app/soc/cache/base.py
author Pawel Solyga <Pawel.Solyga@gmail.com>
Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:24:19 +0000
changeset 1626 fe455c93cbf6
parent 1418 50e989482d1b
child 1829 c9f30de8804f
permissions -rw-r--r--
Remove unused imports, add missing blank lines, fix too long lines, fix docstring parameters to match the ones in method declaration, rename to short variable names in soc.logic.models.base module. Patch by: Pawel Solyga Reviewed by: to-be-reviewed

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
#
# Copyright 2009 the Melange authors.
#
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"""Module containing some basic caching functions.
"""

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


from functools import wraps


def getCacher(get, put):
  """Returns a caching decorator that uses get and put.
  """

  # TODO(SRabbelier) possibly accept 'key' instead, and define
  # get and put in terms of key, depends on further usage

  def cache(func):
    """Decorator that caches the result from func.
    """
  
    @wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
      result, key = get(*args, **kwargs)
      if result:
        return result

      result = func(*args, **kwargs)

      if key:
        put(result, key, *args, **kwargs)

      return result

    return wrapper

  return cache