Source code for actors.utils.proxy

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from collections import namedtuple
from actors.actor import Actor


def as_proxy(actor_ref):
    """
    Create a proxy wrapper from an existing reference. The actor MUST implement the
    :class:`ProxyActor` interface.

    :param actor_ref: The actor reference.
    :type actor_ref: :class:`ActorRef`
    """
    return ProxyRef(actor_ref)


Invoke = namedtuple('Invoke', ['name', 'args', 'kwargs'])


class ProxyRef(object):

    def __init__(self, underlying):
        self._underlying = underlying

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        return lambda *args, **kwargs: \
            self._underlying.tell(Invoke(name, args, kwargs))


class ProxyActor(Actor):
    def receive(self, message):
        getattr(self, message.name)(*message.args, **message.kwargs)