manyi/venv/Lib/site-packages/pandas/core/arrays/base.py

"""An interface for extending pandas with custom arrays.

.. warning::

   This is an experimental API and subject to breaking changes
   without warning.
"""
import operator

import numpy as np

from pandas.compat import PY3, set_function_name
from pandas.compat.numpy import function as nv
from pandas.errors import AbstractMethodError
from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, Substitution

from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_list_like
from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import ABCIndexClass, ABCSeries
from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import isna

from pandas.core import ops

_not_implemented_message = "{} does not implement {}."

_extension_array_shared_docs = dict()


class ExtensionArray(object):
    """
    Abstract base class for custom 1-D array types.

    pandas will recognize instances of this class as proper arrays
    with a custom type and will not attempt to coerce them to objects. They
    may be stored directly inside a :class:`DataFrame` or :class:`Series`.

    .. versionadded:: 0.23.0

    Notes
    -----
    The interface includes the following abstract methods that must be
    implemented by subclasses:

    * _from_sequence
    * _from_factorized
    * __getitem__
    * __len__
    * dtype
    * nbytes
    * isna
    * take
    * copy
    * _concat_same_type

    A default repr displaying the type, (truncated) data, length,
    and dtype is provided. It can be customized or replaced by
    by overriding:

    * __repr__ : A default repr for the ExtensionArray.
    * _formatter : Print scalars inside a Series or DataFrame.

    Some methods require casting the ExtensionArray to an ndarray of Python
    objects with ``self.astype(object)``, which may be expensive. When
    performance is a concern, we highly recommend overriding the following
    methods:

    * fillna
    * dropna
    * unique
    * factorize / _values_for_factorize
    * argsort / _values_for_argsort
    * searchsorted

    The remaining methods implemented on this class should be performant,
    as they only compose abstract methods. Still, a more efficient
    implementation may be available, and these methods can be overridden.

    One can implement methods to handle array reductions.

    * _reduce

    One can implement methods to handle parsing from strings that will be used
    in methods such as ``pandas.io.parsers.read_csv``.

    * _from_sequence_of_strings

    This class does not inherit from 'abc.ABCMeta' for performance reasons.
    Methods and properties required by the interface raise
    ``pandas.errors.AbstractMethodError`` and no ``register`` method is
    provided for registering virtual subclasses.

    ExtensionArrays are limited to 1 dimension.

    They may be backed by none, one, or many NumPy arrays. For example,
    ``pandas.Categorical`` is an extension array backed by two arrays,
    one for codes and one for categories. An array of IPv6 address may
    be backed by a NumPy structured array with two fields, one for the
    lower 64 bits and one for the upper 64 bits. Or they may be backed
    by some other storage type, like Python lists. Pandas makes no
    assumptions on how the data are stored, just that it can be converted
    to a NumPy array.
    The ExtensionArray interface does not impose any rules on how this data
    is stored. However, currently, the backing data cannot be stored in
    attributes called ``.values`` or ``._values`` to ensure full compatibility
    with pandas internals. But other names as ``.data``, ``._data``,
    ``._items``, ... can be freely used.
    """
    # '_typ' is for pandas.core.dtypes.generic.ABCExtensionArray.
    # Don't override this.
    _typ = 'extension'

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Constructors
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @classmethod
    def _from_sequence(cls, scalars, dtype=None, copy=False):
        """
        Construct a new ExtensionArray from a sequence of scalars.

        Parameters
        ----------
        scalars : Sequence
            Each element will be an instance of the scalar type for this
            array, ``cls.dtype.type``.
        dtype : dtype, optional
            Construct for this particular dtype. This should be a Dtype
            compatible with the ExtensionArray.
        copy : boolean, default False
            If True, copy the underlying data.

        Returns
        -------
        ExtensionArray
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(cls)

    @classmethod
    def _from_sequence_of_strings(cls, strings, dtype=None, copy=False):
        """Construct a new ExtensionArray from a sequence of strings.

        .. versionadded:: 0.24.0

        Parameters
        ----------
        strings : Sequence
            Each element will be an instance of the scalar type for this
            array, ``cls.dtype.type``.
        dtype : dtype, optional
            Construct for this particular dtype. This should be a Dtype
            compatible with the ExtensionArray.
        copy : boolean, default False
            If True, copy the underlying data.

