cwconfig.py
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""common configuration utilities for cubicweb

:organization: Logilab
:copyright: 2001-2009 LOGILAB S.A. (Paris, FRANCE), all rights reserved.
:contact: http://www.logilab.fr/ -- mailto:contact@logilab.fr

.. envvar:: CW_CUBES_PATH

   Augments the default search path for cubes
   
"""
__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"

import sys
import os
import logging
from os.path import exists, join, expanduser, abspath, normpath, basename, isdir

from logilab.common.decorators import cached
from logilab.common.logging_ext import set_log_methods, init_log
from logilab.common.configuration import (Configuration, Method,
                                          ConfigurationMixIn, merge_options)

from cubicweb import CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, CW_MIGRATION_MAP, ConfigurationError
from cubicweb.toolsutils import env_path, create_dir

CONFIGURATIONS = []

_ = unicode

class metaconfiguration(type):
    """metaclass to automaticaly register configuration"""
    def __new__(mcs, name, bases, classdict):
        cls = super(metaconfiguration, mcs).__new__(mcs, name, bases, classdict)
        if classdict.get('name'):
            CONFIGURATIONS.append(cls)
        return cls

def configuration_cls(name):
    """return the configuration class registered with the given name"""
    try:
        return [c for c in CONFIGURATIONS if c.name == name][0]
    except IndexError:
        raise ConfigurationError('no such config %r (check it exists with "cubicweb-ctl list")' % name)

def possible_configurations(directory):
    """return a list of installed configurations in a directory
    according to *-ctl files
    """
    return [name for name in ('repository', 'twisted', 'all-in-one')
            if exists(join(directory, '%s.conf' % name))]

def guess_configuration(directory):
    """try to guess the configuration to use for a directory. If multiple
    configurations are found, ConfigurationError is raised
    """
    modes = possible_configurations(directory)
    if len(modes) != 1:
        raise ConfigurationError('unable to guess configuration from %r %s'
                                 % (directory, modes))
    return modes[0]


# persistent options definition
PERSISTENT_OPTIONS = (
    ('encoding',
     {'type' : 'string',
      'default': 'UTF-8',
      'help': _('user interface encoding'),
      'group': 'ui', 'sitewide': True,
      }),
    ('language',
     {'type' : 'string',
      'default': 'en',
      'vocabulary': Method('available_languages'),
      'help': _('language of the user interface'),
      'group': 'ui',
      }),
    ('date-format',
     {'type' : 'string',
      'default': '%Y/%m/%d',
      'help': _('how to format date in the ui ("man strftime" for format description)'),
      'group': 'ui',
      }),
    ('datetime-format',
     {'type' : 'string',
      'default': '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M',
      'help': _('how to format date and time in the ui ("man strftime" for format description)'),
      'group': 'ui',
      }),
    ('time-format',
     {'type' : 'string',
      'default': '%H:%M',
      'help': _('how to format time in the ui ("man strftime" for format description)'),
      'group': 'ui',
      }),
    ('float-format',
     {'type' : 'string',
      'default': '%.3f',
      'help': _('how to format float numbers in the ui'),
      'group': 'ui',
      }),
    ('default-text-format',
     {'type' : 'choice',
      'choices': ('text/plain', 'text/rest', 'text/html'),
      'default': 'text/html', # use fckeditor in the web ui
      'help': _('default text format for rich text fields.'),
      'group': 'ui',
      }),
    ('short-line-size',
     {'type' : 'int',
      'default': 40,
      'help': _('maximum number of characters in short description'),
      'group': 'navigation',
      }),
    )

def register_persistent_options(options):
    global PERSISTENT_OPTIONS
    PERSISTENT_OPTIONS = merge_options(PERSISTENT_OPTIONS + options)

