path: root/src/bus.py

# -*- python -*-
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class Bus:
    '''
    Message broadcasting interprocess communication
    '''
    
    
    RDONLY = 1
    '''
    Open the bus for reading only
    '''

    WRONLY = 0
    '''
    Open the bus for writing only
    '''
    
    RDWR = 0
    '''
    Open the bus for both reading and writing only
    '''
    
    EXCL = 2
    '''
    Fail to create bus if its file already exists
    '''
    
    INTR = 4
    '''
    Fail if interrupted
    '''
    
    NOWAIT = 1
    '''
    Function shall fail with `os.errno.EAGAIN`
    if the it would block and this flag is used
    '''
    
    
    def __init__(self, pathname : str = None):
        '''
        Constructor
        
        @param  pathname:str  The pathname of the bus, `None` if `create` should select a random pathname
        '''
        self.pathname = pathname
        self.bus = None
    
    
    def __del__(self):
        '''
        Destructor
        '''
        self.close()
    
    
    def create(self, flags : int = 0) -> str:
        '''
        Create the bus
        
        @param   flags:or_flag  `Bus.EXCL` (if the pathname is not `None`) to fail if the file
                                already exists, otherwise if the file exists, nothing will happen;
                                `Bus.INTR` to fail if interrupted
        @return  :str           The pathname of the bus
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_create_wrapped
        self.pathname = bus_create_wrapped(self.pathname, flags)
        if self.pathname is None:
            raise self.__oserror()
        return self.pathname
    
    
    def unlink(self):
        '''
        Remove the bus
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_unlink_wrapped
        if bus_unlink_wrapped(self.pathname) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def open(self, flags : int = 0):
        '''
        Open an existing bus
        
        @param  flags:int  `Bus.RDONLY`, `Bus.WRONLY` or `Bus.RDWR`, the value must not be negative
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_close_wrapped, bus_allocate, bus_open_wrapped
        if self.bus is not None:
            if bus_close_wrapped(self.bus) == -1:
                raise self.__oserror()
        else:
            self.bus = bus_allocate()
            if self.bus == 0:
                raise self.__oserror()
        if bus_open_wrapped(self.bus, self.pathname, flags) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def close(self):
        '''
        Close the bus
        '''
        try:
            from native_bus import bus_close_wrapped, bus_deallocate
        except:
            return
        if self.bus is not None:
            if bus_close_wrapped(self.bus) == -1:
                raise self.__oserror()
            bus_deallocate(self.bus)
            self.bus = None
    
    
    def write(self, message : str, flags : int = 0):
        '''
        Broadcast a message a bus
        
        @param  message:str  The message to write, may not be longer than 2047 bytes
                             after UTF-8 encoding
        @param  flags:int    `Bus.NOWAIT` if the function shall fail with `os.errno.EAGAIN`
                             if there is another process attempting to broadcast on the bus
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_write_wrapped
        if bus_write_wrapped(self.bus, message, flags) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def read(self, callback : callable, user_data = None):
        '''
        Listen (in a loop, forever) for new message on a bus
        
        @param   callback  Function to call when a message is received, the
                           input parameters will be the read message and
                           `user_data` from the function's [`Bus.read`] parameter
                           with the same name. The message must have been parsed
                           or copied when `callback` returns as it may be over
                           overridden after that time. `callback` should
                           return either of the the values:
                             0:  stop listening
                             1:  continue listening
                             -1:  an error has occurred
                           However, the function [`Bus.read`] will invoke
                           `callback` with `message` set to `None` one time
                           directly after it has started listening on the bus.
                           This is to the the program now it can safely continue
                           with any action that requires that the programs is
                           listening on the bus.
                           NB! The received message will not be decoded from UTF-8
        @param  user_data  See description of `callback`
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_read_wrapped
        if bus_read_wrapped(self.bus, callback, user_data) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def poll_start(self, flags : int = 0):
        '''
        Announce that the thread is listening on the bus.
        This is required so the will does not miss any
        messages due to race conditions. Additionally,
        not calling this function will cause the bus the
        misbehave, is `Bus.poll` is written to expect
        this function to have been called.
        
        @param   flags:int  `Bus.NOWAIT` if the bus should fail with `os.errno.EAGAIN`
                            if there isn't already a message available on the bus when
                            `Bus.poll` is called
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_poll_start_wrapped
        if bus_poll_start_wrapped(self.bus, flags) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def poll_stop(self):
        '''
        Announce that the thread has stopped listening on the bus.
        This is required so that the thread does not cause others
        to wait indefinitely.
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_poll_stop_wrapped
        if bus_poll_stop_wrapped(self.bus) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def poll(self) -> bytes:
        '''
        Wait for a message to be broadcasted on the bus.
        The caller should make a copy of the received message,
        without freeing the original copy, and parse it in a
        separate thread. When the new thread has started be
        started, the caller of this function should then
        either call `Bus.poll` again or `Bus.poll_stop`.
        
        @return  :bytes  The received message
                         NB! The received message will not be decoded from UTF-8
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_poll_wrapped
        message = bus_poll_wrapped(self.bus)
        if message is None:
            raise self.__oserror()
        return message
    
    
    def chown(self, owner : int, group : int):
        '''
        Change the ownership of a bus
        
        `os.stat` can be used of the bus's associated file to get the bus's ownership
        
        @param  owner:int  The user ID of the bus's new owner
        @param  group:int  The group ID of the bus's new group
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_chown_wrapped
        if bus_chown_wrapped(self.pathname, owner, group) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def chmod(self, mode : int):
        '''
        Change the permissions for a bus
        
        `os.stat` can be used of the bus's associated file to get the bus's permissions
        
        @param  mode:int  The permissions of the bus, any permission for a user implies
                          full permissions for that user, except only the owner may
                          edit the bus's associated file
        '''
        from native_bus import bus_chmod_wrapped
        if bus_chmod_wrapped(self.pathname, mode) == -1:
            raise self.__oserror()
    
    
    def __oserror(self):
        '''
        Create an OSError
        
        @return  :OSError  The OS error
        '''
        import os, ctypes
        err = ctypes.get_errno()
        err = OSError(err, os.strerror(err))
        if err.errno == os.errno.ENOENT:
            err.filename = self.pathname
        return err