gramps/src/BasicUtils.py

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# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
# Copyright (C) 2004-2006 Donald N. Allingham
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# $Id: __init__.py 6086 2006-03-06 03:54:58Z dallingham $

"""
A set of basic utilities that everything in GRAMPS can depend upon.

The goal is to have this module not depend on any other gramps module.
That way, e.g. database classes can safely depend on that without
other GRAMPS baggage.
"""

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#
# Python modules
#
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import time

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#
# Callback updater
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
class UpdateCallback:
    """
    Basic class providing way of calling the callback to update
    things during lenghty operations.
    """

    def __init__(self,callback,interval=1):
        """
        @param callback: a function with one arg to execute every so often
        @type callback: function
        @param interval: number of seconds at most between the updates
        @type callback: int
        """
        if '__call__' in dir(callback): # callback is really callable
            self.update = self.update_real
            self.callback = callback

            self.count = 0
            self.oldval = 0
            self.oldtime = 0
            self.interval = interval
        else:
            self.update = self.update_empty

    def set_total(self,total):
        self.total = total

    def update_empty(self):
        pass

    def update_real(self,count=None):
        self.count += 1
        if not count:
            count = self.count
        newval = int(100*count/self.total)
        newtime = time.time()
        time_has_come = self.interval and (newtime-self.oldtime>self.interval)
        value_changed = newval!=self.oldval
        if value_changed or time_has_come:
            self.callback(newval)
            self.oldval = newval
            self.oldtime = newtime