Tweak the 'load balancing' algorithm
In order to reduce contention we randomly skipped jobs, but this
caused many jobs to end up stopping early. Now instead we keep on
going until we time out (also increased the chance of doing work).
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Functions that are useful when dealing with timelines.
"""
__authors__ = [
'"Lennard de Rijk" <ljvderijk@gmail.com>',
]
import datetime
def isBeforePeriod(entity, period):
"""Returns true iff the current DateTime is before the given period_start.
Args:
entity: Instance of a timeline model.
period: The name of a period (without start or end).
"""
return isBeforeEvent(entity, '%s_start' % period)
def isBeforeEvent(entity, event):
"""Returns true iff the current DateTime is before the given event.
Args:
entity: Instance of a timeline model.
event: The name of property in the timeline model.
"""
event_time = getDateTimeByName(entity, event)
if event_time:
return datetime.datetime.utcnow() < event_time
else:
return False
def isActivePeriod(entity, period):
"""Returns true iff the current DateTime is between period_start
and period_end.
Args:
entity: Instance of a timeline model.
period: The name of a period (without start or end).
"""
period_start = '%s_start' % period
period_end = '%s_end' % period
period_started = isAfterEvent(entity, period_start)
period_not_ended = isBeforeEvent(entity, period_end)
return period_started and period_not_ended
def isAfterPeriod(entity, period):
"""Returns true iff the current DateTime is after the given period_end.
Args:
entity: Instance of a timeline model.
period: The name of a period (without start or end).
"""
return isAfterEvent(entity, '%s_end' % period)
def isAfterEvent(entity, event):
"""Returns true iff the current DateTime is after the given event.
Args:
entity: Instance of a timeline model.
event: The name of property in the timeline model.
"""
event_time = getDateTimeByName(entity, event)
if event_time:
return event_time < datetime.datetime.utcnow()
else:
return False
def getDateTimeByName(entity, name):
"""Returns the DateTime property with the given name.
Args:
entity: Instance of a timeline model.
name: The name of a specific property in the given timeline model.
Returns:
The requested DateTime property, or None if there is no such property set.
"""
if hasattr(entity, name):
return getattr(entity, name)
else:
return None