CFGTYPE2ETYPE_MAP = {
    'string': 'String',
    'choice': 'String',
    'yn':     'Boolean',
    'int':    'Int',
    'float' : 'Float',
    }

class CubicWebNoAppConfiguration(ConfigurationMixIn):
    """base class for cubicweb configuration without a specific instance directory
    """
    __metaclass__ = metaconfiguration
    # to set in concrete configuration
    name = None
    # log messages format (see logging module documentation for available keys)
    log_format = '%(asctime)s - (%(name)s) %(levelname)s: %(message)s'
    # nor remove vobjects based on unused interface
    cleanup_interface_sobjects = True

    if os.environ.get('APYCOT_ROOT'):
        mode = 'test'
        CUBES_DIR = '%(APYCOT_ROOT)s/local/share/cubicweb/cubes/' % os.environ
        # create __init__ file
        file(join(CUBES_DIR, '__init__.py'), 'w').close()
    elif exists(join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, '.hg')):
        mode = 'dev'
        CUBES_DIR = abspath(normpath(join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, '../cubes')))
    else:
        mode = 'installed'
        CUBES_DIR = '/usr/share/cubicweb/cubes/'

    options = (
       ('log-threshold',
         {'type' : 'string', # XXX use a dedicated type?
          'default': 'ERROR',
          'help': 'server\'s log level',
          'group': 'main', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        # pyro name server
        ('pyro-ns-host',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': '',
          'help': 'Pyro name server\'s host. If not set, will be detected by a \
broadcast query',
          'group': 'pyro-name-server', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        ('pyro-ns-port',
         {'type' : 'int',
          'default': None,
          'help': 'Pyro name server\'s listening port. If not set, default \
port will be used.',
          'group': 'pyro-name-server', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        ('pyro-ns-group',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': 'cubicweb',
          'help': 'Pyro name server\'s group where the repository will be \
registered.',
          'group': 'pyro-name-server', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        # common configuration options which are potentially required as soon as
        # you're using "base" application objects (ie to really server/web
        # specific)
        ('base-url',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': None,
          'help': 'web server root url',
          'group': 'main', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        ('mangle-emails',
         {'type' : 'yn',
          'default': False,
          'help': "don't display actual email addresses but mangle them if \
this option is set to yes",
          'group': 'email', 'inputlevel': 2,
          }),
        ('disable-appobjects',
         {'type' : 'csv', 'default': (),
          'help': 'comma separated list of identifiers of application objects (<registry>.<oid>) to disable',
          'group': 'appobjects', 'inputlevel': 2,
          }),
        )
    # static and class methods used to get application independant resources ##

    @staticmethod
    def cubicweb_version():
        """return installed cubicweb version"""
        from logilab.common.changelog import Version
        from cubicweb import __pkginfo__
        version = __pkginfo__.numversion
        assert len(version) == 3, version
        return Version(version)

    @staticmethod
    def persistent_options_configuration():
        return Configuration(options=PERSISTENT_OPTIONS)

    @classmethod
    def shared_dir(cls):
        """return the shared data directory (i.e. directory where standard
        library views and data may be found)
        """
        if cls.mode in ('dev', 'test') and not os.environ.get('APYCOT_ROOT'):
            return join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, 'web')
        return cls.cube_dir('shared')

    @classmethod
    def i18n_lib_dir(cls):
        """return application's i18n directory"""
        if cls.mode in ('dev', 'test') and not os.environ.get('APYCOT_ROOT'):
            return join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, 'i18n')
        return join(cls.shared_dir(), 'i18n')

    @classmethod
    def available_cubes(cls):
        cubes = set()
        for directory in cls.cubes_search_path():
            for cube in os.listdir(directory):
                if isdir(join(directory, cube)) and not cube in ('CVS', '.svn', 'shared', '.hg'):
                    cubes.add(cube)
        return sorted(cubes)

