gramps/src/DbState.py

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# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
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"""
Provide the database state class
"""

from gen.db import DbBsddbRead
from gen.utils import Callback
import config

class DbState(Callback):
    """
    Provide a class to encapsulate the state of the database.
    """

    __signals__ = {
        'database-changed' : (DbBsddbRead, ), 
        'active-changed'   : (str, ), 
        'media-changed'    : (str, ),
        'no-database'      :  None, 
        }

    def __init__(self):
        """
        Initalize the state with an empty (and useless) DbBsddbRead. This is
        just a place holder until a real DB is assigned.
        """
        Callback.__init__(self)
        self.db      = DbBsddbRead()
        self.open    = False
        self.active  = None
        self.sighndl = None

    def change_active_person(self, person):
        """
        Change the active person and emits a signal to notify those who
        are interested.
        """
        previous_active_person = self.active
        self.active = person
        if person:
            if previous_active_person and previous_active_person.handle == person.handle:
                pass # don't change to same!
            else:
                try:
                    self.emit('active-changed', (person.handle, ))
                except:
                    self.emit('active-changed', ("", ))

    def change_active_handle(self, handle):
        """
        Change the active person based on the person's handle
        """
        self.change_active_person(self.db.get_person_from_handle(handle))

    def get_active_person(self):
        """
        Get the current active person. Creates a new instance to make sure that
        the data is active.
        """
        if self.active: 
            self.active = self.db.get_person_from_handle(self.active.handle)
        return self.active

    def change_database(self, database):
        """
        Closes the existing db, and opens a new one.
        """
        self.db.close()
        self.change_database_noclose(database)

    def change_database_noclose(self, database):
        """
        Change the current database. and resets the configuration prefixes.
        """
        self.db = database
        self.db.set_prefixes(
            config.get('preferences.iprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.oprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.fprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.sprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.pprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.eprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.rprefix'),
            config.get('preferences.nprefix') )

        self.active = None
        self.open = True

    def signal_change(self):
        """
        Emits the database-changed signal with the new database
        """
        self.emit('database-changed', (self.db, ))

    def no_database(self):
        """
        Closes the database without a new database
        """
        self.db.close()
        self.db = DbBsddbRead()
        self.db.db_is_open = False
        self.active = None
        self.open = False
        self.emit('database-changed', (self.db, ))
        
    def get_database(self):
        """
        Get a reference to the current database.
        """
        return self.db