view rhodecode/lib/dbmigrate/migrate/versioning/util/keyedinstance.py @ 833:9753e0907827 beta

added dbmigrate package, added model changes moved out upgrade db command to that package
author Marcin Kuzminski <marcin@python-works.com>
date Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:54:12 +0100
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children 6832ef664673
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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

class KeyedInstance(object):
    """A class whose instances have a unique identifier of some sort
    No two instances with the same unique ID should exist - if we try to create
    a second instance, the first should be returned. 
    """

    _instances = dict()

    def __new__(cls, *p, **k):
        instances = cls._instances
        clskey = str(cls)
        if clskey not in instances:
            instances[clskey] = dict()
        instances = instances[clskey]

        key = cls._key(*p, **k)
        if key not in instances:
            instances[key] = super(KeyedInstance, cls).__new__(cls)
        return instances[key]

    @classmethod
    def _key(cls, *p, **k):
        """Given a unique identifier, return a dictionary key
        This should be overridden by child classes, to specify which parameters 
        should determine an object's uniqueness
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

    @classmethod
    def clear(cls):
        # Allow cls.clear() as well as uniqueInstance.clear(cls)
        if str(cls) in cls._instances:
            del cls._instances[str(cls)]