kwapi/kwapi/utils.py

43 lines
1.5 KiB
Python

# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
# Copyright 2011 Justin Santa Barbara
# 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
# 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.
"""Utilities and helper functions."""
import os
def read_cached_file(filename, cache_info, reload_func=None):
"""Read from a file if it has been modified.
:param cache_info: dictionary to hold opaque cache.
:param reload_func: optional function to be called with data when
file is reloaded due to a modification.
:returns: data from file
"""
mtime = os.path.getmtime(filename)
if not cache_info or mtime != cache_info.get('mtime'):
with open(filename) as fap:
cache_info['data'] = fap.read()
cache_info['mtime'] = mtime
if reload_func:
reload_func(cache_info['data'])
return cache_info['data']