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"""Source to query another RQL repository using pyro"""

__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"

_ = unicode

from functools import partial

import zmq

# XXX hack to overpass old zmq limitation that force to have

# only one context per python process

try:

    from cubicweb.server.cwzmq import ctx

except ImportError:

    ctx = zmq.Context()

class ZMQRepositoryClient(object):

    """

    This class delegate the overall repository stuff to a remote source.

    So calling a method of this repository will results on calling the

    corresponding method of the remote source repository.

    Any raised exception on the remote source is propagated locally.

    ZMQ is used as the transport layer and cPickle is used to serialize data.

    """

    def __init__(self, zmq_address):

        self.socket = ctx.socket(zmq.REQ)

        self.socket.connect(zmq_address)

    def __zmqcall__(self, name, *args, **kwargs):

         self.socket.send_pyobj([name, args, kwargs])

         result = self.socket.recv_pyobj()

         if isinstance(result, BaseException):

             raise result

         return result

    def __getattr__(self, name):

        return partial(self.__zmqcall__, name)