        Returns
        -------
        ExtensionArray

        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(cls)

    @classmethod
    def _from_factorized(cls, values, original):
        """
        Reconstruct an ExtensionArray after factorization.

        Parameters
        ----------
        values : ndarray
            An integer ndarray with the factorized values.
        original : ExtensionArray
            The original ExtensionArray that factorize was called on.

        See Also
        --------
        pandas.factorize
        ExtensionArray.factorize
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(cls)

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Must be a Sequence
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    def __getitem__(self, item):
        # type (Any) -> Any
        """
        Select a subset of self.

        Parameters
        ----------
        item : int, slice, or ndarray
            * int: The position in 'self' to get.

            * slice: A slice object, where 'start', 'stop', and 'step' are
              integers or None

            * ndarray: A 1-d boolean NumPy ndarray the same length as 'self'

        Returns
        -------
        item : scalar or ExtensionArray

        Notes
        -----
        For scalar ``item``, return a scalar value suitable for the array's
        type. This should be an instance of ``self.dtype.type``.

        For slice ``key``, return an instance of ``ExtensionArray``, even
        if the slice is length 0 or 1.

        For a boolean mask, return an instance of ``ExtensionArray``, filtered
        to the values where ``item`` is True.
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        # type: (Union[int, np.ndarray], Any) -> None
        """
        Set one or more values inplace.

        This method is not required to satisfy the pandas extension array
        interface.

        Parameters
        ----------
        key : int, ndarray, or slice
            When called from, e.g. ``Series.__setitem__``, ``key`` will be
            one of

            * scalar int
            * ndarray of integers.
            * boolean ndarray
            * slice object

        value : ExtensionDtype.type, Sequence[ExtensionDtype.type], or object
            value or values to be set of ``key``.

        Returns
        -------
        None
        """
        # Some notes to the ExtensionArray implementor who may have ended up
        # here. While this method is not required for the interface, if you
        # *do* choose to implement __setitem__, then some semantics should be
        # observed:
        #
        # * Setting multiple values : ExtensionArrays should support setting
        #   multiple values at once, 'key' will be a sequence of integers and
        #  'value' will be a same-length sequence.
        #
        # * Broadcasting : For a sequence 'key' and a scalar 'value',
        #   each position in 'key' should be set to 'value'.
        #
        # * Coercion : Most users will expect basic coercion to work. For
        #   example, a string like '2018-01-01' is coerced to a datetime
        #   when setting on a datetime64ns array. In general, if the
        #   __init__ method coerces that value, then so should __setitem__
        # Note, also, that Series/DataFrame.where internally use __setitem__
        # on a copy of the data.
        raise NotImplementedError(_not_implemented_message.format(
            type(self), '__setitem__')
        )

    def __len__(self):
        # type: () -> int
        """
        Length of this array

        Returns
        -------
        length : int
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    def __iter__(self):
        """
        Iterate over elements of the array.
        """
        # This needs to be implemented so that pandas recognizes extension
        # arrays as list-like. The default implementation makes successive
        # calls to ``__getitem__``, which may be slower than necessary.
        for i in range(len(self)):
            yield self[i]

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Required attributes
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @property
    def dtype(self):
        # type: () -> ExtensionDtype
        """
        An instance of 'ExtensionDtype'.
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    @property
    def shape(self):
        # type: () -> Tuple[int, ...]
        """
        Return a tuple of the array dimensions.
        """
        return (len(self),)

    @property
    def ndim(self):
        # type: () -> int
        """
        Extension Arrays are only allowed to be 1-dimensional.
        """
        return 1

    @property
    def nbytes(self):
        # type: () -> int
        """
        The number of bytes needed to store this object in memory.
        """
        # If this is expensive to compute, return an approximate lower bound
        # on the number of bytes needed.
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Additional Methods
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    def astype(self, dtype, copy=True):
        """
        Cast to a NumPy array with 'dtype'.

        Parameters
        ----------
        dtype : str or dtype
            Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.
        copy : bool, default True
            Whether to copy the data, even if not necessary. If False,
            a copy is made only if the old dtype does not match the
            new dtype.

        Returns
        -------
        array : ndarray
            NumPy ndarray with 'dtype' for its dtype.
        """
        return np.array(self, dtype=dtype, copy=copy)

    def isna(self):
        # type: () -> Union[ExtensionArray, np.ndarray]
        """
        A 1-D array indicating if each value is missing.

