taskflow/taskflow/task.py

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
# Copyright (C) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#
# 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
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# under the License.
import abc
class Task(object):
"""An abstraction that defines a potential piece of work that can be
applied and can be reverted to undo the work as a single unit.
"""
__metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
def __str__(self):
return "Task: %s" % (self.__class__.__name__)
@abc.abstractmethod
def apply(self, context, *args, **kwargs):
"""Activate a given task which will perform some operation and return.
This method can be used to apply some given context and given set
of args and kwargs to accomplish some goal. Note that the result
that is returned needs to be serializable so that it can be passed
back into this task if reverting is triggered."""
raise NotImplementedError()
def revert(self, context, result, cause):
"""Revert this task using the given context, result that the apply
provided as well as any information which may have caused
said reversion."""
pass