[Twisted-Python] Twistd and application framework questions
Itamar Shtull-Trauring
itamar at itamarst.org
Thu Apr 2 08:40:14 EDT 2009
On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 13:16 -0400, Nadav Aharony wrote:
> 1) The program uses multiple UDP/TCP clients and servers that are
> currently launched with reactor.listenTCP / UDP connectTCP/UDP etc. I've
> been using MultiService, according to the twisted documentation.
> Some of these services were are at a top level of my app so it was easy
> to turn that part into a .tac file and switch the reacor calls to
> internet.TCPServer etc.
> However, some of them are deep inside my code, and are instantiated on
> the fly.
>
> What is the "right" way to attach them to my service parent? (the part
> with ".setServiceParent(<myMultiservice>")
> Should I now add a pointer to my MultiService that will be propagated
> down the code hierarchy to each of these calls and be accessible at the
> inner scopes?
> Is there a neater way to do it just with importing the right modules?
> (in the same way that in usual twisted scripts the loaded reactor is a
> global reactor)
>
> 2) There are still scenarios where I would want to run my code the
> "reactor" way rather than than using the application framework, and I
> would love to be able to keep a single file that's compatible with both
> modes..
> Is there a way to detect in runtime whether the code is being run
> through 'twistd' and the app framework or if its run directly?
> I was thinking of doing something like:
>
> if <test if we are run as an app>:
> internet.TCPServer(<port>,<factory>).setServiceParent(<myMultiservice>)
> else:
1. You don't need to attach to parents service, you can also call
start/stopService directly.
2. You can still call "self.port = reactor.listenTCP(...)" directly in a
custom startService, and self.port.stopListening() in a custom
stopService. You don't have to use twisted.application.internet, it
doesn't add much beyond a little convenience.
The point of services is to encapsulate startup and shutdown logic, not
to make your life harder :)
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