        Returns
        -------
        na_values : Union[np.ndarray, ExtensionArray]
            In most cases, this should return a NumPy ndarray. For
            exceptional cases like ``SparseArray``, where returning
            an ndarray would be expensive, an ExtensionArray may be
            returned.

        Notes
        -----
        If returning an ExtensionArray, then

        * ``na_values._is_boolean`` should be True
        * `na_values` should implement :func:`ExtensionArray._reduce`
        * ``na_values.any`` and ``na_values.all`` should be implemented
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    def _values_for_argsort(self):
        # type: () -> ndarray
        """
        Return values for sorting.

        Returns
        -------
        ndarray
            The transformed values should maintain the ordering between values
            within the array.

        See Also
        --------
        ExtensionArray.argsort
        """
        # Note: this is used in `ExtensionArray.argsort`.
        return np.array(self)

    def argsort(self, ascending=True, kind='quicksort', *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Return the indices that would sort this array.

        Parameters
        ----------
        ascending : bool, default True
            Whether the indices should result in an ascending
            or descending sort.
        kind : {'quicksort', 'mergesort', 'heapsort'}, optional
            Sorting algorithm.
        *args, **kwargs:
            passed through to :func:`numpy.argsort`.

        Returns
        -------
        index_array : ndarray
            Array of indices that sort ``self``.

        See Also
        --------
        numpy.argsort : Sorting implementation used internally.
        """
        # Implementor note: You have two places to override the behavior of
        # argsort.
        # 1. _values_for_argsort : construct the values passed to np.argsort
        # 2. argsort : total control over sorting.
        ascending = nv.validate_argsort_with_ascending(ascending, args, kwargs)
        values = self._values_for_argsort()
        result = np.argsort(values, kind=kind, **kwargs)
        if not ascending:
            result = result[::-1]
        return result

    def fillna(self, value=None, method=None, limit=None):
        """
        Fill NA/NaN values using the specified method.

        Parameters
        ----------
        value : scalar, array-like
            If a scalar value is passed it is used to fill all missing values.
            Alternatively, an array-like 'value' can be given. It's expected
            that the array-like have the same length as 'self'.
        method : {'backfill', 'bfill', 'pad', 'ffill', None}, default None
            Method to use for filling holes in reindexed Series
            pad / ffill: propagate last valid observation forward to next valid
            backfill / bfill: use NEXT valid observation to fill gap
        limit : int, default None
            If method is specified, this is the maximum number of consecutive
            NaN values to forward/backward fill. In other words, if there is
            a gap with more than this number of consecutive NaNs, it will only
            be partially filled. If method is not specified, this is the
            maximum number of entries along the entire axis where NaNs will be
            filled.

        Returns
        -------
        filled : ExtensionArray with NA/NaN filled
        """
        from pandas.api.types import is_array_like
        from pandas.util._validators import validate_fillna_kwargs
        from pandas.core.missing import pad_1d, backfill_1d

        value, method = validate_fillna_kwargs(value, method)

        mask = self.isna()

        if is_array_like(value):
            if len(value) != len(self):
                raise ValueError("Length of 'value' does not match. Got ({}) "
                                 " expected {}".format(len(value), len(self)))
            value = value[mask]

        if mask.any():
            if method is not None:
                func = pad_1d if method == 'pad' else backfill_1d
                new_values = func(self.astype(object), limit=limit,
                                  mask=mask)
                new_values = self._from_sequence(new_values, dtype=self.dtype)
            else:
                # fill with value
                new_values = self.copy()
                new_values[mask] = value
        else:
            new_values = self.copy()
        return new_values

    def dropna(self):
        """
        Return ExtensionArray without NA values

        Returns
        -------
        valid : ExtensionArray
        """
        return self[~self.isna()]

    def shift(self, periods=1, fill_value=None):
        # type: (int, object) -> ExtensionArray
        """
        Shift values by desired number.

        Newly introduced missing values are filled with
        ``self.dtype.na_value``.

        .. versionadded:: 0.24.0

        Parameters
        ----------
        periods : int, default 1
            The number of periods to shift. Negative values are allowed
            for shifting backwards.

        fill_value : object, optional
            The scalar value to use for newly introduced missing values.
            The default is ``self.dtype.na_value``

            .. versionadded:: 0.24.0

        Returns
        -------
        shifted : ExtensionArray

        Notes
        -----
        If ``self`` is empty or ``periods`` is 0, a copy of ``self`` is
        returned.