    @classmethod
    def cubes_search_path(cls):
        """return the path of directories where cubes should be searched"""
        path = []
        try:
            for directory in os.environ['CW_CUBES_PATH'].split(os.pathsep):
                directory = abspath(normpath(directory))
                if exists(directory) and not directory in path:
                    path.append(directory)
        except KeyError:
            pass
        if not cls.CUBES_DIR in path:
            path.append(cls.CUBES_DIR)
        return path

    @classmethod
    def cube_dir(cls, cube):
        """return the cube directory for the given cube id,
        raise ConfigurationError if it doesn't exists
        """
        for directory in cls.cubes_search_path():
            cubedir = join(directory, cube)
            if exists(cubedir):
                return cubedir
        raise ConfigurationError('no cube %s in %s' % (cube, cls.cubes_search_path()))

    @classmethod
    def cube_migration_scripts_dir(cls, cube):
        """cube migration scripts directory"""
        return join(cls.cube_dir(cube), 'migration')

    @classmethod
    def cube_pkginfo(cls, cube):
        """return the information module for the given cube"""
        cube = CW_MIGRATION_MAP.get(cube, cube)
        try:
            return getattr(__import__('cubes.%s.__pkginfo__' % cube), cube).__pkginfo__
        except Exception, ex:
            raise ConfigurationError('unable to find packaging information for '
                                     'cube %s (%s: %s)' % (cube, ex.__class__.__name__, ex))

    @classmethod
    def cube_version(cls, cube):
        """return the version of the cube located in the given directory
        """
        from logilab.common.changelog import Version
        version = cls.cube_pkginfo(cube).numversion
        assert len(version) == 3, version
        return Version(version)

    @classmethod
    def cube_dependencies(cls, cube):
        """return cubicweb cubes used by the given cube"""
        return getattr(cls.cube_pkginfo(cube), '__use__', ())

    @classmethod
    def cube_recommends(cls, cube):
        """return cubicweb cubes recommended by the given cube"""
        return getattr(cls.cube_pkginfo(cube), '__recommend__', ())

    @classmethod
    def expand_cubes(cls, cubes):
        """expand the given list of top level cubes used by adding recursivly
        each cube dependencies
        """
        cubes = list(cubes)
        todo = cubes[:]
        while todo:
            cube = todo.pop(0)
            for depcube in cls.cube_dependencies(cube):
                if depcube not in cubes:
                    depcube = CW_MIGRATION_MAP.get(depcube, depcube)
                    cubes.append(depcube)
                    todo.append(depcube)
        return cubes

    @classmethod
    def reorder_cubes(cls, cubes):
        """reorder cubes from the top level cubes to inner dependencies
        cubes
        """
        from logilab.common.graph import get_cycles
        graph = {}
        for cube in cubes:
            cube = CW_MIGRATION_MAP.get(cube, cube)
            deps = cls.cube_dependencies(cube) + \
                   cls.cube_recommends(cube)
            graph[cube] = set(dep for dep in deps if dep in cubes)
        cycles = get_cycles(graph)
        if cycles:
            cycles = '\n'.join(' -> '.join(cycle) for cycle in cycles)
            raise ConfigurationError('cycles in cubes dependencies: %s'
                                     % cycles)
        cubes = []
        while graph:
            # sorted to get predictable results
            for cube, deps in sorted(graph.items()):
                if not deps:
                    cubes.append(cube)
                    del graph[cube]
                    for deps in graph.itervalues():
                        try:
                            deps.remove(cube)
                        except KeyError:
                            continue
        return tuple(reversed(cubes))

    @classmethod
    def cls_adjust_sys_path(cls):
        """update python path if necessary"""
        cubes_parent_dir = normpath(join(cls.CUBES_DIR, '..'))
        if not cubes_parent_dir in sys.path:
            sys.path.insert(0, cubes_parent_dir)
        try:
            import cubes
            cubes.__path__ = cls.cubes_search_path()
        except ImportError:
            return # cubes dir doesn't exists

