2 files changed, 204 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/git/odb/channel.py b/lib/git/odb/channel.py
index f6469d42..32eef6e1 100644
--- a/lib/git/odb/channel.py
+++ b/lib/git/odb/channel.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Channel(object):
 		# END constructor mode
 		return object.__new__(cls)
 
+
 class WChannel(Channel):
 	"""The write end of a channel"""
 	__slots__ = ('_closed', '_queue')
diff --git a/lib/git/odb/thread.py b/lib/git/odb/thread.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3938666a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/git/odb/thread.py
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Module with threading utilities"""
+__docformat__ = "restructuredtext"
+import threading
+import inspect
+import Queue
+
+#{ Decorators
+
+def do_terminate_threads(whitelist=list()):
+	"""Simple function which terminates all of our threads
+	:param whitelist: If whitelist is given, only the given threads will be terminated"""
+	for t in threading.enumerate():
+		if not isinstance(t, TerminatableThread):
+			continue
+		if whitelist and t not in whitelist:
+			continue
+		if isinstance(t, WorkerThread):
+			t.inq.put(t.quit)
+		# END worker special handling
+		t.stop_and_join()
+	# END for each thread
+
+def terminate_threads( func ):
+	"""Kills all worker threads the method has created by sending the quit signal.
+	This takes over in case of an error in the main function"""
+	def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+		cur_threads = set(threading.enumerate())
+		try:
+			return func(*args, **kwargs)
+		finally:
+			do_terminate_threads(set(threading.enumerate()) - cur_threads)
+		# END finally shutdown threads
+	# END wrapper 
+	wrapper.__name__ = func.__name__
+	return wrapper
+
+#} END decorators
+
+#{ Classes
+	
+class TerminatableThread(threading.Thread):
+	"""A simple thread able to terminate itself on behalf of the user.
+	
+	Terminate a thread as follows:
+	
+	t.stop_and_join()
+	
+	Derived classes call _should_terminate() to determine whether they should 
+	abort gracefully
+	"""
+	__slots__ = '_terminate'
+	
+	def __init__(self):
+		super(TerminatableThread, self).__init__()
+		self._terminate = False
+		
+		
+	#{ Subclass Interface
+	def _should_terminate(self):
+		""":return: True if this thread should terminate its operation immediately"""
+		return self._terminate
+		
+	def _terminated(self):
+		"""Called once the thread terminated. Its called in the main thread
+		and may perform cleanup operations"""
+		pass
+
+	def start(self):
+		"""Start the thread and return self"""
+		super(TerminatableThread, self).start()
+		return self
+	
+	#} END subclass interface
+		
+	#{ Interface 
+		
+	def stop_and_join(self):
+		"""Ask the thread to stop its operation and wait for it to terminate
+		:note: Depending on the implenetation, this might block a moment"""
+		self._terminate = True
+		self.join()
+		self._terminated()
+	#} END interface
+	
+
+class WorkerThread(TerminatableThread):
+	"""
+	This base allows to call functions on class instances natively and retrieve
+	their results asynchronously using a queue.
+	The thread runs forever unless it receives the terminate signal using 
+	its task queue.
+	
+	Tasks could be anything, but should usually be class methods and arguments to
+	allow the following:
+	
+	inq = Queue()
+	outq = Queue()
+	w = WorkerThread(inq, outq)
+	w.start()
+	inq.put((WorkerThread.<method>, args, kwargs))
+	res = outq.get()
+	
+	finally we call quit to terminate asap.
+	
+	alternatively, you can make a call more intuitively - the output is the output queue
+	allowing you to get the result right away or later
+	w.call(arg, kwarg='value').get()
+	
+	inq.put(WorkerThread.quit)
+	w.join()
+	
+	You may provide the following tuples as task:
+	t[0] = class method, function or instance method
+	t[1] = optional, tuple or list of arguments to pass to the routine
+	t[2] = optional, dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the routine
+	"""
+	__slots__ = ('inq', 'outq')
+	
+	class InvalidRoutineError(Exception):
+		"""Class sent as return value in case of an error"""
+		
+	def __init__(self, inq = None, outq = None):
+		super(WorkerThread, self).__init__()
+		self.inq = inq or Queue.Queue()
+		self.outq = outq or Queue.Queue()
+	
+	def call(self, function, *args, **kwargs):
+		"""Method that makes the call to the worker using the input queue, 
+		returning our output queue
+		
+		:param funciton: can be a standalone function unrelated to this class, 
+			a class method of this class or any instance method.
+			If it is a string, it will be considered a function residing on this instance
+		:param args: arguments to pass to function
+		:parma **kwargs: kwargs to pass to function"""
+		self.inq.put((function, args, kwargs))
+		return self.outq
+	
+	def wait_until_idle(self):
+		"""wait until the input queue is empty, in the meanwhile, take all 
+		results off the output queue."""
+		while not self.inq.empty():
+			try:
+				self.outq.get(False)
+			except Queue.Empty:
+				continue
+		# END while there are tasks on the queue
+	
+	def run(self):
+		"""Process input tasks until we receive the quit signal"""
+		while True:
+			if self._should_terminate():
+				break
+			# END check for stop request
+			routine = self.__class__.quit
+			args = tuple()
+			kwargs = dict()
+			tasktuple = self.inq.get()
+			
+			if isinstance(tasktuple, (tuple, list)):
+				if len(tasktuple) == 3:
+					routine, args, kwargs = tasktuple
+				elif len(tasktuple) == 2:
+					routine, args = tasktuple
+				elif len(tasktuple) == 1:
+					routine = tasktuple[0]
+				# END tasktuple length check
+			elif inspect.isroutine(tasktuple):
+				routine = tasktuple
+			# END tasktuple handling
+			
+			try:
+				rval = None
+				if inspect.ismethod(routine):
+					if routine.im_self is None:
+						rval = routine(self, *args, **kwargs)
+					else:
+						rval = routine(*args, **kwargs)
+				elif inspect.isroutine(routine):
+					rval = routine(*args, **kwargs)
+				elif isinstance(routine, basestring) and hasattr(self, routine):
+					rval = getattr(self, routine)(*args, **kwargs)
+				else:
+					# ignore unknown items
+					print "%s: task %s was not understood - terminating" % (self.getName(), str(tasktuple))
+					self.outq.put(self.InvalidRoutineError(routine))
+					break
+				# END make routine call
+				self.outq.put(rval)
+			except StopIteration:
+				break
+			except Exception,e:
+				print "%s: Task %s raised unhandled exception: %s" % (self.getName(), str(tasktuple), str(e))
+				self.outq.put(e)
+			# END routine exception handling
+		# END endless loop
+	
+	def quit(self):
+		raise StopIteration
+	
+	
+#} END classes