        If ``periods > len(self)``, then an array of size
        len(self) is returned, with all values filled with
        ``self.dtype.na_value``.
        """
        # Note: this implementation assumes that `self.dtype.na_value` can be
        # stored in an instance of your ExtensionArray with `self.dtype`.
        if not len(self) or periods == 0:
            return self.copy()

        if isna(fill_value):
            fill_value = self.dtype.na_value

        empty = self._from_sequence(
            [fill_value] * min(abs(periods), len(self)),
            dtype=self.dtype
        )
        if periods > 0:
            a = empty
            b = self[:-periods]
        else:
            a = self[abs(periods):]
            b = empty
        return self._concat_same_type([a, b])

    def unique(self):
        """
        Compute the ExtensionArray of unique values.

        Returns
        -------
        uniques : ExtensionArray
        """
        from pandas import unique

        uniques = unique(self.astype(object))
        return self._from_sequence(uniques, dtype=self.dtype)

    def searchsorted(self, value, side="left", sorter=None):
        """
        Find indices where elements should be inserted to maintain order.

        .. versionadded:: 0.24.0

        Find the indices into a sorted array `self` (a) such that, if the
        corresponding elements in `v` were inserted before the indices, the
        order of `self` would be preserved.

        Assuming that `a` is sorted:

        ======  ============================
        `side`  returned index `i` satisfies
        ======  ============================
        left    ``self[i-1] < v <= self[i]``
        right   ``self[i-1] <= v < self[i]``
        ======  ============================

        Parameters
        ----------
        value : array_like
            Values to insert into `self`.
        side : {'left', 'right'}, optional
            If 'left', the index of the first suitable location found is given.
            If 'right', return the last such index.  If there is no suitable
            index, return either 0 or N (where N is the length of `self`).
        sorter : 1-D array_like, optional
            Optional array of integer indices that sort array a into ascending
            order. They are typically the result of argsort.

        Returns
        -------
        indices : array of ints
            Array of insertion points with the same shape as `value`.

        See Also
        --------
        numpy.searchsorted : Similar method from NumPy.
        """
        # Note: the base tests provided by pandas only test the basics.
        # We do not test
        # 1. Values outside the range of the `data_for_sorting` fixture
        # 2. Values between the values in the `data_for_sorting` fixture
        # 3. Missing values.
        arr = self.astype(object)
        return arr.searchsorted(value, side=side, sorter=sorter)

    def _values_for_factorize(self):
        # type: () -> Tuple[ndarray, Any]
        """
        Return an array and missing value suitable for factorization.

        Returns
        -------
        values : ndarray

            An array suitable for factorization. This should maintain order
            and be a supported dtype (Float64, Int64, UInt64, String, Object).
            By default, the extension array is cast to object dtype.
        na_value : object
            The value in `values` to consider missing. This will be treated
            as NA in the factorization routines, so it will be coded as
            `na_sentinal` and not included in `uniques`. By default,
            ``np.nan`` is used.

        Notes
        -----
        The values returned by this method are also used in
        :func:`pandas.util.hash_pandas_object`.
        """
        return self.astype(object), np.nan

    def factorize(self, na_sentinel=-1):
        # type: (int) -> Tuple[ndarray, ExtensionArray]
        """
        Encode the extension array as an enumerated type.

        Parameters
        ----------
        na_sentinel : int, default -1
            Value to use in the `labels` array to indicate missing values.

        Returns
        -------
        labels : ndarray
            An integer NumPy array that's an indexer into the original
            ExtensionArray.
        uniques : ExtensionArray
            An ExtensionArray containing the unique values of `self`.

            .. note::

               uniques will *not* contain an entry for the NA value of
               the ExtensionArray if there are any missing values present
               in `self`.

        See Also
        --------
        pandas.factorize : Top-level factorize method that dispatches here.

        Notes
        -----
        :meth:`pandas.factorize` offers a `sort` keyword as well.
        """
        # Impelmentor note: There are two ways to override the behavior of
        # pandas.factorize
        # 1. _values_for_factorize and _from_factorize.
        #    Specify the values passed to pandas' internal factorization
        #    routines, and how to convert from those values back to the
        #    original ExtensionArray.
        # 2. ExtensionArray.factorize.
        #    Complete control over factorization.
        from pandas.core.algorithms import _factorize_array

        arr, na_value = self._values_for_factorize()

        labels, uniques = _factorize_array(arr, na_sentinel=na_sentinel,
                                           na_value=na_value)

        uniques = self._from_factorized(uniques, self)
        return labels, uniques

    _extension_array_shared_docs['repeat'] = """
        Repeat elements of a %(klass)s.

