watcha-synapse/synapse/util/distributor.py

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from twisted.internet import defer

import logging


logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class Distributor(object):
    """A central dispatch point for loosely-connected pieces of code to
    register, observe, and fire signals.

    Signals are named simply by strings.

    TODO(paul): It would be nice to give signals stronger object identities,
      so we can attach metadata, docstrings, detect typoes, etc... But this
      model will do for today.
    """

    def __init__(self):
        self.signals = {}
        self.pre_registration = {}

    def declare(self, name):
        if name in self.signals:
            raise KeyError("%r already has a signal named %s" % (self, name))

        self.signals[name] = Signal(name)

        if name in self.pre_registration:
            signal = self.signals[name]
            for observer in self.pre_registration[name]:
                signal.observe(observer)

    def observe(self, name, observer):
        if name in self.signals:
            self.signals[name].observe(observer)
        else:
            # TODO: Avoid strong ordering dependency by allowing people to
            # pre-register observations on signals that don't exist yet.
            if name not in self.pre_registration:
                self.pre_registration[name] = []
            self.pre_registration[name].append(observer)

    def fire(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
        if name not in self.signals:
            raise KeyError("%r does not have a signal named %s" % (self, name))

        return self.signals[name].fire(*args, **kwargs)


class Signal(object):
    """A Signal is a dispatch point that stores a list of callables as
    observers of it.

    Signals can be "fired", meaning that every callable observing it is
    invoked. Firing a signal does not change its state; it can be fired again
    at any later point. Firing a signal passes any arguments from the fire
    method into all of the observers.
    """

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.observers = []

    def observe(self, observer):
        """Adds a new callable to the observer list which will be invoked by
        the 'fire' method.

        Each observer callable may return a Deferred."""
        self.observers.append(observer)

    def fire(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """Invokes every callable in the observer list, passing in the args and
        kwargs. Exceptions thrown by observers are logged but ignored. It is
        not an error to fire a signal with no observers.

        Returns a Deferred that will complete when all the observers have
        completed."""
        deferreds = []
        for observer in self.observers:
            d = defer.maybeDeferred(observer, *args, **kwargs)

            def eb(failure):
                logger.warning(
                    "%s signal observer %s failed: %r",
                    self.name, observer, failure,
                    exc_info=(
                        failure.type,
                        failure.value,
                        failure.getTracebackObject()))
            deferreds.append(d.addErrback(eb))

        return defer.DeferredList(deferreds)