    @classmethod
    def load_cwctl_plugins(cls):
        from logilab.common.modutils import load_module_from_file
        cls.cls_adjust_sys_path()
        for ctlfile in ('web/webctl.py',  'etwist/twctl.py',
                        'server/serverctl.py', 'hercule.py',
                        'devtools/devctl.py', 'goa/goactl.py'):
            if exists(join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, ctlfile)):
                load_module_from_file(join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, ctlfile))
                cls.info('loaded cubicweb-ctl plugin %s', ctlfile)
        for cube in cls.available_cubes():
            pluginfile = join(cls.cube_dir(cube), 'ecplugin.py')
            initfile = join(cls.cube_dir(cube), '__init__.py')
            if exists(pluginfile):
                try:
                    __import__('cubes.%s.ecplugin' % cube)
                    cls.info('loaded cubicweb-ctl plugin from %s', cube)
                except:
                    cls.exception('while loading plugin %s', pluginfile)
            elif exists(initfile):
                try:
                    __import__('cubes.%s' % cube)
                except:
                    cls.exception('while loading cube %s', cube)
            else:
                cls.warning('no __init__ file in cube %s', cube)

    @classmethod
    def init_available_cubes(cls):
        """cubes may register some sources (svnfile for instance) in their
        __init__ file, so they should be loaded early in the startup process
        """
        for cube in cls.available_cubes():
            try:
                __import__('cubes.%s' % cube)
            except Exception, ex:
                cls.warning("can't init cube %s: %s", cube, ex)

    cubicweb_vobject_path = set(['entities'])
    cube_vobject_path = set(['entities'])

    @classmethod
    def build_vregistry_path(cls, templpath, evobjpath=None, tvobjpath=None):
        """given a list of directories, return a list of sub files and
        directories that should be loaded by the application objects registry.

        :param evobjpath:
          optional list of sub-directories (or files without the .py ext) of
          the cubicweb library that should be tested and added to the output list
          if they exists. If not give, default to `cubicweb_vobject_path` class
          attribute.
        :param tvobjpath:
          optional list of sub-directories (or files without the .py ext) of
          directories given in `templpath` that should be tested and added to
          the output list if they exists. If not give, default to
          `cube_vobject_path` class attribute.
        """
        vregpath = cls.build_vregistry_cubicweb_path(evobjpath)
        vregpath += cls.build_vregistry_cube_path(templpath, tvobjpath)
        return vregpath

    @classmethod
    def build_vregistry_cubicweb_path(cls, evobjpath=None):
        vregpath = []
        if evobjpath is None:
            evobjpath = cls.cubicweb_vobject_path
        for subdir in evobjpath:
            path = join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, subdir)
            if exists(path):
                vregpath.append(path)
        return vregpath

    @classmethod
    def build_vregistry_cube_path(cls, templpath, tvobjpath=None):
        vregpath = []
        if tvobjpath is None:
            tvobjpath = cls.cube_vobject_path
        for directory in templpath:
            for subdir in tvobjpath:
                path = join(directory, subdir)
                if exists(path):
                    vregpath.append(path)
                elif exists(path + '.py'):
                    vregpath.append(path + '.py')
        return vregpath

    def __init__(self):
        ConfigurationMixIn.__init__(self)
        self.adjust_sys_path()
        self.load_defaults()
        self.translations = {}

    def adjust_sys_path(self):
        self.cls_adjust_sys_path()

    def init_log(self, logthreshold=None, debug=False,
                 logfile=None, syslog=False):
        """init the log service"""
        if logthreshold is None:
            if debug:
                logthreshold = 'DEBUG'
            else:
                logthreshold = self['log-threshold']
        init_log(debug, syslog, logthreshold, logfile, self.log_format)
        # configure simpleTal logger
        logging.getLogger('simpleTAL').setLevel(logging.ERROR)

    def vregistry_path(self):
        """return a list of files or directories where the registry will look
        for application objects. By default return nothing in NoApp config.
        """
        return []