        Returns a new %(klass)s where each element of the current %(klass)s
        is repeated consecutively a given number of times.

        Parameters
        ----------
        repeats : int or array of ints
            The number of repetitions for each element. This should be a
            non-negative integer. Repeating 0 times will return an empty
            %(klass)s.
        axis : None
            Must be ``None``. Has no effect but is accepted for compatibility
            with numpy.

        Returns
        -------
        repeated_array : %(klass)s
            Newly created %(klass)s with repeated elements.

        See Also
        --------
        Series.repeat : Equivalent function for Series.
        Index.repeat : Equivalent function for Index.
        numpy.repeat : Similar method for :class:`numpy.ndarray`.
        ExtensionArray.take : Take arbitrary positions.

        Examples
        --------
        >>> cat = pd.Categorical(['a', 'b', 'c'])
        >>> cat
        [a, b, c]
        Categories (3, object): [a, b, c]
        >>> cat.repeat(2)
        [a, a, b, b, c, c]
        Categories (3, object): [a, b, c]
        >>> cat.repeat([1, 2, 3])
        [a, b, b, c, c, c]
        Categories (3, object): [a, b, c]
        """

    @Substitution(klass='ExtensionArray')
    @Appender(_extension_array_shared_docs['repeat'])
    def repeat(self, repeats, axis=None):
        nv.validate_repeat(tuple(), dict(axis=axis))
        ind = np.arange(len(self)).repeat(repeats)
        return self.take(ind)

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Indexing methods
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    def take(self, indices, allow_fill=False, fill_value=None):
        # type: (Sequence[int], bool, Optional[Any]) -> ExtensionArray
        """
        Take elements from an array.

        Parameters
        ----------
        indices : sequence of integers
            Indices to be taken.
        allow_fill : bool, default False
            How to handle negative values in `indices`.

            * False: negative values in `indices` indicate positional indices
              from the right (the default). This is similar to
              :func:`numpy.take`.

            * True: negative values in `indices` indicate
              missing values. These values are set to `fill_value`. Any other
              other negative values raise a ``ValueError``.

        fill_value : any, optional
            Fill value to use for NA-indices when `allow_fill` is True.
            This may be ``None``, in which case the default NA value for
            the type, ``self.dtype.na_value``, is used.

            For many ExtensionArrays, there will be two representations of
            `fill_value`: a user-facing "boxed" scalar, and a low-level
            physical NA value. `fill_value` should be the user-facing version,
            and the implementation should handle translating that to the
            physical version for processing the take if necessary.

        Returns
        -------
        ExtensionArray

        Raises
        ------
        IndexError
            When the indices are out of bounds for the array.
        ValueError
            When `indices` contains negative values other than ``-1``
            and `allow_fill` is True.

        Notes
        -----
        ExtensionArray.take is called by ``Series.__getitem__``, ``.loc``,
        ``iloc``, when `indices` is a sequence of values. Additionally,
        it's called by :meth:`Series.reindex`, or any other method
        that causes realignment, with a `fill_value`.

        See Also
        --------
        numpy.take
        pandas.api.extensions.take

        Examples
        --------
        Here's an example implementation, which relies on casting the
        extension array to object dtype. This uses the helper method
        :func:`pandas.api.extensions.take`.

        .. code-block:: python

           def take(self, indices, allow_fill=False, fill_value=None):
               from pandas.core.algorithms import take

               # If the ExtensionArray is backed by an ndarray, then
               # just pass that here instead of coercing to object.
               data = self.astype(object)

               if allow_fill and fill_value is None:
                   fill_value = self.dtype.na_value

               # fill value should always be translated from the scalar
               # type for the array, to the physical storage type for
               # the data, before passing to take.

               result = take(data, indices, fill_value=fill_value,
                             allow_fill=allow_fill)
               return self._from_sequence(result, dtype=self.dtype)
        """
        # Implementer note: The `fill_value` parameter should be a user-facing
        # value, an instance of self.dtype.type. When passed `fill_value=None`,
        # the default of `self.dtype.na_value` should be used.
        # This may differ from the physical storage type your ExtensionArray
        # uses. In this case, your implementation is responsible for casting
        # the user-facing type to the storage type, before using
        # pandas.api.extensions.take
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    def copy(self, deep=False):
        # type: (bool) -> ExtensionArray
        """
        Return a copy of the array.

