Working on extension support.

pecan/ext/__init__.py

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+def install():
+    from pecan.extensions import PecanExtensionImporter
+    PecanExtensionImporter().install()
+
+install()
+del install

pecan/extensions.py

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+import sys
+import pkg_resources
+import inspect
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class PecanExtensionMissing(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class PecanExtensionImporter(object):
+    """
+    Short circuits imports for extensions.
+
+    This is used in combination with ``pecan.ext`` so that when a user does
+    ``from pecan.ext import foo``, it will attempt to map ``foo`` to a
+    registered setuptools entry point in some other (Pecan extension) project.
+
+    Conversely, an extension developer may define an entry point in his
+    ``setup.py``, e.g.,
+
+    setup(
+      ...
+      entry_points='''
+      [pecan.extension]
+      celery = pecancelery.lib.core
+      '''
+    )
+
+    This is mostly for convenience and consistency.  In this way, Pecan can
+    maintain an ecosystem of extensions that share a common namespace,
+    ``pecan.ext``, while still maintaining backwards compatability for simple
+    package names (e.g., ``pecancelery``).
+    """
+
+    extension_module = 'pecan.ext'
+    prefix = extension_module + '.'
+
+    def install(self):
+        if self not in sys.meta_path:
+            sys.meta_path.append(self)
+
+    def __eq__(self, b):
+        return self.__class__.__module__ == b.__class__.__module__ and \
+               self.__class__.__name__ == b.__class__.__name__
+
+    def __ne__(self, b):
+        return not self.__eq__(b)
+
+    def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):
+        if fullname.startswith(self.prefix):
+            return self
+
+    def load_module(self, fullname):
+        if fullname in sys.modules:
+            return self
+        extname = fullname.split(self.prefix)[1]
+        module = self.find_module_for_extension(extname)
+        realname = module.__name__
+        try:
+            __import__(realname)
+        except ImportError:
+            raise sys.exc_info()
+        module = sys.modules[fullname] = sys.modules[realname]
+        if '.' not in extname:
+            setattr(sys.modules[self.extension_module], extname, module)
+        return module
+
+    def find_module_for_extension(self, name):
+        for ep in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points('pecan.extension'):
+            if ep.name != name:
+                continue
+            log.debug('%s loading extension %s', self.__class__.__name__, ep)
+            module = ep.load()
+            if not inspect.ismodule(module):
+                continue
+            return module
+        raise PecanExtensionMissing(
+            'The `pecan.ext.%s` extension is not installed.' % name
+        )