""" A dynamic-scope-like system, aka fluid variables. The idea behind dynamic scoped variables is for when, at one level, you want to change the behavior of something you call. Except you can't pass in any new arguments (e.g., there's some function or object inbetween you and the thing you want to change), or you can't predict exactly what you will want to change. You should use it like:: context = Context() def do_stuff(): state = context.set(inside='do_stuff') try: do stuff... finally: state.restore() Then ``context.inside`` will be set to ``'do_stuff'`` inside that try block. If a value isn't set, you'll get an attribute error. Note that all values are thread local; this means you cannot use a context object to pass information to another thread. In a single-thread environment it doesn't really matter. Typically you will create ``Context`` instances for your application, environment, etc. These should be global module-level variables, that may be imported by any interested module; each instance is a namespace of its own. Sometimes it's nice to have default values, instead of getting attribute errors. This makes it easier to put in new variables that are intended to be used elsewhere, without having to use ``getattr(context, 'var', default)`` to avoid AttributeErrors. There are two ways (that can be used together) to do this. First, when instantiating a ``Context`` object, you can give it a ``default`` value. If given, then all variables will default to that value. ``None`` is a typical value for that. Another is ``context.set_default(**vars)``, which will set only those variables to default values. This will not effect the stack of scopes, but will only add defaults. When Python 2.5 comes out, this syntax would certainly be useful:: with context(page='view'): do stuff... And ``page`` will be set to ``'view'`` only inside that ``with`` block. """ from itertools import count from formencode.util import threadinglocal __all__ = ['Context', 'ContextRestoreError'] _restore_ids = count() class NoDefault(object): """A dummy value used for parameters with no default.""" class ContextRestoreError(Exception): """Raised when something is restored out-of-order.""" class Context(object): def __init__(self, default=NoDefault): self.__dict__['_local'] = threadinglocal.local() self.__dict__['_default'] = default def __getattr__(self, attr): if attr.startswith('_'): raise AttributeError try: stack = self._local.stack except AttributeError: stack = [] for i in range(len(stack)-1, -1, -1): if attr in stack[i][0]: return stack[i][0][attr] if self._default is NoDefault: raise AttributeError( "The attribute %s has not been set on %r" % (attr, self)) return self._default def __setattr__(self, attr, value): raise AttributeError( "You can only write attribute on context object with the .set() method") def set(self, **kw): state_id = _restore_ids.next() try: stack = self._local.stack except AttributeError: stack = self._local.stack = [({}, -1)] restorer = RestoreState(self, state_id) stack.append((kw, state_id)) return restorer def _restore(self, state_id): try: stack = self._local.stack except AttributeError: raise ContextRestoreError( "Tried to restore context %r (to state ID %s) but no variables have been set in context" % (self, state_id)) if stack[-1][1] == -1: raise ContextRestoreError( "Out of order restoration of context %r (to state ID %s); the stack state is empty" % (self, state_id)) if stack[-1][1] != state_id: raise ContextRestoreError( "Out of order restoration of context %r (to state ID %s) when last state is %s" % (self, state_id, stack[-1][1])) stack.pop() def set_default(self, **kw): try: stack = self._local.stack except AttributeError: stack = self._local.stack = [({}, -1)] stack[0][0].update(kw) def __repr__(self): try: stack = self._local.stack except AttributeError: stack = [] myid = hex(abs(id(self)))[2:] if not stack: return '<%s %s (empty)>' % (self.__class__.__name__, myid) cur = {} for vars, state_id in stack: cur.update(vars) keys = cur.keys() keys.sort() varlist = [] for key in keys: rep = repr(cur[key]) if len(rep) > 10: rep = rep[:9]+'...'+rep[-1] varlist.append('%s=%s' % (key, rep)) return '<%s %s %s>' % ( self.__class__.__name__, myid, ' '.join(varlist)) class RestoreState(object): def __init__(self, context, state_id): self.state_id = state_id self.context = context self.restored = False def restore(self): if self.restored: # @@: Should this really be allowed? return self.context._restore(self.state_id) self.restored = True