    def eproperty_definitions(self):
        cfg = self.persistent_options_configuration()
        for section, options in cfg.options_by_section():
            section = section.lower()
            for optname, optdict, value in options:
                key = '%s.%s' % (section, optname)
                type, vocab = self.map_option(optdict)
                default = cfg.option_default(optname, optdict)
                pdef = {'type': type, 'vocabulary': vocab, 'default': default,
                        'help': optdict['help'],
                        'sitewide': optdict.get('sitewide', False)}
                yield key, pdef

    def map_option(self, optdict):
        try:
            vocab = optdict['choices']
        except KeyError:
            vocab = optdict.get('vocabulary')
            if isinstance(vocab, Method):
                vocab = getattr(self, vocab.method, ())
        return CFGTYPE2ETYPE_MAP[optdict['type']], vocab


class CubicWebConfiguration(CubicWebNoAppConfiguration):
    """base class for cubicweb server and web configurations"""

    INSTANCE_DATA_DIR = None
    if CubicWebNoAppConfiguration.mode == 'test':
        root = os.environ['APYCOT_ROOT']
        REGISTRY_DIR = '%s/etc/cubicweb.d/' % root
        RUNTIME_DIR = '/tmp/'
        MIGRATION_DIR = '%s/local/share/cubicweb/migration/' % root
        if not exists(REGISTRY_DIR):
            os.makedirs(REGISTRY_DIR)
    elif CubicWebNoAppConfiguration.mode == 'dev':
        REGISTRY_DIR = expanduser('~/etc/cubicweb.d/')
        RUNTIME_DIR = '/tmp/'
        MIGRATION_DIR = join(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT, 'misc', 'migration')
    else: #mode = 'installed'
        REGISTRY_DIR = '/etc/cubicweb.d/'
        INSTANCE_DATA_DIR = '/var/lib/cubicweb/instances/'
        RUNTIME_DIR = '/var/run/cubicweb/'
        MIGRATION_DIR = '/usr/share/cubicweb/migration/'

    # for some commands (creation...) we don't want to initialize gettext
    set_language = True
    # set this to true to avoid false error message while creating an application
    creating = False

    options = CubicWebNoAppConfiguration.options + (
        ('log-file',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': Method('default_log_file'),
          'help': 'file where output logs should be written',
          'group': 'main', 'inputlevel': 2,
          }),
        # email configuration
        ('smtp-host',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': 'mail',
          'help': 'hostname of the SMTP mail server',
          'group': 'email', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        ('smtp-port',
         {'type' : 'int',
          'default': 25,
          'help': 'listening port of the SMTP mail server',
          'group': 'email', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        ('sender-name',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': Method('default_application_id'),
          'help': 'name used as HELO name for outgoing emails from the \
repository.',
          'group': 'email', 'inputlevel': 2,
          }),
        ('sender-addr',
         {'type' : 'string',
          'default': 'devel@logilab.fr',
          'help': 'email address used as HELO address for outgoing emails from \
the repository',
          'group': 'email', 'inputlevel': 1,
          }),
        )

    @classmethod
    def runtime_dir(cls):
        """run time directory for pid file..."""
        return env_path('CW_RUNTIME', cls.RUNTIME_DIR, 'run time')

    @classmethod
    def registry_dir(cls):
        """return the control directory"""
        return env_path('CW_REGISTRY', cls.REGISTRY_DIR, 'registry')

    @classmethod
    def instance_data_dir(cls):
        """return the instance data directory"""
        return env_path('CW_INSTANCE_DATA',
                        cls.INSTANCE_DATA_DIR or cls.REGISTRY_DIR,
                        'additional data')

    @classmethod
    def migration_scripts_dir(cls):
        """cubicweb migration scripts directory"""
        return env_path('CW_MIGRATION', cls.MIGRATION_DIR, 'migration')

