def init(cls, typ, class2type):
        """
        Defines custom fields in the value factory so that the importer can find them
        @param typ
        @param class2type
        """
        field = typ.getField(cls.FIELD_NAME)
        class2type.put( StrStrHashMap , typ )
        typ.setComponentType( StrStrHashMap )
        typ.setImportExportHelper( StrStrHashMapSerializer(typ, field))
        typ.putValidator(field, Validator_object.get(1))
        typ.lock()
def trapped_signals(cls, new_signal_handler):
        """A contextmanager which temporarily overrides signal handling.

        NB: This method calls signal.signal(), which will crash if not called from the main thread!
        """
        previous_signal_handler = cls.reset_signal_handler(new_signal_handler)
        try:
            yield
        finally:
            cls.reset_signal_handler(previous_signal_handler)