app/soc/cache/sidebar.py
author Lennard de Rijk <ljvderijk@gmail.com>
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:27:31 +0000
changeset 1405 43b482f48b12
parent 1307 091a21cf3627
child 1418 50e989482d1b
permissions -rw-r--r--
Added apply as a mentor view which lists all orgs for a given program. The check if someone can actually request to become a mentor is done after the user has selected an organization from this view. This is not bad because a student would never see the link to this page in the program menu. Patch by: Lennard de Rijk Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Module contains sidebar memcaching functions.
"""

__authors__ = [
    '"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
  ]


from google.appengine.api import memcache
from google.appengine.api import users

import soc.cache.base
import soc.cache.rights


def key(id):
  """Returns the memcache key for the user's sidebar.
  """

  return 'sidebar_for_%s' % repr(id)


def get(id, user):
  """Retrieves the sidebar for the specified user from the memcache.
  """

  memcache_key = key(id)
  return memcache.get(memcache_key)


def put(sidebar, id, user):
  """Sets the sidebar for the specified user in the memcache.

  Args:
    sidebar: the sidebar to be cached
  """

  # Store sidebar for ten minutes since new programs might get added
  retention = 3*60

  memcache_key = key(id)
  memcache.add(memcache_key, sidebar, retention)


def flush(id=None):
  """Removes the sidebar for the current user from the memcache.

  Also calls soc.cache.rights.flush for the specified user.

  Args:
    id: defaults to the current account if not set
  """

  if not id:
    id = users.get_current_user()

  memcache_key = key(id)
  memcache.delete(memcache_key)
  soc.cache.rights.flush(id)


# define the cache function
cache = soc.cache.base.getCacher(get, put)