        Parameters
        ----------
        deep : bool, default False
            Also copy the underlying data backing this array.

        Returns
        -------
        ExtensionArray
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(self)

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Printing
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    def __repr__(self):
        from pandas.io.formats.printing import format_object_summary

        template = (
            u'{class_name}'
            u'{data}\n'
            u'Length: {length}, dtype: {dtype}'
        )
        # the short repr has no trailing newline, while the truncated
        # repr does. So we include a newline in our template, and strip
        # any trailing newlines from format_object_summary
        data = format_object_summary(self, self._formatter(),
                                     indent_for_name=False).rstrip(', \n')
        class_name = u'<{}>\n'.format(self.__class__.__name__)
        return template.format(class_name=class_name, data=data,
                               length=len(self),
                               dtype=self.dtype)

    def _formatter(self, boxed=False):
        # type: (bool) -> Callable[[Any], Optional[str]]
        """Formatting function for scalar values.

        This is used in the default '__repr__'. The returned formatting
        function receives instances of your scalar type.

        Parameters
        ----------
        boxed: bool, default False
            An indicated for whether or not your array is being printed
            within a Series, DataFrame, or Index (True), or just by
            itself (False). This may be useful if you want scalar values
            to appear differently within a Series versus on its own (e.g.
            quoted or not).

        Returns
        -------
        Callable[[Any], str]
            A callable that gets instances of the scalar type and
            returns a string. By default, :func:`repr` is used
            when ``boxed=False`` and :func:`str` is used when
            ``boxed=True``.
        """
        if boxed:
            return str
        return repr

    def _formatting_values(self):
        # type: () -> np.ndarray
        # At the moment, this has to be an array since we use result.dtype
        """
        An array of values to be printed in, e.g. the Series repr

        .. deprecated:: 0.24.0

           Use :meth:`ExtensionArray._formatter` instead.
        """
        return np.array(self)

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Reshaping
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    @classmethod
    def _concat_same_type(cls, to_concat):
        # type: (Sequence[ExtensionArray]) -> ExtensionArray
        """
        Concatenate multiple array

        Parameters
        ----------
        to_concat : sequence of this type

        Returns
        -------
        ExtensionArray
        """
        raise AbstractMethodError(cls)

    # The _can_hold_na attribute is set to True so that pandas internals
    # will use the ExtensionDtype.na_value as the NA value in operations
    # such as take(), reindex(), shift(), etc.  In addition, those results
    # will then be of the ExtensionArray subclass rather than an array
    # of objects
    _can_hold_na = True

    @property
    def _ndarray_values(self):
        # type: () -> np.ndarray
        """
        Internal pandas method for lossy conversion to a NumPy ndarray.

        This method is not part of the pandas interface.

        The expectation is that this is cheap to compute, and is primarily
        used for interacting with our indexers.
        """
        return np.array(self)

    def _reduce(self, name, skipna=True, **kwargs):
        """
        Return a scalar result of performing the reduction operation.

        Parameters
        ----------
        name : str
            Name of the function, supported values are:
            { any, all, min, max, sum, mean, median, prod,
            std, var, sem, kurt, skew }.
        skipna : bool, default True
            If True, skip NaN values.
        **kwargs
            Additional keyword arguments passed to the reduction function.
            Currently, `ddof` is the only supported kwarg.

        Returns
        -------
        scalar

        Raises
        ------
        TypeError : subclass does not define reductions
        """
        raise TypeError("cannot perform {name} with type {dtype}".format(
            name=name, dtype=self.dtype))


class ExtensionOpsMixin(object):
    """
    A base class for linking the operators to their dunder names.

