"""Weak reference support for Python. This module is an implementation of PEP 205: http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0205.html """ # Naming convention: Variables named "wr" are weak reference objects; # they are called this instead of "ref" to avoid name collisions with # the module-global ref() function imported from _weakref. import UserDict from _weakref import \ getweakrefcount, \ getweakrefs, \ ref, \ proxy, \ CallableProxyType, \ ProxyType, \ ReferenceType from exceptions import ReferenceError ProxyTypes = (ProxyType, CallableProxyType) __all__ = ["ref", "proxy", "getweakrefcount", "getweakrefs", "WeakKeyDictionary", "ReferenceType", "ProxyType", "CallableProxyType", "ProxyTypes", "WeakValueDictionary"] class WeakValueDictionary(UserDict.UserDict): """Mapping class that references values weakly. Entries in the dictionary will be discarded when no strong reference to the value exists anymore """ # We inherit the constructor without worrying about the input # dictionary; since it uses our .update() method, we get the right # checks (if the other dictionary is a WeakValueDictionary, # objects are unwrapped on the way out, and we always wrap on the # way in). def __getitem__(self, key): o = self.data[key]() if o is None: raise KeyError, key else: return o def __repr__(self): return "" % id(self) def __setitem__(self, key, value): self.data[key] = ref(value, self.__makeremove(key)) def copy(self): new = WeakValueDictionary() for key, wr in self.data.items(): o = wr() if o is not None: new[key] = o return new def get(self, key, default=None): try: wr = self.data[key] except KeyError: return default else: o = wr() if o is None: # This should only happen return default else: return o def items(self): L = [] for key, wr in self.data.items(): o = wr() if o is not None: L.append((key, o)) return L def iteritems(self): return WeakValuedItemIterator(self) def iterkeys(self): return self.data.iterkeys() __iter__ = iterkeys def itervalues(self): return WeakValuedValueIterator(self) def popitem(self): while 1: key, wr = self.data.popitem() o = wr() if o is not None: return key, o def setdefault(self, key, default): try: wr = self.data[key] except KeyError: self.data[key] = ref(default, self.__makeremove(key)) return default else: return wr() def update(self, dict): d = self.data for key, o in dict.items(): d[key] = ref(o, self.__makeremove(key)) def values(self): L = [] for wr in self.data.values(): o = wr() if o is not None: L.append(o) return L def __makeremove(self, key): def remove(o, selfref=ref(self), key=key): self = selfref() if self is not None: del self.data[key] return remove class WeakKeyDictionary(UserDict.UserDict): """ Mapping class that references keys weakly. Entries in the dictionary will be discarded when there is no longer a strong reference to the key. This can be used to associate additional data with an object owned by other parts of an application without adding attributes to those objects. This can be especially useful with objects that override attribute accesses. """ def __init__(self, dict=None): self.data = {} def remove(k, selfref=ref(self)): self = selfref() if self is not None: del self.data[k] self._remove = remove if dict is not None: self.update(dict) def __delitem__(self, key): for ref in self.data.iterkeys(): o = ref() if o == key: del self.data[ref] return def __getitem__(self, key): return self.data[ref(key)] def __repr__(self): return "" % id(self) def __setitem__(self, key, value): self.data[ref(key, self._remove)] = value def copy(self): new = WeakKeyDictionary() for key, value in self.data.items(): o = key() if o is not None: new[o] = value return new def get(self, key, default=None): return self.data.get(ref(key),default) def has_key(self, key): try: wr = ref(key) except TypeError: return 0 return self.data.has_key(wr) def items(self): L = [] for key, value in self.data.items(): o = key() if o is not None: L.append((o, value)) return L def iteritems(self): return WeakKeyedItemIterator(self) def iterkeys(self): return WeakKeyedKeyIterator(self) __iter__ = iterkeys def itervalues(self): return self.data.itervalues() def keys(self): L = [] for wr in self.data.keys(): o = wr() if o is not None: L.append(o) return L def popitem(self): while 1: key, value = self.data.popitem() o = key() if o is not None: return o, value def setdefault(self, key, default): return self.data.setdefault(ref(key, self._remove),default) def update(self, dict): d = self.data for key, value in dict.items(): d[ref(key, self._remove)] = value class BaseIter: def __iter__(self): return self class WeakKeyedKeyIterator(BaseIter): def __init__(self, weakdict): self._next = weakdict.data.iterkeys().next def next(self): while 1: wr = self._next() obj = wr() if obj is not None: return obj class WeakKeyedItemIterator(BaseIter): def __init__(self, weakdict): self._next = weakdict.data.iteritems().next def next(self): while 1: wr, value = self._next() key = wr() if key is not None: return key, value class WeakValuedValueIterator(BaseIter): def __init__(self, weakdict): self._next = weakdict.data.itervalues().next def next(self): while 1: wr = self._next() obj = wr() if obj is not None: return obj class WeakValuedItemIterator(BaseIter): def __init__(self, weakdict): self._next = weakdict.data.iteritems().next def next(self): while 1: key, wr = self._next() value = wr() if value is not None: return key, value # no longer needed del UserDict