[Twisted-Python] A Python metaclass for Twisted allowing __init__ to return a Deferred
Terry Jones
terry at jon.es
Mon Nov 3 21:33:59 EST 2008
Hi again.
Despite all the useful suggestions, I've just realized that I still can't
complete what I was originally trying to do...
I'm trying to make a Twisted service. In my twisted/plugins/myService.py
file I have something like this:
from zope.interface import implements
from twisted.plugin import IPlugin
from twisted.application.service import IServiceMaker
from twisted.python import usage
from my.application import myservice
class Options(usage.Options):
optParameters = [ ['db-uri', None, None, 'A db URI'], ]
class MyServiceMaker(object):
implements(IServiceMaker, IPlugin)
tapname = 'My service'
description = 'Desc.'
options = Options
def makeService(self, options):
return myservice.MyService(dbURI=options['db-uri'])
myServiceMaker = MyServiceMaker()
The problem here is that the service class I want to instantiate and return
from makeService calls something that returns a Deferred.
In Glyph's classmethod, Esteve's __new__, and my metaclass code, the thing
you get back when you go to use class is a Deferred. You have to wait for
that Deferred to fire before you get your instance. In JP's approach you
also wait for a Deferred before instantiating your class.
That would be fine if makeService could in turn return a Deferred that
would result in an object implementing IServiceMaker, but as far as I can
tell, makeService does not allow this. And in the context of a Twisted
plugin file like the above I'm even less clear on how to go about it.
Am I missing something here?
If not, wouldn't it be nice if makeService allowed you to return a Deferred?
AKA teaching your grandmother to suck eggs :-)
Terry
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