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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.traitlets import Unicode, Dict, Instance, Bool, List, Tuple, Int, Set
from IPython.utils.py3compat import string_types
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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
class Widget(LoggingConfigurable):
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Class attributes
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
_widget_construction_callback = None
widgets = {}
@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)
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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('WidgetView', 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.""")
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(allow_none=False)
_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)
self.on_trait_change(self._handle_property_changed, self.keys)
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:
if self._model_id is None:
self.comm = Comm(target_name=self._model_name)
self._model_id = self.model_id
else:
self.comm = Comm(target_name=self._model_name, comm_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.
"""
self._send({
"method" : "update",
"state" : self.get_state(key=key)
})
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.
"""
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 = {}
for k in keys:
f = self.trait_metadata(k, 'to_json', self._trait_to_json)
value = getattr(self, k)
state[k] = f(value)
return state
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 receive callback.
Parameters
----------
callback: callable
callback will be passed two arguments when a message arrives::
callback(widget, content)
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']
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:
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 _handle_custom_msg(self, content):
"""Called when a custom msg is received."""
self._msg_callbacks(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"""
self._display_callbacks(self, **kwargs)
def _trait_to_json(self, x):
"""Convert a trait value to json
Traverse lists/tuples and dicts and serialize their values as well.
Replace any widgets with their model_id
"""
if isinstance(x, dict):
return {k: self._trait_to_json(v) for k, v in x.items()}
elif isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
return [self._trait_to_json(v) for v in x]
elif isinstance(x, Widget):
return "IPY_MODEL_" + x.model_id
else:
return x # Value must be JSON-able
def _trait_from_json(self, x):
"""Convert json values to objects
Replace any strings representing valid model id values to Widget references.
"""
if isinstance(x, dict):
return {k: self._trait_from_json(v) for k, v in x.items()}
elif isinstance(x, (list, tuple)):
return [self._trait_from_json(v) for v in x]
elif isinstance(x, string_types) and x.startswith('IPY_MODEL_') and x[10:] in Widget.widgets:
# we want to support having child widgets at any level in a hierarchy
# trusting that a widget UUID will not appear out in the wild
return 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 the widget is visible.", sync=True)
_css = List(sync=True) # Internal CSS property list: (selector, key, value)
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, dict_or_key, value=None, selector=''):
"""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, kwarg only)
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).
"""
if value is None:
css_dict = dict_or_key
else:
css_dict = {dict_or_key: value}
for (key, value) in css_dict.items():
# First remove the selector/key pair from the css list if it exists.
# Then add the selector/key pair and new value to the bottom of the
# list.
self._css = [x for x in self._css if not (x[0]==selector and x[1]==key)]
self._css += [(selector, key, value)]
self.send_state('_css')
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, tuple)):
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, tuple)):
class_list = ' '.join(class_list)
self.send({
"msg_type" : "remove_class",
"class_list" : class_list,
"selector" : selector,
})