A micro-blogging tool with multiple interfaces.
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#!/usr/bin/python2.5
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Mitter, a simple client for Twitter
# Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 The Mitter Contributors
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
import logging
import os.path
from mitterlib import module_search
_log = logging.getLogger('mitterlib.ui.Interfaces')
# List of files that are not networks
SKIPPABLES = ('__init__.py')
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
# Helper functions
#--------------------------------------------------------------------
def _import_name(module):
"""Based on the name of the module, return the proper "import"
statement."""
(name, _) = os.path.splitext(module)
if name.startswith('ui_'):
mask = 'mitterlib.ui.%s'
else:
mask = 'mitterlib.ui.ui_%s'
return mask % (name)
class Interfaces(object):
"""Interface transparency layer: Check which interfaces are available and
tries to load the interface requested by the user."""
def __init__(self, options):
self._interfaces = []
self._options = options
self.options()
return
def options(self):
"""Request all networks to add their options."""
for module_name in module_search(__file__, SKIPPABLES):
import_name = _import_name(module_name)
try:
_log.debug('Importing module %s', import_name)
module = __import__(import_name, fromlist=[import_name])
interface_name = module.Interface.NAMESPACE
module.Interface.options(self._options)
self._interfaces.append(interface_name)
except ImportError, exc:
_log.debug('Cannot import module %s', import_name)
_log.debug(str(exc))
return
def load(self, connection, prefer=None):
"""Start the interface, using the prefered one."""
if not self._interfaces:
return None
if prefer and prefer in self._interfaces:
import_name = prefer
else:
# So we pick the one in the top of the list ('cause we know it's
# importable and the user didn't chose anything.)
# [we could be mean and use random.choice(self._interfaces)]
import_name = self._interfaces[0]
_log.debug('Loading interface %s', import_name)
module_name = _import_name(import_name)
module = __import__(module_name, fromlist=[module_name])
return module.Interface(connection, self._options)