From ba85373f949c9d61634ec9cecfe9e5b1e06558ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: onyx-and-iris <code@onyxandiris.online>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:16:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] move steps abstract method into VbanCmd.

---
 vban_cmd/factory.py | 6 ------
 vban_cmd/vbancmd.py | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vban_cmd/factory.py b/vban_cmd/factory.py
index 68e42c1..3f3b5e3 100644
--- a/vban_cmd/factory.py
+++ b/vban_cmd/factory.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import abc
 import logging
 from enum import IntEnum
 from functools import cached_property
@@ -122,11 +121,6 @@ class FactoryBase(VbanCmd):
             + f"({self.kind}, ip='{self.ip}', port={self.port}, streamname='{self.streamname}')"
         )
 
-    @property
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def steps(self):
-        pass
-
     @cached_property
     def configs(self):
         self._configs = configs(self.kind.name)
diff --git a/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py b/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py
index dfcc625..571dcfd 100644
--- a/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py
+++ b/vban_cmd/vbancmd.py
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ class VbanCmd(abc.ABC):
         self.producer = None
         self._last_script_request_time = 0
 
+    @property
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def __str__(self):
-        """Ensure subclasses override str magic method"""
+    def steps(self):
+        """Steps required to build the interface for this Voicemeeter kind"""
 
     def _conn_from_toml(self) -> dict:
         try: