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unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref:
unlock.util.saferef.BoundNonDescriptorMethodWeakref

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Public Member Functions

def __new__
def __init__
def calculateKey
def __str__
def __bool__
def __cmp__
def __call__

Public Attributes

 deletionMethods
 key
 weakSelf
 weakFunc
 selfName
 funcName

Static Public Attributes

tuple calculateKey = classmethod( calculateKey )

Detailed Description

'Safe' and reusable weak references to instance methods

BoundMethodWeakref objects provide a mechanism for
referencing a bound method without requiring that the
method object itself (which is normally a transient
object) is kept alive.  Instead, the BoundMethodWeakref
object keeps weak references to both the object and the
function which together define the instance method.

Attributes:
    key -- the identity key for the reference, calculated
        by the class's calculateKey method applied to the
        target instance method
    deletionMethods -- sequence of callable objects taking
        single argument, a reference to this object which
        will be called when *either* the target object or
        target function is garbage collected (i.e. when
        this object becomes invalid).  These are specified
        as the onDelete parameters of safeRef calls.
    weakSelf -- weak reference to the target object
    weakFunc -- weak reference to the target function

Class Attributes:
    _allInstances -- class attribute pointing to all live
        BoundMethodWeakref objects indexed by the class's
        calculateKey(target) method applied to the target
        objects.  This weak value dictionary is used to
        short-circuit creation so that multiple references
        to the same (object, function) pair produce the
        same BoundMethodWeakref instance.


Member Function Documentation

def unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref.__bool__ (   self  ) 
Whether we are still a valid reference
def unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref.__call__ (   self  ) 
Return a strong reference to the bound method

If the target cannot be retrieved, then will
return None, otherwise returns a bound instance
method for our object and function.

Note:
    You may call this method any number of times,
    as it does not invalidate the reference.

Reimplemented in unlock.util.saferef.BoundNonDescriptorMethodWeakref.

def unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref.__cmp__ (   self,
  other 
)
Compare with another reference
def unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref.__init__ (   self,
  target,
  onDelete = None 
)
Return a weak-reference-like instance for a bound method

target -- the instance-method target for the weak
    reference, must have im_self and im_func attributes
    and be reconstructable via:
target.im_func.__get__( target.im_self )
    which is true of built-in instance methods.
onDelete -- optional callback which will be called
    when this weak reference ceases to be valid
    (i.e. either the object or the function is garbage
    collected).  Should take a single argument,
    which will be passed a pointer to this object.

Reimplemented in unlock.util.saferef.BoundNonDescriptorMethodWeakref.

def unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref.__new__ (   cls,
  target,
  onDelete = None,
  arguments,
  named 
)
Create new instance or return current instance

Basically this method of construction allows us to
short-circuit creation of references to already-
referenced instance methods.  The key corresponding
to the target is calculated, and if there is already
an existing reference, that is returned, with its
deletionMethods attribute updated.  Otherwise the
new instance is created and registered in the table
of already-referenced methods.
def unlock.util.saferef.BoundMethodWeakref.__str__ (   self  ) 
Give a friendly representation of the object
Calculate the reference key for this reference

Currently this is a two-tuple of the id()'s of the
target object and the target function respectively.

Member Data Documentation


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