added fault tolerant connection manager, which will be easily extended to support connection pooling

added support for multiple connections
removed dependence on setting keyspace name on opening connection

cqlengine/connection.py

@@ -2,17 +2,67 @@
 #http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/cassandra-dbapi2 /
 #http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/cql/CQL.html
 
+from collections import namedtuple
+import random
+
 import cql
+
 from cqlengine.exceptions import CQLEngineException
 
+from thrift.transport.TTransport import TTransportException
+
+
 class CQLConnectionError(CQLEngineException): pass
 
-_keyspace = 'cassengine_test'
+Host = namedtuple('Host', ['name', 'port'])
+_hosts = []
+_host_idx = 0
+_conn= None
+_username = None
+_password = None
+
+def _set_conn(host):
+    """
+    """
+    global _conn
+    _conn = cql.connect(host.name, host.port, user=_username, password=_password)
+    _conn.set_cql_version('3.0.0')
+
+def setup(hosts, username=None, password=None):
+    """
+    Records the hosts and connects to one of them
+
+    :param hosts: list of hosts, strings in the <hostname>:<port>, or just <hostname>
+    """
+    global _hosts
+    global _username
+    global _password
+
+    _username = username
+    _password = password
+
+    for host in hosts:
+        host = host.strip()
+        host = host.split(':')
+        if len(host) == 1:
+            _hosts.append(Host(host[0], 9160))
+        elif len(host) == 2:
+            _hosts.append(Host(*host))
+        else:
+            raise CQLConnectionError("Can't parse {}".format(''.join(host)))
+
+    if not _hosts:
+        raise CQLConnectionError("At least one host required")
+
+    random.shuffle(_hosts)
+    host = _hosts[_host_idx]
+    _set_conn(host)
+    
 
 #TODO: look into the cql connection pool class
-_conn = {}
+_old_conn = {}
-def get_connection(keyspace, create_missing_keyspace=True):
+def get_connection(keyspace=None, create_missing_keyspace=True):
-    con = _conn.get(keyspace)
+    con = _old_conn.get(keyspace)
     if con is None:
         con = cql.connect('127.0.0.1', 9160)
         con.set_cql_version('3.0.0')
@@ -27,7 +77,50 @@ def get_connection(keyspace, create_missing_keyspace=True):
                 else:
                     raise CQLConnectionError('"{}" is not an existing keyspace'.format(keyspace))
 
-        _conn[keyspace] = con
+        _old_conn[keyspace] = con
 
     return con
 
+class connection_manager(object):
+    """
+    Connection failure tolerant connection manager. Written to be used in a 'with' block for connection pooling
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        if not _hosts:
+            raise CQLConnectionError("No connections have been configured, call cqlengine.connection.setup")
+        self.keyspace = None
+        self.con = _conn
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        pass
+
+    def execute(self, query, params={}):
+        """
+        Gets a connection from the pool and executes the given query, returns the cursor
+
+        if there's a connection problem, this will silently create a new connection pool
+        from the available hosts, and remove the problematic host from the host list
+        """
+        global _host_idx
+
+        for i in range(len(_hosts)):
+            try:
+                cur = self.con.cursor()
+                cur.execute(query, params)
+                return cur
+            except TTransportException:
+                #TODO: check for other errors raised in the event of a connection / server problem
+                #move to the next connection and set the connection pool
+                self.con_pool.return_connection(self.con)
+                self.con = None
+                _host_idx += 1
+                _host_idx %= len(_hosts)
+                host = _hosts[_host_idx]
+                _set_conn(host)
+                self.con = _conn
+
+        raise CQLConnectionError("couldn't reach a Cassandra server")
+

cqlengine/management.py

@@ -1,27 +1,25 @@
 from cqlengine.connection import get_connection
+from cqlengine.connection import connection_manager
 
 def create_keyspace(name):
-    con = get_connection(None)
+    with connection_manager() as con:
-    cur = con.cursor()
+        con.execute("""CREATE KEYSPACE {}
-    cur.execute("""CREATE KEYSPACE {}
            WITH strategy_class = 'SimpleStrategy'
            AND strategy_options:replication_factor=1;""".format(name))
 
 def delete_keyspace(name):
-    con = get_connection(None)
+    with connection_manager() as con:
-    cur = con.cursor()
+        con.execute("DROP KEYSPACE {}".format(name))
-    cur.execute("DROP KEYSPACE {}".format(name))
 
 def create_column_family(model):
     #construct query string
     cf_name = model.column_family_name()
+    raw_cf_name = model.column_family_name(include_keyspace=False)
 
-    conn = get_connection(model.keyspace)
+    with connection_manager() as con:
-    cur = conn.cursor()
-
         #check for an existing column family
-    ks_info = conn.client.describe_keyspace(model.keyspace)
+        ks_info = con.con.client.describe_keyspace(model.keyspace)
-    if not any([cf_name == cf.name for cf in ks_info.cf_defs]):
+        if not any([raw_cf_name == cf.name for cf in ks_info.cf_defs]):
             qs = ['CREATE TABLE {}'.format(cf_name)]
 
             #add column types
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ def create_column_family(model):
             qs += ['({})'.format(', '.join(qtypes))]
             qs = ' '.join(qs)
 
