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authorMike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>2012-04-14 18:00:31 -0400
committerMike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>2012-04-14 18:00:31 -0400
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parent83fb66a9b5605c0d3b3bdaabf4ca9c4e866edfea (diff)
downloaddogpile-core-a1dc7581b29ed01ad006276f7cf08dad80b4ea46.tar.gz
renaming to dogpile.core so that we are doing a more traditional namespace
package setup
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+from util import threading
+import weakref
+
+class NameRegistry(object):
+ """Generates and return an object, keeping it as a
+ singleton for a certain identifier for as long as its
+ strongly referenced.
+
+ e.g.::
+
+ class MyFoo(object):
+ "some important object."
+ def __init__(self, identifier):
+ self.identifier = identifier
+
+ registry = NameRegistry(MyFoo)
+
+ # thread 1:
+ my_foo = registry.get("foo1")
+
+ # thread 2
+ my_foo = registry.get("foo1")
+
+ Above, ``my_foo`` in both thread #1 and #2 will
+ be *the same object*. The constructor for
+ ``MyFoo`` will be called once, passing the
+ identifier ``foo1`` as the argument.
+
+ When thread 1 and thread 2 both complete or
+ otherwise delete references to ``my_foo``, the
+ object is *removed* from the :class:`.NameRegistry` as
+ a result of Python garbage collection.
+
+ :class:`.NameRegistry` is a utility object that
+ is used to maintain new :class:`.Dogpile` objects
+ against a certain key, for as long as that particular key
+ is referenced within the application. An application
+ can deal with an arbitrary number of keys, ensuring that
+ all threads requesting a certain key use the same
+ :class:`.Dogpile` object, without the need to maintain
+ each :class:`.Dogpile` object persistently in memory.
+
+ :param creator: A function that will create a new
+ value, given the identifier passed to the :meth:`.NameRegistry.get`
+ method.
+
+ """
+ _locks = weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
+ _mutex = threading.RLock()
+
+ def __init__(self, creator):
+ """Create a new :class:`.NameRegistry`.
+
+
+ """
+ self._values = weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
+ self._mutex = threading.RLock()
+ self.creator = creator
+
+ def get(self, identifier, *args, **kw):
+ """Get and possibly create the value.
+
+ :param identifier: Hash key for the value.
+ If the creation function is called, this identifier
+ will also be passed to the creation function.
+ :param \*args, \**kw: Additional arguments which will
+ also be passed to the creation function if it is
+ called.
+
+ """
+ try:
+ if identifier in self._values:
+ return self._values[identifier]
+ else:
+ return self._sync_get(identifier, *args, **kw)
+ except KeyError:
+ return self._sync_get(identifier, *args, **kw)
+
+ def _sync_get(self, identifier, *args, **kw):
+ self._mutex.acquire()
+ try:
+ try:
+ if identifier in self._values:
+ return self._values[identifier]
+ else:
+ self._values[identifier] = value = self.creator(identifier, *args, **kw)
+ return value
+ except KeyError:
+ self._values[identifier] = value = self.creator(identifier, *args, **kw)
+ return value
+ finally:
+ self._mutex.release()