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IPython/html/widgets/widget.py

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 """Base Widget class.  Allows user to create widgets in the back-end that render
 in the IPython notebook front-end.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 # The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import collections
 
 from IPython.core.getipython import get_ipython
 from IPython.kernel.comm import Comm
 from IPython.config import LoggingConfigurable
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Dict, Instance, Bool, List, \
     CaselessStrEnum, Tuple, CUnicode, Int, Set
 from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
 from .trait_types import Color
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class CallbackDispatcher(LoggingConfigurable):
     """A structure for registering and running callbacks"""
     callbacks = List()
     
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Call all of the registered callbacks."""
         value = None
         for callback in self.callbacks:
             try:
                 local_value = callback(*args, **kwargs)
             except Exception as e:
                 ip = get_ipython()
                 if ip is None:
                     self.log.warn("Exception in callback %s: %s", callback, e, exc_info=True)
                 else:
                     ip.showtraceback()
             else:
                 value = local_value if local_value is not None else value
         return value
 
     def register_callback(self, callback, remove=False):
         """(Un)Register a callback
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: method handle
             Method to be registered or unregistered.
         remove=False: bool
             Whether to unregister the callback."""
         
         # (Un)Register the callback.
         if remove and callback in self.callbacks:
             self.callbacks.remove(callback)
         elif not remove and callback not in self.callbacks:
             self.callbacks.append(callback)
 
 def _show_traceback(method):
     """decorator for showing tracebacks in IPython"""
     def m(self, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
             return(method(self, *args, **kwargs))
         except Exception as e:
             ip = get_ipython()
             if ip is None:
                 self.log.warn("Exception in widget method %s: %s", method, e, exc_info=True)
             else:
                 ip.showtraceback()
     return m
 
 
 def register(key=None):
     """Returns a decorator registering a widget class in the widget registry. 
     If no key is provided, the class name is used as a key. A key is
     provided for each core IPython widget so that the frontend can use
     this key regardless of the language of the kernel"""
     def wrap(widget):
         l = key if key is not None else widget.__module__ + widget.__name__
         Widget.widget_types[l] = widget
         return widget
     return wrap
 
 
 def _widget_to_json(x):
     if isinstance(x, dict):
         return {k: _widget_to_json(v) for k, v in x.items()}
     elif isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
         return [_widget_to_json(v) for v in x]
     elif isinstance(x, Widget):
         return "IPY_MODEL_" + x.model_id
     else:
         return x
 
 def _json_to_widget(x):
     if isinstance(x, dict):
         return {k: _json_to_widget(v) for k, v in x.items()}
     elif isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
         return [_json_to_widget(v) for v in x]
     elif isinstance(x, string_types) and x.startswith('IPY_MODEL_') and x[10:] in Widget.widgets:
         return Widget.widgets[x[10:]]
     else:
         return x
 
 widget_serialization = {
     'from_json': _json_to_widget,
     'to_json': lambda x: (_widget_to_json(x), {'serialization': ('widget_serialization', 'widgets/js/types')})
 }
 
 def _to_binary_list(x):
     import numpy
     return memoryview(numpy.array(x, dtype=float)), {'serialization': ('list_of_numbers', 'widgets/js/types')}
 
 def _from_binary_list(x):
     import numpy
     a = numpy.frombuffer(x.tobytes(), dtype=float)
     return list(a)
 
 list_of_numbers = {
     'from_json': _from_binary_list,
     'to_json': _to_binary_list
 }
 
 
 
 class Widget(LoggingConfigurable):
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Class attributes
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     _widget_construction_callback = None
     widgets = {}
     widget_types = {}
 
     @staticmethod
     def on_widget_constructed(callback):
         """Registers a callback to be called when a widget is constructed.
 
