bzrlib.inter.InterObject : API documentation

This class represents operations taking place between two objects.

Its instances have methods like join or copy_content or fetch, and contain references to the source and target objects these operations can be carried out between.

Often we will provide convenience methods on the objects which carry out operations with another of similar type - they will always forward to a subclass of InterObject - i.e. InterVersionedFile.get(other).method_name(parameters).

If the source and target objects implement the locking protocol - lock_read, lock_write, unlock, then the InterObject's lock_read, lock_write and unlock methods may be used (optionally in conjunction with the needs_read_lock and needs_write_lock decorators.)

When looking for an inter, the most recently registered types are tested first. So typically the most generic and slowest InterObjects should be registered first.

Method	__init__	Construct a default InterObject instance. Please use 'get'.
Class Method	get	Retrieve a Inter worker object for these objects.
Method	lock_read	Take out a logical read lock.
Method	lock_write	Take out a logical write lock.
Class Method	register_optimiser	Register an InterObject optimiser.
Method	unlock	Release the locks on source and target.
Class Method	unregister_optimiser	Unregister an InterObject optimiser.
Method	_double_lock	Take out two locks, rolling back the first if the second throws.

def __init__(self, source, target):

overridden in bzrlib.workingtree_4.InterDirStateTree

Construct a default InterObject instance. Please use 'get'.

Only subclasses of InterObject should call InterObject.__init__ - clients should call InterFOO.get where FOO is the base type of the objects they are interacting between. I.e. InterVersionedFile or InterRepository. get() is a convenience class method which will create an optimised InterFOO if possible.

@classmethod
def get(klass, source, target):

Retrieve a Inter worker object for these objects.

If an optimised worker exists it will be used otherwise a default Inter worker instance will be created.

Parameters	source	the object to be the 'source' member of the InterObject instance.
	target	the object to be the 'target' member of the InterObject instance.

def lock_read(self):

Take out a logical read lock.

This will lock the source branch and the target branch. The source gets a read lock and the target a read lock.

def lock_write(self):

Take out a logical write lock.

This will lock the source branch and the target branch. The source gets a read lock and the target a write lock.

b.i.InterObject(object) : class documentation