view makeitso/dispatcher.py @ 18:02498337c747

* add a port * remove cruft
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:44:15 -0800
parents bf1ce840d0f0
children 6d1c703c5ffc
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"""
request dispatcher:
data persisting across requests should go here
"""

import os

from handlers import Index

from genshi.template import TemplateLoader
from paste.fileapp import FileApp
from pkg_resources import resource_filename
from webob import Request, Response, exc

class Dispatcher(object):

    ### class level variables
    defaults = { 'auto_reload': 'False',
                 'template_dirs': '',
                 'app': None,
                 'name': 'anonymous' }

    def __init__(self, **kw):

        # set instance parameters from kw and defaults
        for key in self.defaults:
            setattr(self, key, kw.get(key, self.defaults[key]))
        self.auto_reload = self.auto_reload.lower() == 'true'

        # request handlers
        self.handlers = [ Index ]

        # endpoint app if used as middleware
        if self.app:
            assert hasattr(self.app, '__call__')

        # template loader
        self.template_dirs = self.template_dirs.split()
        self.template_dirs.append(resource_filename(__name__, 'templates'))
        self.loader = TemplateLoader(self.template_dirs,
                                     auto_reload=self.auto_reload)

    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):

        # get a request object
        request = Request(environ)

        # get the path 
        path = request.path_info.strip('/').split('/')
        if path == ['']:
            path = []
        request.environ['path'] = path

        # match the request to a handler
        for h in self.handlers:
            handler = h.match(self, request)
            if handler is not None:
                break
        else:
            if self.app:
                return self.app(environ, start_response)
            handler = exc.HTTPNotFound

        # get response
        res = handler()
        return res(environ, start_response)