         The callback must have the following signature:
         callback(widget)"""
         Widget._widget_construction_callback = callback
 
     @staticmethod
     def _call_widget_constructed(widget):
         """Static method, called when a widget is constructed."""
         if Widget._widget_construction_callback is not None and callable(Widget._widget_construction_callback):
             Widget._widget_construction_callback(widget)
 
     @staticmethod
     def handle_comm_opened(comm, msg):
         """Static method, called when a widget is constructed."""
         widget_class = import_item(msg['content']['data']['widget_class'])
         widget = widget_class(comm=comm)
 
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Traits
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     _model_module = Unicode(None, allow_none=True, help="""A requirejs module name
         in which to find _model_name. If empty, look in the global registry.""")
     _model_name = Unicode('WidgetModel', help="""Name of the backbone model 
         registered in the front-end to create and sync this widget with.""")
     _view_module = Unicode(help="""A requirejs module in which to find _view_name.
         If empty, look in the global registry.""", sync=True)
     _view_name = Unicode(None, allow_none=True, help="""Default view registered in the front-end
         to use to represent the widget.""", sync=True)
     comm = Instance('IPython.kernel.comm.Comm')
     
     msg_throttle = Int(3, sync=True, help="""Maximum number of msgs the 
         front-end can send before receiving an idle msg from the back-end.""")
     
     version = Int(0, sync=True, help="""Widget's version""")
     keys = List()
     def _keys_default(self):
         return [name for name in self.traits(sync=True)]
     
     _property_lock = Tuple((None, None))
     _send_state_lock = Int(0)
     _states_to_send = Set()
     _display_callbacks = Instance(CallbackDispatcher, ())
     _msg_callbacks = Instance(CallbackDispatcher, ())
     
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # (Con/de)structor
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """Public constructor"""
         self._model_id = kwargs.pop('model_id', None)
         super(Widget, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
         Widget._call_widget_constructed(self)
         self.open()
 
     def __del__(self):
         """Object disposal"""
         self.close()
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Properties
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def open(self):
         """Open a comm to the frontend if one isn't already open."""
         if self.comm is None:
             args = dict(target_name='ipython.widget',
                         data={'model_name': self._model_name,
                               'model_module': self._model_module})
             if self._model_id is not None:
                 args['comm_id'] = self._model_id
             self.comm = Comm(**args)
 
     def _comm_changed(self, name, new):
         """Called when the comm is changed."""
         if new is None:
             return
         self._model_id = self.model_id
         
         self.comm.on_msg(self._handle_msg)
         Widget.widgets[self.model_id] = self
         
         # first update
         self.send_state()
 
     @property
     def model_id(self):
         """Gets the model id of this widget.
 
         If a Comm doesn't exist yet, a Comm will be created automagically."""
         return self.comm.comm_id
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Methods
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     def close(self):
         """Close method.
 
         Closes the underlying comm.
         When the comm is closed, all of the widget views are automatically
         removed from the front-end."""
         if self.comm is not None:
             Widget.widgets.pop(self.model_id, None)
             self.comm.close()
             self.comm = None
     
     def send_state(self, key=None):
         """Sends the widget state, or a piece of it, to the front-end.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : unicode, or iterable (optional)
             A single property's name or iterable of property names to sync with the front-end.
         """
         state, buffer_keys, buffers, metadata = self.get_state(key=key)
         msg = {"method": "update", "state": state}
         if buffer_keys:
             msg['buffers'] = buffer_keys
         if metadata:
             msg['metadata'] = metadata
         self._send(msg, buffers=buffers)
 
     def get_state(self, key=None):
         """Gets the widget state, or a piece of it.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         key : unicode or iterable (optional)
             A single property's name or iterable of property names to get.
 
