{
  "context": "This criteria evaluates how well the engineer uses comtypes package functions to create and access COM objects, specifically focusing on CreateObject, GetActiveObject, and property access capabilities.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "CreateObject usage",
      "description": "Uses comtypes.client.CreateObject() to create a new Shell.Application COM object with the correct ProgID string 'Shell.Application'",
      "max_score": 30
    },
    {
      "name": "GetActiveObject usage",
      "description": "Uses comtypes.client.GetActiveObject() to connect to an already-running Shell.Application COM object with the correct ProgID string",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "COM method invocation",
      "description": "Calls the NameSpace() or BrowseForFolder() method on the shell COM object to navigate to special folders using folder IDs",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "Property access",
      "description": "Accesses COM object properties using attribute syntax (e.g., folder_obj.Title) to retrieve folder information",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "COMError handling",
      "description": "Imports and catches comtypes.COMError exceptions when COM operations fail, raising RuntimeError as specified in the API functions",
      "max_score": 5
    }
  ]
}