from __future__ import absolute_import import Queue, threading class DummyReply: """ A reply object that does nothing. Useful when we need an object to seem like it has a channel, and during testing. """ def __init__(self): self.acked = False def __call__(self, msg=False): self.acked = True class Reply: """ Messages sent through a channel are decorated with a "reply" attribute. This object is used to respond to the message through the return channel. """ def __init__(self, obj): self.obj = obj self.q = Queue.Queue() self.acked = False def __call__(self, msg=None): if not self.acked: self.acked = True if msg is None: self.q.put(self.obj) else: self.q.put(msg) class Channel: def __init__(self, q, should_exit): self.q = q self.should_exit = should_exit def ask(self, mtype, m): """ Decorate a message with a reply attribute, and send it to the master. then wait for a response. """ m.reply = Reply(m) self.q.put((mtype, m)) while not self.should_exit.is_set(): try: # The timeout is here so we can handle a should_exit event. g = m.reply.q.get(timeout=0.5) except Queue.Empty: # pragma: nocover continue return g def tell(self, mtype, m): """ Decorate a message with a dummy reply attribute, send it to the master, then return immediately. """ m.reply = DummyReply() self.q.put((mtype, m)) class Slave(threading.Thread): """ Slaves get a channel end-point through which they can send messages to the master. """ def __init__(self, channel, server): self.channel, self.server = channel, server self.server.set_channel(channel) threading.Thread.__init__(self) self.name = "SlaveThread (%s:%s)" % (self.server.address.host, self.server.address.port) def run(self): self.server.serve_forever() class Master: """ Masters get and respond to messages from slaves. """ def __init__(self, server): """ server may be None if no server is needed. """ self.server = server self.masterq = Queue.Queue() self.should_exit = threading.Event() def tick(self, q, timeout): changed = False try: # This endless loop runs until the 'Queue.Empty' # exception is thrown. If more than one request is in # the queue, this speeds up every request by 0.1 seconds, # because get_input(..) function is not blocking. while True: msg = q.get(timeout=timeout) self.handle(*msg) changed = True except Queue.Empty: pass return changed def run(self): self.should_exit.clear() self.server.start_slave(Slave, Channel(self.masterq, self.should_exit)) while not self.should_exit.is_set(): self.tick(self.masterq, 0.01) self.shutdown() def handle(self, mtype, obj): c = "handle_" + mtype m = getattr(self, c, None) if m: m(obj) else: obj.reply() def shutdown(self): if not self.should_exit.is_set(): self.should_exit.set() if self.server: self.server.shutdown()