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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 inspect
import types
from IPython.kernel.comm import Comm
from IPython.config import LoggingConfigurable
from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Dict, Instance, Bool
from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Classes
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Widget(LoggingConfigurable):
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Class attributes
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
widget_construction_callback = None
widgets = {}
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
def _call_widget_constructed(widget):
"""Class 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)
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Traits
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
model_name = Unicode('WidgetModel', help="""Name of the backbone model
registered in the front-end to create and sync this widget with.""")
view_name = Unicode(help="""Default view registered in the front-end
to use to represent the widget.""", sync=True)
_comm = Instance('IPython.kernel.comm.Comm')
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# (Con/de)structor
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
"""Public constructor"""
self.closed = False
self._property_lock = (None, None)
self._display_callbacks = []
self._msg_callbacks = []
self._keys = None
super(Widget, self).__init__(**kwargs)
self.on_trait_change(self._handle_property_changed, self.keys)
Widget._call_widget_constructed(self)
def __del__(self):
"""Object disposal"""
self.close()
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Properties
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@property
def keys(self):
"""Gets a list of the traitlets that should be synced with the front-end."""
if self._keys is None:
self._keys = []
for trait_name in self.trait_names():
if self.trait_metadata(trait_name, 'sync'):
self._keys.append(trait_name)
return self._keys
@property
def comm(self):
"""Gets the Comm associated with this widget.
If a Comm doesn't exist yet, a Comm will be created automagically."""
if self._comm is None:
# Create a comm.
self._comm = Comm(target_name=self.model_name)
self._comm.on_msg(self._handle_msg)
self._comm.on_close(self._close)
Widget.widgets[self.model_id] = self
# first update
self.send_state()
return self._comm
@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 widget which closes the underlying comm.
When the comm is closed, all of the widget views are automatically
removed from the front-end."""
if not self.closed:
self._comm.close()
self._close()
def send_state(self, key=None):
"""Sends the widget state, or a piece of it, to the front-end.
Parameters
----------
key : unicode (optional)
A single property's name to sync with the front-end.
"""
self._send({
"method" : "update",
"state" : self.get_state()
})
def get_state(self, key=None):
"""Gets the widget state, or a piece of it.
Parameters
----------
key : unicode (optional)
A single property's name to get.
"""
keys = self.keys if key is None else [key]
return {k: self._pack_widgets(getattr(self, k)) for k in keys}
def send(self, content):
"""Sends a custom msg to the widget model in the front-end.
Parameters
----------
content : dict
Content of the message to send.
"""
self._send({"method": "custom", "content": content})
def on_msg(self, callback, remove=False):
"""(Un)Register a custom msg recieve callback.
Parameters
----------
callback: method handler
Can have a signature of:
- callback(content)
- callback(sender, content)
remove: bool
True if the callback should be unregistered."""
if remove and callback in self._msg_callbacks:
self._msg_callbacks.remove(callback)
elif not remove and not callback in self._msg_callbacks:
if callable(callback):
argspec = inspect.getargspec(callback)
nargs = len(argspec[0])
# Bound methods have an additional 'self' argument
if isinstance(callback, types.MethodType):
nargs -= 1
# Call the callback
if nargs == 1:
self._msg_callbacks.append(lambda sender, content: callback(content))
elif nargs == 2:
self._msg_callbacks.append(callback)
else:
raise TypeError('Widget msg callback must ' \
'accept 1 or 2 arguments, not %d.' % nargs)
else:
raise Exception('Callback must be callable.')
def on_displayed(self, callback, remove=False):
"""(Un)Register a widget displayed callback.
Parameters
----------
callback: method handler
Can have a signature of:
- callback(sender, **kwargs)
kwargs from display call passed through without modification.
remove: bool
True if the callback should be unregistered."""
if remove and callback in self._display_callbacks:
self._display_callbacks.remove(callback)
elif not remove and not callback in self._display_callbacks:
if callable(handler):
self._display_callbacks.append(callback)
else:
raise Exception('Callback must be callable.')
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Support methods
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@contextmanager
def _property_lock(self, key, value):
"""Lock a property-value pair.
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)
def _should_send_property(self, key, value):
"""Check the property lock (property_lock)"""
return key != self._property_lock[0] or \
value != self._property_lock[1]
def _close(self):
"""Unsafe close"""
del Widget.widgets[self.model_id]
self._comm = None
self.closed = True
# Event handlers
def _handle_msg(self, msg):
"""Called when a msg is received from the front-end"""
data = msg['content']['data']
method = data['method']
if not method in ['backbone', 'custom']:
self.log.error('Unknown front-end to back-end widget msg with method "%s"' % method)
# Handle backbone sync methods CREATE, PATCH, and UPDATE all in one.
if method == 'backbone' and 'sync_data' in data:
sync_data = data['sync_data']
self._handle_receive_state(sync_data) # handles all methods
# Handle a custom msg from the front-end
elif method == 'custom':
if 'content' in data:
self._handle_custom_msg(data['content'])
def _handle_receive_state(self, sync_data):
"""Called when a state is received from the front-end."""
for name in self.keys:
if name in sync_data:
value = self._unpack_widgets(sync_data[name])
with self._property_lock(name, value):
setattr(self, name, value)
def _handle_custom_msg(self, content):
"""Called when a custom msg is received."""
for handler in self._msg_callbacks:
handler(self, content)
def _handle_property_changed(self, name, old, new):
"""Called when a property has been changed."""
