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#!/usr/bin/env python3

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
import atexit
import datetime
import enum
import functools
import logging
from typing import Any

import file_utils

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class Persistent(ABC):
    """
    A base class of an object with a load/save method.  Classes that are
    decorated with @persistent_autoloaded_singleton should subclass this
    and implement their save() and load() methods.

    """

    @abstractmethod
    def save(self) -> bool:
        """
        Save this thing somewhere that you'll remember when someone calls
        load() later on in a way that makes sense to your code.

        """
        pass

    @classmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def load(cls) -> Any:
        """
        Load this thing from somewhere and give back an instance which
        will become the global singleton and which will may (see
        below) be save()d at program exit time.

        Oh, in case this is handy, here's how to write a factory
        method that doesn't call the c'tor in python:

            @classmethod
            def load_from_somewhere(cls, somewhere):
                # Note: __new__ does not call __init__.
                obj = cls.__new__(cls)

                # Don't forget to call any polymorphic base class initializers
                super(MyClass, obj).__init__()

                # Load the piece(s) of obj that you want to from somewhere.
                obj._state = load_from_somewhere(somewhere)
                return obj

        """
        pass


def was_file_written_today(filename: str) -> bool:
    """Returns True if filename was written today."""

    if not file_utils.does_file_exist(filename):
        return False

    mtime = file_utils.get_file_mtime_as_datetime(filename)
    assert mtime
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    return mtime.month == now.month and mtime.day == now.day and mtime.year == now.year


def was_file_written_within_n_seconds(
    filename: str,
    limit_seconds: int,
) -> bool:
    """Returns True if filename was written within the pas limit_seconds
    seconds.

    """
    if not file_utils.does_file_exist(filename):
        return False

    mtime = file_utils.get_file_mtime_as_datetime(filename)
    assert mtime
    now = datetime.datetime.now()
    return (now - mtime).total_seconds() <= limit_seconds


class PersistAtShutdown(enum.Enum):
    """
    An enum to describe the conditions under which state is persisted
    to disk.  See details below.

    """

    NEVER = (0,)
    IF_NOT_LOADED = (1,)
    ALWAYS = (2,)


class persistent_autoloaded_singleton(object):
    """A decorator that can be applied to a Persistent subclass (i.e.  a
    class with a save() and load() method.  It will intercept attempts
    to instantiate the class via it's c'tor and, instead, invoke the
    class' load() method to give it a chance to read state from
    somewhere persistent.

    If load() fails (returns None), the c'tor is invoked with the
    original args as a fallback.

    Based upon the value of the optional argument persist_at_shutdown,
    (NEVER, IF_NOT_LOADED, ALWAYS), the save() method of the class will
    be invoked just before program shutdown to give the class a chance
    to save its state somewhere.

    The implementations of save() and load() and where the class
    persists its state are details left to the Persistent
    implementation.

    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        *,
        persist_at_shutdown: PersistAtShutdown = PersistAtShutdown.IF_NOT_LOADED,
    ):
        self.persist_at_shutdown = persist_at_shutdown
        self.instance = None

    def __call__(self, cls: Persistent):
        @functools.wraps(cls)  # type: ignore
        def _load(*args, **kwargs):

            # If class has already been loaded, act like a singleton
            # and return a reference to the one and only instance in
            # memory.
            if self.instance is not None:
                logger.debug(
                    f'Returning already instantiated singleton instance of {cls.__name__}.'
                )
                return self.instance

            # Otherwise, try to load it from persisted state.
            was_loaded = False
            logger.debug(f'Attempting to load {cls.__name__} from persisted state.')
            self.instance = cls.load()
            if not self.instance:
                msg = 'Loading from cache failed.'
                logger.warning(msg)
                logger.debug(f'Attempting to instantiate {cls.__name__} directly.')
                self.instance = cls(*args, **kwargs)
            else:
                logger.debug(
                    f'Class {cls.__name__} was loaded from persisted state successfully.'
                )
                was_loaded = True

            assert self.instance is not None

            if self.persist_at_shutdown is PersistAtShutdown.ALWAYS or (
                not was_loaded
                and self.persist_at_shutdown is PersistAtShutdown.IF_NOT_LOADED
            ):
                logger.debug(
                    'Scheduling a deferred called to save at process shutdown time.'
                )
                atexit.register(self.instance.save)
            return self.instance

        return _load