+
+
+class FuncToJSONFile(StringFile):
+ """File content is the return value of a given function, encoded as JSON.
+
+ The function is called at the time the file is read. The result is
+ cached until invalidate() is called.
+ """
+ def __init__(self, parent_inode, func):
+ super(FuncToJSONFile, self).__init__(parent_inode, "", 0)
+ self.func = func
+
+ # invalidate_inode() is asynchronous with no callback to wait for. In
+ # order to guarantee userspace programs don't get stale data that was
+ # generated before the last invalidate(), we must disallow inode
+ # caching entirely.
+ self.allow_attr_cache = False
+
+ def size(self):
+ self._update()
+ return super(FuncToJSONFile, self).size()
+
+ def readfrom(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ self._update()
+ return super(FuncToJSONFile, self).readfrom(*args, **kwargs)
+
+ def _update(self):
+ if not self.stale():
+ return
+ self._mtime = time.time()
+ obj = self.func()
+ self.contents = json.dumps(obj, indent=4, sort_keys=True) + "\n"
+ self.fresh()