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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# PyReturnTypePlaceholder

> A placeholder for a python return type that does not exist. Can be populated using the `edit` method.

export const Attribute = ({type, description}) => <div className="pl-4 py-6 first:pt-3 dark:border-zinc-300/[0.06] text-sm font-normal">
    <div className="inline-grid grid-cols-[auto_auto] gap-1 font-mono py-2">
      {type}
    </div>
    <p className="mt-2">{description}</p>
  </div>;

export const GithubLinkNote = ({link}) => <Info>
      <div className="flex gap-2 items-center">View Source on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href={link}>Github</a></div>
   </Info>;

export const HorizontalDivider = ({light = false}) => <div className="divide-y">
        <div className={`divide-y ${light ? "dark:border-zinc-300/[0.06]" : "border-zinc-600"}`}></div>
        <div className={`divide-y ${light ? "dark:border-zinc-300/[0.06]" : "border-zinc-600"}`}></div>
    </div>;

export const Return = ({return_type, description}) => <div className="pl-6 divide-y">
    <h4 className="font-bold">Returns</h4>
    <div className="dark:border-zinc-300/[0.06] ">
        <div className="py-6 first:pt-3 text-sm font-normal">
            <div className="flex gap-4 items-center">
                <div className="inline-grid grid-cols-[auto_auto] gap-1 font-mono py-2">
                    {return_type}
                </div>
            </div>
            <p className="mt-2">{description}</p>
        </div>
    </div>
  </div>;

export const ParameterWrapper = ({children}) => <div className="pl-6 divide-y">
    <h4 className="font-bold">Parameters</h4>
    <div className="divide-y dark:border-zinc-300/[0.06]">
      {children}
    </div>
  </div>;

export const Parameter = ({name, type, description, defaultValue}) => <div className="py-6 first:pt-3 dark:border-zinc-300/[0.06] text-sm font-normal">
    <div className="flex justify-between items-start font-mono">
      <div className="flex gap-4 items-start">
        <div className="flex gap-1 items-center text-sm text-primary mt-2">
          {name}
        </div>
        <div className="inline-grid grid-cols-[auto_auto] gap-1 py-2">
          {type}
        </div>
      </div>

      <div className="flex-shrink-0 mt-2">
        {defaultValue ? <div className="flex gap-1 items-center text-sm border border-purple-500 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">
            <span className="text-zinc-500">default:</span>
            <span className="text-purple-500">{defaultValue}</span>
          </div> : <span className="text-sm border border-purple-500 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">
            required
          </span>}
      </div>
    </div>
    <p className="mt-2">{description}</p>
  </div>;

<GithubLinkNote link="https://github.com/codegen-sh/codegen/blob/develop/src/codegen/sdk/python/placeholder/placeholder_return_type.py#L13-L38" />

### Inherits from

[Placeholder](/api-reference/core/Placeholder)

## Methods

<HorizontalDivider />

### <span className="text-primary">edit</span>

Edits or creates a return type annotation for a method or function.

<GithubLinkNote link="https://github.com/codegen-sh/codegen/blob/develop/src/codegen/sdk/python/placeholder/placeholder_return_type.py#L18-L38" />

<ParameterWrapper>
  <Parameter name="new_src" type={ <code className="text-sm bg-gray-100 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">str</code> } description="The new return type annotation text to be added." defaultValue="" />

  <Parameter name="fix_indentation" type={ <code className="text-sm bg-gray-100 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">bool, optional</code> } description="Whether to fix the indentation of the new source. Defaults to False." defaultValue="False" />

  <Parameter name="priority" type={ <code className="text-sm bg-gray-100 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">int, optional</code> } description="Priority of the edit operation. Defaults to 0." defaultValue="0" />

  <Parameter name="dedupe" type={ <code className="text-sm bg-gray-100 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">bool, optional</code> } description="Whether to deduplicate the edit operation. Defaults to True." defaultValue="True" />
</ParameterWrapper>

<Return return_type={ <code className="text-sm bg-gray-100 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">None</code> } description="" />

### <span className="text-primary">remove</span>

Removes this element from its parent container.

<GithubLinkNote link="https://github.com/codegen-sh/codegen/blob/develop/src/codegen/sdk/core/placeholder/placeholder.py#L42-L52" />

<Return return_type={ <code className="text-sm bg-gray-100 px-2 py-0.5 rounded">None</code> } description="" />