    @classmethod
    def config_for(cls, appid, config=None):
        """return a configuration instance for the given application identifier
        """
        config = config or guess_configuration(cls.application_home(appid))
        configcls = configuration_cls(config)
        return configcls(appid)

    @classmethod
    def possible_configurations(cls, appid):
        """return the name of possible configurations for the given
        application id
        """
        home = cls.application_home(appid)
        return possible_configurations(home)

    @classmethod
    def application_home(cls, appid):
        """return the home directory of the application with the given
        application id
        """
        home = join(cls.registry_dir(), appid)
        if not exists(home):
            raise ConfigurationError('no such application %s (check it exists with "cubicweb-ctl list")' % appid)
        return home

    MODES = ('common', 'repository', 'Any', 'web')
    MCOMPAT = {'all-in-one': MODES,
               'repository': ('common', 'repository', 'Any'),
               'twisted'   : ('common', 'web'),}
    @classmethod
    def accept_mode(cls, mode):
        #assert mode in cls.MODES, mode
        return mode in cls.MCOMPAT[cls.name]

    # default configuration methods ###########################################

    def default_application_id(self):
        """return the application identifier, useful for option which need this
        as default value
        """
        return self.appid

    def default_log_file(self):
        """return default path to the log file of the application'server"""
        if self.mode == 'dev':
            basepath = '/tmp/%s-%s' % (basename(self.appid), self.name)
            path = basepath + '.log'
            i = 1
            while exists(path) and i < 100: # arbitrary limit to avoid infinite loop
                try:
                    file(path, 'a')
                    break
                except IOError:
                    path = '%s-%s.log' % (basepath, i)
                    i += 1
            return path
        return '/var/log/cubicweb/%s-%s.log' % (self.appid, self.name)

    def default_pid_file(self):
        """return default path to the pid file of the application'server"""
        return join(self.runtime_dir(), '%s-%s.pid' % (self.appid, self.name))

    # instance methods used to get application specific resources #############

    def __init__(self, appid):
        self.appid = appid
        CubicWebNoAppConfiguration.__init__(self)
        self._cubes = None
        self._site_loaded = set()
        self.load_file_configuration(self.main_config_file())

    def adjust_sys_path(self):
        CubicWebNoAppConfiguration.adjust_sys_path(self)
        # adding apphome to python path is not usually necessary in production
        # environments, but necessary for tests
        if self.apphome and not self.apphome in sys.path:
            sys.path.insert(0, self.apphome)

    @property
    def apphome(self):
        return join(self.registry_dir(), self.appid)

    @property
    def appdatahome(self):
        return join(self.instance_data_dir(), self.appid)

    def init_cubes(self, cubes):
        assert self._cubes is None
        self._cubes = self.reorder_cubes(cubes)
        # load cubes'__init__.py file first
        for cube in cubes:
            __import__('cubes.%s' % cube)
        self.load_site_cubicweb()
        # reload config file in cases options are defined in cubes __init__
        # or site_cubicweb files
        self.load_file_configuration(self.main_config_file())
        # configuration initialization hook
        self.load_configuration()

    def cubes(self):
        """return the list of cubes used by this instance

        result is ordered from the top level cubes to inner dependencies
        cubes
        """
        assert self._cubes is not None
        return self._cubes

    def cubes_path(self):
        """return the list of path to cubes used by this instance, from outer
        most to inner most cubes
        """
        return [self.cube_dir(p) for p in self.cubes()]

    def add_cubes(self, cubes):
        """add given cubes to the list of used cubes"""
        if not isinstance(cubes, list):
            cubes = list(cubes)
        self._cubes = self.reorder_cubes(list(self._cubes) + cubes)

    def main_config_file(self):
        """return application's control configuration file"""
        return join(self.apphome, '%s.conf' % self.name)

    def save(self):
        """write down current configuration"""
        self.generate_config(open(self.main_config_file(), 'w'))