-        cur.execute(qs)
+            con.execute(qs)
 
         indexes = [c for n,c in model._columns.items() if c.index]
         if indexes:
@@ -50,15 +48,15 @@ def create_column_family(model):
                 qs += ['ON {}'.format(cf_name)]
                 qs += ['({})'.format(column.db_field_name)]
                 qs = ' '.join(qs)
-            cur.execute(qs)
+                con.execute(qs)
 
 
 def delete_column_family(model):
     #check that model exists
     cf_name = model.column_family_name()
-    conn = get_connection(model.keyspace)
+    raw_cf_name = model.column_family_name(include_keyspace=False)
-    ks_info = conn.client.describe_keyspace(model.keyspace)
+    with connection_manager() as con:
-    if any([cf_name == cf.name for cf in ks_info.cf_defs]):
+        ks_info = con.con.client.describe_keyspace(model.keyspace)
-        cur = conn.cursor()
+        if any([raw_cf_name == cf.name for cf in ks_info.cf_defs]):
-        cur.execute('drop table {};'.format(cf_name))
+            con.execute('drop table {};'.format(cf_name))
 

cqlengine/models.py

@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ class BaseModel(object):
             value_mngr = column.value_manager(self, column, values.get(name, None))
             self._values[name] = value_mngr
 
-        #TODO: note any absent fields so they're not deleted
-
     @classmethod
-    def column_family_name(cls):
+    def column_family_name(cls, include_keyspace=True):
         """
         Returns the column family name if it's been defined
         otherwise, it creates it from the module and class name
@@ -38,7 +36,9 @@ class BaseModel(object):
         cf_name = cf_name.replace('.', '_')
         #trim to less than 48 characters or cassandra will complain
         cf_name = cf_name[-48:]
-        return cf_name.lower()
+        cf_name = cf_name.lower()
+        if not include_keyspace: return cf_name
+        return '{}.{}'.format(cls.keyspace, cf_name)
 
     @property
     def pk(self):

cqlengine/query.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from hashlib import md5
 from time import time
 
 from cqlengine.connection import get_connection
+from cqlengine.connection import connection_manager
 from cqlengine.exceptions import CQLEngineException
 
 #CQL 3 reference:
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
     def __iter__(self):
         #TODO: cache results
         if self._cursor is None:
-            conn = get_connection(self.model.keyspace)
+            conn = get_connection()
             self._cursor = conn.cursor()
             self._cursor.execute(self._select_query(), self._where_values())
             self._rowcount = self._cursor.rowcount
@@ -350,9 +351,8 @@ class QuerySet(object):
             qs += ['WHERE {}'.format(self._where_clause())]
         qs = ' '.join(qs)
 
-        con = get_connection(self.model.keyspace)
+        with connection_manager() as con:
-        cur = con.cursor()
+            cur = con.execute(qs, self._where_values())
-        cur.execute(qs, self._where_values())
             return cur.fetchone()[0]
 
     def limit(self, v):
@@ -430,11 +430,10 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         qs += ["({})".format(', '.join([':'+f for f in field_names]))]
         qs = ' '.join(qs)
 
-        conn = get_connection(self.model.keyspace)
+        with connection_manager() as con:
-        cur = conn.cursor()
+            con.execute(qs, field_values)
-        cur.execute(qs, field_values)
 
-        #TODO: delete deleted / nulled columns
+        #delete deleted / nulled columns
         deleted = [k for k,v in instance._values.items() if v.deleted]
         if deleted:
             del_fields = [self.model._columns[f] for f in deleted]
@@ -448,9 +447,9 @@ class QuerySet(object):
             qs = ' '.join(qs)
 
             pk_dict = dict([(v.db_field_name, getattr(instance, k)) for k,v in pks.items()])
-            cur.execute(qs, pk_dict)
-            
 
+            with connection_manager() as con:
+                con.execute(qs, pk_dict)
             
 
     def create(self, **kwargs):
@@ -466,9 +465,8 @@ class QuerySet(object):
             qs += ['WHERE {}'.format(self._where_clause())]
         qs = ' '.join(qs)
 
-        con = get_connection(self.model.keyspace)
+        with connection_manager() as con:
-        cur = con.cursor()
+            con.execute(qs, self._where_values())
-        cur.execute(qs, self._where_values())
 
 
     def delete_instance(self, instance):
@@ -478,8 +476,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         qs += ['WHERE {0}=:{0}'.format(pk_name)]
         qs = ' '.join(qs)
 
-        conn = get_connection(self.model.keyspace)
+        with connection_manager() as con:
-        cur = conn.cursor()
+            con.execute(qs, {pk_name:instance.pk})
-        cur.execute(qs, {pk_name:instance.pk})
 
 

cqlengine/tests/base.py

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 from unittest import TestCase
+from cqlengine import connection
 
 class BaseCassEngTestCase(TestCase):
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(BaseCassEngTestCase, cls).setUpClass()
+        if not connection._hosts:
+            connection.setup(['localhost'])
+
     def assertHasAttr(self, obj, attr):
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(obj, attr), 
                 "{} doesn't have attribute: {}".format(obj, attr))