remove load_connection_file from consoleapp

The ConnectionFileMixin class should be able to handle this, keeping
things more DRY.

IPython/consoleapp.py

@@ -3,18 +3,9 b''
 This is not a complete console app, as subprocess will not be able to receive
 input, there is no real readline support, among other limitations. This is a
 refactoring of what used to be the IPython/qt/console/qtconsoleapp.py
-
-Authors:
-
-* Evan Patterson
-* Min RK
-* Erik Tollerud
-* Fernando Perez
-* Bussonnier Matthias
-* Thomas Kluyver
-* Paul Ivanov
-
 """
+# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
@@ -22,7 +13,6 b' Authors:'
 
 # stdlib imports
 import atexit
-import json
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
@@ -37,7 +27,6 b' from IPython.kernel import KernelManager'
 from IPython.kernel import tunnel_to_kernel, find_connection_file, swallow_argv
 from IPython.kernel.kernelspec import NoSuchKernel
 from IPython.utils.path import filefind
-from IPython.utils.py3compat import str_to_bytes
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import (
     Dict, List, Unicode, CUnicode, Int, CBool, Any
 )
@@ -230,6 +219,11 b' class IPythonConsoleApp(ConnectionFileMixin):'
                 else:
                     cf = self.connection_file
                 self.connection_file = cf
+        try:
+            self.connection_file = filefind(self.connection_file, ['.', self.profile_dir.security_dir])
+        except IOError:
+            self.log.debug("Connection File not found: %s", self.connection_file)
+            return
         
         # should load_connection_file only be used for existing?
         # as it is now, this allows reusing ports if an existing
@@ -240,31 +234,6 b' class IPythonConsoleApp(ConnectionFileMixin):'
             self.log.error("Failed to load connection file: %r", self.connection_file, exc_info=True)
             self.exit(1)
     
-    def load_connection_file(self):
-        """load ip/port/hmac config from JSON connection file"""
-        # this is identical to IPKernelApp.load_connection_file
-        # perhaps it can be centralized somewhere?
-        try:
-            fname = filefind(self.connection_file, ['.', self.profile_dir.security_dir])
-        except IOError:
-            self.log.debug("Connection File not found: %s", self.connection_file)
-            return
-        self.log.debug(u"Loading connection file %s", fname)
-        with open(fname) as f:
-            cfg = json.load(f)
-        self.transport = cfg.get('transport', 'tcp')
-        self.ip = cfg.get('ip', localhost())
-        
-        for channel in ('hb', 'shell', 'iopub', 'stdin', 'control'):
-            name = channel + '_port'
-            if getattr(self, name) == 0 and name in cfg:
-                # not overridden by config or cl_args
-                setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
-        if 'key' in cfg:
-            self.config.Session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
-        if 'signature_scheme' in cfg:
-            self.config.Session.signature_scheme = cfg['signature_scheme']
-    
     def init_ssh(self):
         """set up ssh tunnels, if needed."""
         if not self.existing or (not self.sshserver and not self.sshkey):

IPython/kernel/connect.py

@@ -1,17 +1,11 b''
 """Utilities for connecting to kernels
 
-Authors:
-
-* Min Ragan-Kelley
+There is a ConnectionFileMixin class which encapsulates the logic related to
+writing and reading connections files
 
 """
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#  Copyright (C) 2013  The IPython Development Team
-#
-#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
-#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) IPython Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
@@ -491,18 +485,20 b' class ConnectionFileMixin(Configurable):'
 
     def load_connection_file(self):
         """Load connection info from JSON dict in self.connection_file."""
+        self.log.debug(u"Loading connection file %s", self.connection_file)
         with open(self.connection_file) as f:
-            cfg = json.loads(f.read())
-
+            cfg = json.load(f)
         self.transport = cfg.get('transport', 'tcp')
-        self.ip = cfg['ip']
+        self.ip = cfg.get('ip', localhost())
+        
         for name in port_names:
-            setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
+            if getattr(self, name) == 0 and name in cfg:
+                # not overridden by config or cl_args
+                setattr(self, name, cfg[name])
         if 'key' in cfg:
-            self.session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
-        if cfg.get('signature_scheme'):
-            self.session.signature_scheme = cfg['signature_scheme']
-
+            self.config.Session.key = str_to_bytes(cfg['key'])
+        if 'signature_scheme' in cfg:
+            self.config.Session.signature_scheme = cfg['signature_scheme']
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Creating connected sockets
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------------