# Make sure this isn't information that the front-end just sent us.
if self._should_send_property(name, new):
# 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"""
for handler in self._display_callbacks:
handler(self, **kwargs)
def _pack_widgets(self, x):
"""Recursively converts all widget instances to model id strings.
Children widgets will be stored and transmitted to the front-end by
their model ids. Return value must be JSON-able."""
if isinstance(x, dict):
return {k: self._pack_widgets(v) for k, v in x.items()}
elif isinstance(x, list):
return [self._pack_widgets(v) for v in x]
elif isinstance(x, Widget):
return x.model_id
else:
return x # Value must be JSON-able
def _unpack_widgets(self, x):
"""Recursively converts all model id strings to widget instances.
Children widgets will be stored and transmitted to the front-end by
their model ids."""
if isinstance(x, dict):
return {k: self._unpack_widgets(v) for k, v in x.items()}
elif isinstance(x, list):
return [self._unpack_widgets(v) for v in x]
elif isinstance(x, string_types):
return x if x not in Widget.widgets else Widget.widgets[x]
else:
return x
def _ipython_display_(self, **kwargs):
"""Called when `IPython.display.display` is called on the widget."""
# Show view. By sending a display message, the comm is opened and the
# initial state is sent.
self._send({"method": "display"})
self._handle_displayed(**kwargs)
def _send(self, msg):
"""Sends a message to the model in the front-end."""
self.comm.send(msg)
class DOMWidget(Widget):
visible = Bool(True, help="Whether or not the widget is visible.", sync=True)
_css = Dict(sync=True) # Internal CSS property dict
def get_css(self, key, selector=""):
"""Get a CSS property of the widget.
Note: This function does not actually request the CSS from the
front-end; Only properties that have been set with set_css can be read.
Parameters
----------
key: unicode
CSS key
selector: unicode (optional)
JQuery selector used when the CSS key/value was set.
"""
if selector in self._css and key in self._css[selector]:
return self._css[selector][key]
else:
return None
def set_css(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""Set one or more CSS properties of the widget.
This function has two signatures:
- set_css(css_dict, selector='')
- set_css(key, value, selector='')
Parameters
----------
css_dict : dict
CSS key/value pairs to apply
key: unicode
CSS key
value
CSS value
selector: unicode (optional)
JQuery selector to use to apply the CSS key/value. If no selector
is provided, an empty selector is used. An empty selector makes the
front-end try to apply the css to a default element. The default
element is an attribute unique to each view, which is a DOM element
of the view that should be styled with common CSS (see
`$el_to_style` in the Javascript code).
"""
selector = kwargs.get('selector', '')
if not selector in self._css:
self._css[selector] = {}
# Signature 1: set_css(css_dict, selector='')
if len(args) == 1:
if isinstance(args[0], dict):
for (key, value) in args[0].items():
if not (key in self._css[selector] and value == self._css[selector][key]):
self._css[selector][key] = value
self.send_state('_css')
else:
raise Exception('css_dict must be a dict.')
# Signature 2: set_css(key, value, selector='')
elif len(args) == 2 or len(args) == 3:
# Selector can be a positional arg if it's the 3rd value
if len(args) == 3:
selector = args[2]
if selector not in self._css:
self._css[selector] = {}
# Only update the property if it has changed.
key = args[0]
value = args[1]
if not (key in self._css[selector] and value == self._css[selector][key]):
self._css[selector][key] = value
self.send_state('_css') # Send new state to client.
else:
raise Exception('set_css only accepts 1-3 arguments')
def add_class(self, class_names, selector=""):
"""Add class[es] to a DOM element.
Parameters
----------
class_names: unicode or list
Class name(s) to add to the DOM element(s).
selector: unicode (optional)
JQuery selector to select the DOM element(s) that the class(es) will
be added to.
"""
class_list = class_names
if isinstance(class_list, list):
class_list = ' '.join(class_list)
self.send({
"msg_type" : "add_class",
"class_list" : class_list,
"selector" : selector
})
def remove_class(self, class_names, selector=""):
"""Remove class[es] from a DOM element.
Parameters
----------
class_names: unicode or list
Class name(s) to remove from the DOM element(s).
selector: unicode (optional)
JQuery selector to select the DOM element(s) that the class(es) will
be removed from.
"""
class_list = class_names
if isinstance(class_list, list):
class_list = ' '.join(class_list)
self.send({
"msg_type" : "remove_class",
"class_list" : class_list,
"selector" : selector,
})