"""Weak reference support for Python. This module is an implementation of PEP 205: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0205/ """ # Changed for Jython to use MapMaker in Google Collections # 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. from _weakref import ( getweakrefcount, getweakrefs, ref, proxy, CallableProxyType, ProxyType, ReferenceType) from _weakrefset import WeakSet from exceptions import ReferenceError from jythonlib import MapMaker, dict_builder ProxyTypes = (ProxyType, CallableProxyType) __all__ = ["ref", "proxy", "getweakrefcount", "getweakrefs", "WeakKeyDictionary", "ReferenceError", "ReferenceType", "ProxyType", "CallableProxyType", "ProxyTypes", "WeakValueDictionary", 'WeakSet'] class WeakValueDictionary(dict): """Mapping class that references values weakly. Entries in the dictionary will be discarded when no strong reference to the value exists anymore """ def __new__(cls, *args, **kw): return WeakValueDictionaryBuilder(*args, **kw) def itervaluerefs(self): """Return an iterator that yields the weak references to the values. The references are not guaranteed to be 'live' at the time they are used, so the result of calling the references needs to be checked before being used. This can be used to avoid creating references that will cause the garbage collector to keep the values around longer than needed. """ for value in self.itervalues(): yield ref(value) def valuerefs(self): """Return a list of weak references to the values. The references are not guaranteed to be 'live' at the time they are used, so the result of calling the references needs to be checked before being used. This can be used to avoid creating references that will cause the garbage collector to keep the values around longer than needed. """ return [ref(value) for value in self.itervalues()] WeakValueDictionaryBuilder = dict_builder(MapMaker().weakValues().makeMap, WeakValueDictionary) class WeakKeyDictionary(dict): """ 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 __new__(cls, *args, **kw): return WeakKeyDictionaryBuilder(*args, **kw) def iterkeyrefs(self): """Return an iterator that yields the weak references to the keys. The references are not guaranteed to be 'live' at the time they are used, so the result of calling the references needs to be checked before being used. This can be used to avoid creating references that will cause the garbage collector to keep the keys around longer than needed. """ for key in self.iterkeys(): yield ref(key) def keyrefs(self): """Return a list of weak references to the keys. The references are not guaranteed to be 'live' at the time they are used, so the result of calling the references needs to be checked before being used. This can be used to avoid creating references that will cause the garbage collector to keep the keys around longer than needed. """ return [ref(key) for key in self.iterkeys()] WeakKeyDictionaryBuilder = dict_builder(MapMaker().weakKeys().makeMap, WeakKeyDictionary) # Jython does not use below, however retaining in the case of any user code that might # be using it. Note that it is not exported. class KeyedRef(ref): """Specialized reference that includes a key corresponding to the value. This is used in the WeakValueDictionary to avoid having to create a function object for each key stored in the mapping. A shared callback object can use the 'key' attribute of a KeyedRef instead of getting a reference to the key from an enclosing scope. """ __slots__ = "key", def __new__(type, ob, callback, key): self = ref.__new__(type, ob, callback) self.key = key return self def __init__(self, ob, callback, key): super(KeyedRef, self).__init__(ob, callback)