oonbotti2/channel.py

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Python

import select
import socket
import threading
class Channel:
"""An asynchronic communication channel that can be used to send python object and can be poll()ed."""
def __init__(self):
# We use a socket to enable polling and blocking reads
self.write_socket, self.read_socket = socket.socketpair()
self.poll = select.poll()
self.poll.register(self.read_socket, select.POLLIN)
# Store messages in a list
self.messages = []
self.messages_lock = threading.Lock()
def send(self, message):
# Add message to the list of messages and write to the write socket to signal there's data to read
with self.messages_lock:
self.write_socket.sendall(b'!')
self.messages.append(message)
def recv(self, blocking = True):
# Timeout of -1 will make poll wait until data is available
# Timeout of 0 will make poll exit immediately if there's no data
if blocking:
timeout = -1
else:
timeout = 0
# See if there is data to read / wait until there is
results = self.poll.poll(timeout)
# None of the sockets were ready. This can only happen if we weren't blocking
# Return None to signal lack of data
if len(results) == 0:
assert not blocking
return None
# Remove first message from the list (FIFO principle), and read one byte from the socket
# This keeps the number of available messages and the number of bytes readable in the socket in sync
with self.messages_lock:
message = self.messages.pop(0)
self.read_socket.recv(1)
return message
def fileno(self):
# Allows for a Channel object to be passed directly to poll()
return self.read_socket.fileno()
def close(self):
# Close the file descriptors, so that we aren't leaking them
self.write_socket.close()
self.read_socket.close()
# Support with-statements
def __enter__(self):
return self
def __exit__(self, exception_type, exception_value, traceback):
self.close()