Jon Reid" 
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2011 hamcrest.org" 
__license__ = "BSD, see License.txt" 
 
 
class SelfDescribing(object): 
    """The ability of an object to describe itself.""" 
 
    def describe_to(self, description): 
        """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')