Make smart futures avoid polling.
[python_utils.git] / persistent.py
index 30e4ccbfcbed724ead5445b9674a2334d621497c..f6ca0a0faa4bde09299db88d100fd1e9b8640f0a 100644 (file)
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 import atexit
+import datetime
+import enum
 import functools
 import logging
-
-import dill
+from typing import Any
 
 import file_utils
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class Persistent(ABC):
+    """
+    A base class of an object with a load/save method.  Classes that are
+    decorated with @persistent_autoloaded_singleton should subclass this
+    and implement their save() and load() methods.
+
+    """
     @abstractmethod
-    def save(self):
+    def save(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Save this thing somewhere that you'll remember when someone calls
+        load() later on in a way that makes sense to your code.
+
+        """
         pass
 
+    @classmethod
     @abstractmethod
-    def load(self):
+    def load(cls) -> Any:
+        """
+        Load this thing from somewhere and give back an instance which
+        will become the global singleton and which will may (see
+        below) be save()d at program exit time.
+
+        Oh, in case this is handy, here's how to write a factory
+        method that doesn't call the c'tor in python:
+
+            @classmethod
+            def load_from_somewhere(cls, somewhere):
+                # Note: __new__ does not call __init__.
+                obj = cls.__new__(cls)
+
+                # Don't forget to call any polymorphic base class initializers
+                super(MyClass, obj).__init__()
+
+                # Load the piece(s) of obj that you want to from somewhere.
+                obj._state = load_from_somewhere(somewhere)
+                return obj
+
+        """
         pass
 
 
-class persistent_autoload_singleton(Persistent):
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, *, max_age_sec: int = 0):
-        self.filename = filename
-        self.max_age_sec = max_age_sec
+def was_file_written_today(filename: str) -> bool:
+    """Returns True if filename was written today."""
+
+    if not file_utils.does_file_exist(filename):
+        return False
+
+    mtime = file_utils.get_file_mtime_as_datetime(filename)
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    return (
+        mtime.month == now.month and
+        mtime.day == now.day and
+        mtime.year == now.year
+    )
+
+
+def was_file_written_within_n_seconds(
+        filename: str,
+        limit_seconds: int,
+) -> bool:
+    """Returns True if filename was written within the pas limit_seconds
+    seconds.
+
+    """
+    if not file_utils.does_file_exist(filename):
+        return False
+
+    mtime = file_utils.get_file_mtime_as_datetime(filename)
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    return (now - mtime).total_seconds() <= limit_seconds
+
+
+class PersistAtShutdown(enum.Enum):
+    """
+    An enum to describe the conditions under which state is persisted
+    to disk.  See details below.
+
+    """
+    NEVER = 0,
+    IF_NOT_LOADED = 1,
+    ALWAYS = 2,
+
+
+class persistent_autoloaded_singleton(object):
+    """A decorator that can be applied to a Persistent subclass (i.e.  a
+    class with a save() and load() method.  It will intercept attempts
+    to instantiate the class via it's c'tor and, instead, invoke the
+    class' load() method to give it a chance to read state from
+    somewhere persistent.
+
+    If load() fails (returns None), the c'tor is invoked with the
+    original args as a fallback.
+
+    Based upon the value of the optional argument persist_at_shutdown,
+    (NEVER, IF_NOT_LOADED, ALWAYS), the save() method of the class will
+    be invoked just before program shutdown to give the class a chance
+    to save its state somewhere.
+
+    The implementations of save() and load() and where the class
+    persists its state are details left to the Persistent
+    implementation.
+
+    """
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            *,
+            persist_at_shutdown: PersistAtShutdown = PersistAtShutdown.IF_NOT_LOADED):
+        self.persist_at_shutdown = persist_at_shutdown
         self.instance = None
 
-    def __call__(self, cls):
+    def __call__(self, cls: Persistent):
         @functools.wraps(cls)
         def _load(*args, **kwargs):
 
@@ -42,48 +138,28 @@ class persistent_autoload_singleton(Persistent):
                 )
                 return self.instance
 
-            if not self.load():
-                assert self.instance is None
-                logger.debug(
-                    f'Instantiating {cls.__name__} directly.'
-                )
+            # Otherwise, try to load it from persisted state.
+            was_loaded = False
+            logger.debug(f'Attempting to load {cls.__name__} from persisted state.')
+            self.instance = cls.load()
+            if not self.instance:
+                logger.warning('Loading from cache failed.')
+                logger.debug(f'Attempting to instantiate {cls.__name__} directly.')
                 self.instance = cls(*args, **kwargs)
+            else:
+                logger.debug(f'Class {cls.__name__} was loaded from persisted state successfully.')
+                was_loaded = True
 
-            # On program exit, save state to disk.
-            atexit.register(self.save)
             assert self.instance is not None
+
+            if (
+                    self.persist_at_shutdown is PersistAtShutdown.ALWAYS or
+                    (
+                        not was_loaded and
+                        self.persist_at_shutdown is PersistAtShutdown.IF_NOT_LOADED
+                    )
+            ):
+                logger.debug('Scheduling a deferred called to save at process shutdown time.')
+                atexit.register(self.instance.save)
             return self.instance
         return _load
-
-    def load(self) -> bool:
-        if (
-                file_utils.does_file_exist(self.filename)
-                and (
-                    self.max_age_sec == 0 or
-                    file_utils.get_file_mtime_age_seconds(self.filename) <= self.max_age_sec
-                )
-        ):
-            logger.debug(
-                f'Attempting to load from file {self.filename}'
-            )
-            try:
-                with open(self.filename, 'rb') as f:
-                    self.instance = dill.load(f)
-                    return True
-            except Exception:
-                self.instance = None
-                return False
-        return False
-
-    def save(self) -> bool:
-        if self.instance is not None:
-            logger.debug(
-                f'Attempting to save {type(self.instance).__name__} to file {self.filename}'
-            )
-            try:
-                with open(self.filename, 'wb') as f:
-                    dill.dump(self.instance, f, dill.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL)
-                return True
-            except Exception:
-                return False
-        return False