# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright (C) 2014 Ivan Melnikov # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain # a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT # WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations # under the License. import logging import os import sys logging.basicConfig(level=logging.ERROR) top_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir, os.pardir)) sys.path.insert(0, top_dir) import taskflow.engines from taskflow.patterns import linear_flow as lf from taskflow import task # INTRO: pseudo-scoping by adding prefixes # Sometimes you need scoping -- e.g. for adding several # similar subflows to one flow to do same stuff for different # data. But current version of TaskFlow does not allow that # directly, so you have to resort to some kind of trickery. # One (and more or less recommended, if not the only) way of # solving the problem is to transform every task name, it's # provides and requires values -- e.g. by adding prefix to them. # This example shows how this could be done. # The example task is simple: for each specified person, fetch # his or her phone number from phone book and call. PHONE_BOOK = { 'jim': '444', 'joe': '555', 'iv_m': '666', 'josh': '777' } class FetchNumberTask(task.Task): """Task that fetches number from phone book.""" default_provides = 'number' def execute(self, person): print('Fetching number for %s.' % person) return PHONE_BOOK[person.lower()] class CallTask(task.Task): """Task that calls person by number.""" def execute(self, person, number): print('Calling %s %s.' % (person, number)) # This is how it works for one person: simple_flow = lf.Flow('simple one').add( FetchNumberTask(), CallTask()) print('Running simple flow:') taskflow.engines.run(simple_flow, store={'person': 'Josh'}) # To call several people you'll need a factory function that will # make a flow with given prefix for you. We need to add prefix # to task names, their provides and requires values. For requires, # we use `rebind` argument of task constructor. def subflow_factory(prefix): def pr(what): return '%s-%s' % (prefix, what) return lf.Flow(pr('flow')).add( FetchNumberTask(pr('fetch'), provides=pr('number'), rebind=[pr('person')]), CallTask(pr('call'), rebind=[pr('person'), pr('number')]) ) def call_them_all(): # Let's call them all. We need a flow: flow = lf.Flow('call-them-prefixed') # We'll also need to inject person names with prefixed argument # name to storage to satisfy task requirements. persons = {} for person in ('Jim', 'Joe', 'Josh'): prefix = person.lower() persons['%s-person' % prefix] = person flow.add(subflow_factory(prefix)) taskflow.engines.run(flow, store=persons) print('\nCalling many people using prefixed factory:') call_them_all()