         Returns
         -------
         state : dict of states
         buffer_keys : list of strings
             the values that are stored in buffers
         buffers : list of binary memoryviews
             values to transmit in binary
         metadata : dict
             metadata for each field: {key: metadata}
         """
         if key is None:
             keys = self.keys
         elif isinstance(key, string_types):
             keys = [key]
         elif isinstance(key, collections.Iterable):
             keys = key
         else:
             raise ValueError("key must be a string, an iterable of keys, or None")
         state = {}
         buffers = []
         buffer_keys = []
         metadata = {}
         for k in keys:
             f = self.trait_metadata(k, 'to_json', self._trait_to_json)
             value = getattr(self, k)
             serialized, md = f(value)
             if isinstance(serialized, memoryview):
                 buffers.append(serialized)
                 buffer_keys.append(k)
             else:
                 state[k] = serialized
             if md is not None:
                 metadata[k] = md
         return state, buffer_keys, buffers, metadata
 
     def set_state(self, sync_data):
         """Called when a state is received from the front-end."""
         for name in self.keys:
             if name in sync_data:
                 json_value = sync_data[name]
                 from_json = self.trait_metadata(name, 'from_json', self._trait_from_json)
                 with self._lock_property(name, json_value):
                     setattr(self, name, from_json(json_value))
     
     def send(self, content, buffers=None):
         """Sends a custom msg to the widget model in the front-end.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         content : dict
             Content of the message to send.
         buffers : list of binary buffers
             Binary buffers to send with message
         """
         self._send({"method": "custom", "content": content}, buffers=buffers)
 
     def on_msg(self, callback, remove=False):
         """(Un)Register a custom msg receive callback.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: callable
             callback will be passed three arguments when a message arrives::
             
                 callback(widget, content, buffers)
             
         remove: bool
             True if the callback should be unregistered."""
         self._msg_callbacks.register_callback(callback, remove=remove)
 
     def on_displayed(self, callback, remove=False):
         """(Un)Register a widget displayed callback.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
         callback: method handler
             Must have a signature of::
             
                 callback(widget, **kwargs)
             
             kwargs from display are passed through without modification.
         remove: bool
             True if the callback should be unregistered."""
         self._display_callbacks.register_callback(callback, remove=remove)
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Support methods
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
     @contextmanager
     def _lock_property(self, key, value):
         """Lock a property-value pair.
 
         The value should be the JSON state of the property.
 
         NOTE: This, in addition to the single lock for all state changes, is 
         flawed.  In the future we may want to look into buffering state changes 
         back to the front-end."""
         self._property_lock = (key, value)
         try:
             yield
         finally:
             self._property_lock = (None, None)
 
     @contextmanager
     def hold_sync(self):
         """Hold syncing any state until the context manager is released"""
         # We increment a value so that this can be nested.  Syncing will happen when
         # all levels have been released.
         self._send_state_lock += 1
         try:
             yield
         finally:
             self._send_state_lock -=1
             if self._send_state_lock == 0:
                 self.send_state(self._states_to_send)
                 self._states_to_send.clear()
 
     def _should_send_property(self, key, value):
         """Check the property lock (property_lock)"""
         to_json = self.trait_metadata(key, 'to_json', self._trait_to_json)
         if (key == self._property_lock[0]
             and to_json(value) == self._property_lock[1]):
             return False
         elif self._send_state_lock > 0:
             self._states_to_send.add(key)
             return False
         else:
             return True
     
     # Event handlers
     @_show_traceback
     def _handle_msg(self, msg):
         """Called when a msg is received from the front-end"""
         data = msg['content']['data']
         method = data['method']
 
         # Handle backbone sync methods CREATE, PATCH, and UPDATE all in one.
         if method == 'backbone':
             if 'sync_data' in data:
                 # get binary buffers too
                 sync_data = data['sync_data']
                 for i,k in enumerate(data.get('buffer_keys', [])):
                     sync_data[k] = msg['buffers'][i]
                 self.set_state(sync_data) # handles all methods
 
         # Handle a state request.
         elif method == 'request_state':
             self.send_state()
 
         # Handle a custom msg from the front-end.
         elif method == 'custom':
             if 'content' in data:
                 self._handle_custom_msg(data['content'], msg['buffers'])
 
