IPython/kernel/inprocess/channels.py

"""A kernel client for in-process kernels."""

# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.

from IPython.kernel.channelsabc import HBChannelABC

from .socket import DummySocket

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Channel classes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

class InProcessChannel(object):
    """Base class for in-process channels."""
    proxy_methods = []

    def __init__(self, client=None):
        super(InProcessChannel, self).__init__()
        self.client = client
        self._is_alive = False

    def is_alive(self):
        return self._is_alive

    def start(self):
        self._is_alive = True

    def stop(self):
        self._is_alive = False

    def call_handlers(self, msg):
        """ This method is called in the main thread when a message arrives.

        Subclasses should override this method to handle incoming messages.
        """
        raise NotImplementedError('call_handlers must be defined in a subclass.')

    def flush(self, timeout=1.0):
        pass


    def call_handlers_later(self, *args, **kwds):
        """ Call the message handlers later.

        The default implementation just calls the handlers immediately, but this
        method exists so that GUI toolkits can defer calling the handlers until
        after the event loop has run, as expected by GUI frontends.
        """
        self.call_handlers(*args, **kwds)

    def process_events(self):
        """ Process any pending GUI events.

        This method will be never be called from a frontend without an event
        loop (e.g., a terminal frontend).
        """
        raise NotImplementedError



class InProcessHBChannel(object):
    """A dummy heartbeat channel interface for in-process kernels.

    Normally we use the heartbeat to check that the kernel process is alive.
    When the kernel is in-process, that doesn't make sense, but clients still
    expect this interface.
    """

    time_to_dead = 3.0

    def __init__(self, client=None):
        super(InProcessHBChannel, self).__init__()
        self.client = client
        self._is_alive = False
        self._pause = True

    def is_alive(self):
        return self._is_alive

    def start(self):
        self._is_alive = True

    def stop(self):
        self._is_alive = False

    def pause(self):
        self._pause = True

    def unpause(self):
        self._pause = False

    def is_beating(self):
        return not self._pause


HBChannelABC.register(InProcessHBChannel)