    .. note::

       You may want to set ``__array_priority__`` if you want your
       implementation to be called when involved in binary operations
       with NumPy arrays.
    """

    @classmethod
    def _add_arithmetic_ops(cls):
        cls.__add__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.add)
        cls.__radd__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.radd)
        cls.__sub__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.sub)
        cls.__rsub__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rsub)
        cls.__mul__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.mul)
        cls.__rmul__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rmul)
        cls.__pow__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.pow)
        cls.__rpow__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rpow)
        cls.__mod__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.mod)
        cls.__rmod__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rmod)
        cls.__floordiv__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.floordiv)
        cls.__rfloordiv__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rfloordiv)
        cls.__truediv__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.truediv)
        cls.__rtruediv__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rtruediv)
        if not PY3:
            cls.__div__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(operator.div)
            cls.__rdiv__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rdiv)

        cls.__divmod__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(divmod)
        cls.__rdivmod__ = cls._create_arithmetic_method(ops.rdivmod)

    @classmethod
    def _add_comparison_ops(cls):
        cls.__eq__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.eq)
        cls.__ne__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.ne)
        cls.__lt__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.lt)
        cls.__gt__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.gt)
        cls.__le__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.le)
        cls.__ge__ = cls._create_comparison_method(operator.ge)


class ExtensionScalarOpsMixin(ExtensionOpsMixin):
    """
    A mixin for defining  ops on an ExtensionArray.

    It is assumed that the underlying scalar objects have the operators
    already defined.

    Notes
    -----
    If you have defined a subclass MyExtensionArray(ExtensionArray), then
    use MyExtensionArray(ExtensionArray, ExtensionScalarOpsMixin) to
    get the arithmetic operators.  After the definition of MyExtensionArray,
    insert the lines

    MyExtensionArray._add_arithmetic_ops()
    MyExtensionArray._add_comparison_ops()

    to link the operators to your class.

    .. note::

       You may want to set ``__array_priority__`` if you want your
       implementation to be called when involved in binary operations
       with NumPy arrays.
    """

    @classmethod
    def _create_method(cls, op, coerce_to_dtype=True):
        """
        A class method that returns a method that will correspond to an
        operator for an ExtensionArray subclass, by dispatching to the
        relevant operator defined on the individual elements of the
        ExtensionArray.

        Parameters
        ----------
        op : function
            An operator that takes arguments op(a, b)
        coerce_to_dtype :  bool, default True
            boolean indicating whether to attempt to convert
            the result to the underlying ExtensionArray dtype.
            If it's not possible to create a new ExtensionArray with the
            values, an ndarray is returned instead.

        Returns
        -------
        Callable[[Any, Any], Union[ndarray, ExtensionArray]]
            A method that can be bound to a class. When used, the method
            receives the two arguments, one of which is the instance of
            this class, and should return an ExtensionArray or an ndarray.

            Returning an ndarray may be necessary when the result of the
            `op` cannot be stored in the ExtensionArray. The dtype of the
            ndarray uses NumPy's normal inference rules.

        Example
        -------
        Given an ExtensionArray subclass called MyExtensionArray, use

        >>> __add__ = cls._create_method(operator.add)

        in the class definition of MyExtensionArray to create the operator
        for addition, that will be based on the operator implementation
        of the underlying elements of the ExtensionArray
        """

        def _binop(self, other):
            def convert_values(param):
                if isinstance(param, ExtensionArray) or is_list_like(param):
                    ovalues = param
                else:  # Assume its an object
                    ovalues = [param] * len(self)
                return ovalues

            if isinstance(other, (ABCSeries, ABCIndexClass)):
                # rely on pandas to unbox and dispatch to us
                return NotImplemented

            lvalues = self
            rvalues = convert_values(other)

            # If the operator is not defined for the underlying objects,
            # a TypeError should be raised
            res = [op(a, b) for (a, b) in zip(lvalues, rvalues)]

            def _maybe_convert(arr):
                if coerce_to_dtype:
                    # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/22850
                    # We catch all regular exceptions here, and fall back
                    # to an ndarray.
                    try:
                        res = self._from_sequence(arr)
                    except Exception:
                        res = np.asarray(arr)
                else:
                    res = np.asarray(arr)
                return res

            if op.__name__ in {'divmod', 'rdivmod'}:
                a, b = zip(*res)
                res = _maybe_convert(a), _maybe_convert(b)
            else:
                res = _maybe_convert(res)
            return res

        op_name = ops._get_op_name(op, True)
        return set_function_name(_binop, op_name, cls)

    @classmethod
    def _create_arithmetic_method(cls, op):
        return cls._create_method(op)

    @classmethod
    def _create_comparison_method(cls, op):
        return cls._create_method(op, coerce_to_dtype=False)