         # Catch remainder.
         else:
             self.log.error('Unknown front-end to back-end widget msg with method "%s"' % method)
 
     def _handle_custom_msg(self, content, buffers):
         """Called when a custom msg is received."""
         self._msg_callbacks(self, content, buffers)
 
     def _notify_trait(self, name, old_value, new_value):
         """Called when a property has been changed."""
         # Trigger default traitlet callback machinery.  This allows any user
         # registered validation to be processed prior to allowing the widget
         # machinery to handle the state.
         LoggingConfigurable._notify_trait(self, name, old_value, new_value)
 
         # Send the state after the user registered callbacks for trait changes
         # have all fired (allows for user to validate values).
         if self.comm is not None and name in self.keys:
             # Make sure this isn't information that the front-end just sent us.
             if self._should_send_property(name, new_value):
                 # Send new state to front-end
                 self.send_state(key=name)
 
     def _handle_displayed(self, **kwargs):
         """Called when a view has been displayed for this widget instance"""
         self._display_callbacks(self, **kwargs)
 
     def _trait_to_json(self, x):
-        """Convert a trait value to json
+        """Convert a trait value to json.
 
-        Traverse lists/tuples and dicts and serialize their values as well.
-        Replace any widgets with their model_id
+        Metadata (the second return value) is not sent
         """
         return x, None
 
     def _trait_from_json(self, x):
-        """Convert json values to objects
-
-        Replace any strings representing valid model id values to Widget references.
-        """
+        """Convert json values to objects."""
         return x
 
     def _ipython_display_(self, **kwargs):
         """Called when `IPython.display.display` is called on the widget."""
         # Show view.
         if self._view_name is not None:
             self._send({"method": "display"})
             self._handle_displayed(**kwargs)
 
     def _send(self, msg, buffers=None):
         """Sends a message to the model in the front-end."""
         self.comm.send(data=msg, buffers=buffers)
 
 
 class DOMWidget(Widget):
     visible = Bool(True, allow_none=True, help="Whether the widget is visible.  False collapses the empty space, while None preserves the empty space.", sync=True)
     _css = Tuple(sync=True, help="CSS property list: (selector, key, value)")
     _dom_classes = Tuple(sync=True, help="DOM classes applied to widget.$el.")
     
     width = CUnicode(sync=True)
     height = CUnicode(sync=True)
     # A default padding of 2.5 px makes the widgets look nice when displayed inline.
     padding = CUnicode(sync=True)
     margin = CUnicode(sync=True)
 
     color = Color(None, allow_none=True, sync=True)
     background_color = Color(None, allow_none=True, sync=True)
     border_color = Color(None, allow_none=True, sync=True)
 
     border_width = CUnicode(sync=True)
     border_radius = CUnicode(sync=True)
     border_style = CaselessStrEnum(values=[ # http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-style.asp
         'none', 
         'hidden', 
         'dotted', 
         'dashed', 
         'solid', 
         'double', 
         'groove', 
         'ridge', 
         'inset', 
         'outset', 
         'initial', 
         'inherit', ''],
         default_value='', sync=True)
 
     font_style = CaselessStrEnum(values=[ # http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_font-style.asp
         'normal', 
         'italic', 
         'oblique', 
         'initial', 
         'inherit', ''], 
         default_value='', sync=True)
     font_weight = CaselessStrEnum(values=[ # http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_weight.asp
         'normal', 
         'bold', 
         'bolder', 
         'lighter',
         'initial', 
         'inherit', ''] + list(map(str, range(100,1000,100))),
         default_value='', sync=True)
     font_size = CUnicode(sync=True)
     font_family = Unicode(sync=True)
 
     def __init__(self, *pargs, **kwargs):
         super(DOMWidget, self).__init__(*pargs, **kwargs)
 
         def _validate_border(name, old, new):
             if new is not None and new != '':
                 if name != 'border_width' and not self.border_width:
                     self.border_width = 1
                 if name != 'border_style' and self.border_style == '':
                     self.border_style = 'solid'
         self.on_trait_change(_validate_border, ['border_width', 'border_style', 'border_color'])