    @cached
    def instance_md5_version(self):
        import md5
        infos = []
        for pkg in self.cubes():
            version = self.cube_version(pkg)
            infos.append('%s-%s' % (pkg, version))
        return md5.new(';'.join(infos)).hexdigest()

    def load_site_cubicweb(self):
        """load (web?) application's specific site_cubicweb file"""
        for path in reversed([self.apphome] + self.cubes_path()):
            sitefile = join(path, 'site_cubicweb.py')
            if exists(sitefile) and not sitefile in self._site_loaded:
                self._load_site_cubicweb(sitefile)
                self._site_loaded.add(sitefile)
            else:
                sitefile = join(path, 'site_erudi.py')
                if exists(sitefile) and not sitefile in self._site_loaded:
                    self._load_site_cubicweb(sitefile)
                    self._site_loaded.add(sitefile)
                    self.warning('site_erudi.py is deprecated, should be renamed to site_cubicweb.py')

    def _load_site_cubicweb(self, sitefile):
        context = {}
        execfile(sitefile, context, context)
        self.info('%s loaded', sitefile)
        # cube specific options
        if context.get('options'):
            self.register_options(context['options'])
            self.load_defaults()

    def load_configuration(self):
        """load application's configuration files"""
        super(CubicWebConfiguration, self).load_configuration()
        if self.apphome and self.set_language:
            # init gettext
            self._set_language()

    def init_log(self, logthreshold=None, debug=False, force=False):
        """init the log service"""
        if not force and hasattr(self, '_logging_initialized'):
            return
        self._logging_initialized = True
        CubicWebNoAppConfiguration.init_log(self, logthreshold, debug,
                                         logfile=self.get('log-file'))
        # read a config file if it exists
        logconfig = join(self.apphome, 'logging.conf')
        if exists(logconfig):
            logging.fileConfig(logconfig)

    def available_languages(self, *args):
        """return available translation for an application, by looking for
        compiled catalog

        take *args to be usable as a vocabulary method
        """
        from glob import glob
        yield 'en' # ensure 'en' is yielded even if no .mo found
        for path in glob(join(self.apphome, 'i18n',
                              '*', 'LC_MESSAGES', 'cubicweb.mo')):
            lang = path.split(os.sep)[-3]
            if lang != 'en':
                yield lang

    def _set_language(self):
        """set language for gettext"""
        from gettext import translation
        path = join(self.apphome, 'i18n')
        for language in self.available_languages():
            self.info("loading language %s", language)
            try:
                tr = translation('cubicweb', path, languages=[language])
                self.translations[language] = tr.ugettext
            except (ImportError, AttributeError, IOError):
                self.exception('localisation support error for language %s',
                               language)

    def vregistry_path(self):
        """return a list of files or directories where the registry will look
        for application objects
        """
        templpath = list(reversed(self.cubes_path()))
        if self.apphome: # may be unset in tests
            templpath.append(self.apphome)
        return self.build_vregistry_path(templpath)

    def set_sources_mode(self, sources):
        if not 'all' in sources:
            print 'warning: ignoring specified sources, requires a repository '\
                  'configuration'

    def migration_handler(self):
        """return a migration handler instance"""
        from cubicweb.common.migration import MigrationHelper
        return MigrationHelper(self, verbosity=self.verbosity)

    def i18ncompile(self, langs=None):
        from cubicweb.common import i18n
        if langs is None:
            langs = self.available_languages()
        i18ndir = join(self.apphome, 'i18n')
        if not exists(i18ndir):
            create_dir(i18ndir)
        sourcedirs = [join(path, 'i18n') for path in self.cubes_path()]
        sourcedirs.append(self.i18n_lib_dir())
        return i18n.compile_i18n_catalogs(sourcedirs, i18ndir, langs)

set_log_methods(CubicWebConfiguration, logging.getLogger('cubicweb.configuration'))

# alias to get a configuration instance from an application id
application_configuration = CubicWebConfiguration.config_for