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+++ b/pyramid_cubicweb/tools.py Mon Jan 26 17:59:10 2015 +0100
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+"""Various tools"""
+
+#: A short-term cache for user clones.
+#: used by cached_build_user to speed-up repetitive calls to build_user
+#: The expiration is handled in a dumb and brutal way: the whole cache is
+#: cleared every 5 minutes.
+_user_cache = {}
+
+
+def clone_user(repo, user):
+ """Clone a CWUser instance.
+
+ .. warning::
+
+ The returned clone is detached from any cnx.
+ Before using it in any way, it should be attached to a cnx that has not
+ this user already loaded.
+ """
+ CWUser = repo.vreg['etypes'].etype_class('CWUser')
+ clone = CWUser(
+ None,
+ rset=user.cw_rset.copy(),
+ row=user.cw_row,
+ col=user.cw_col,
+ groups=set(user._groups) if hasattr(user, '_groups') else None,
+ properties=dict(user._properties)
+ if hasattr(user, '_properties') else None)
+ clone.cw_attr_cache = dict(user.cw_attr_cache)
+ return clone
+
+
+def cnx_attach_entity(cnx, entity):
+ """Attach an entity to a cnx."""
+ entity._cw = cnx
+ if entity.cw_rset:
+ entity.cw_rset.req = cnx
+
+
+def cached_build_user(repo, eid):
+ """Cached version of
+ :meth:`cubicweb.server.repository.Repository._build_user`
+ """
+ with repo.internal_cnx() as cnx:
+ if eid in _user_cache:
+ entity = clone_user(repo, _user_cache[eid])
+ cnx_attach_entity(cnx, entity)
+ return entity
+
+ user = repo._build_user(cnx, eid)
+ user.cw_clear_relation_cache()
+ _user_cache[eid] = clone_user(repo, user)
+ return user
+
+
+def clear_cache():
+ """Clear the user cache"""
+ _user_cache.clear()
+
+
+def includeme(config):
+ repo = config.registry['cubicweb.repository']
+ interval = int(config.registry.settings.get(
+ 'cubicweb.usercache.expiration_time', 60*5))
+ repo.looping_task(interval, clear_cache)