overhauled state machine. Now allows for atomic transitions.

Next step: atomic function calls (and maybe 'handlers') on state transition.

sleekxmpp/xmlstream/statemachine.py

@@ -7,53 +7,124 @@
 """
 from __future__ import with_statement
 import threading
+import time
+import logging
 
 class StateMachine(object):
 
-	def __init__(self, states=[], groups=[]):
+	def __init__(self, states=[]):
-		self.lock = threading.Lock()
+		self.lock = threading.Condition(threading.RLock())
-		self.__state = {}
+		self.__states= []
-		self.__default_state = {}
-		self.__group = {}
 		self.addStates(states)
-		self.addGroups(groups)
+		self.__default_state = self.__states[0]
+		self.__current_state = self.__default_state
 	
 	def addStates(self, states):
 		with self.lock:
 			for state in states:
-				if state in self.__state or state in self.__group:
+				if state in self.__states:
-					raise IndexError("The state or group '%s' is already in the StateMachine." % state)
+					raise IndexError("The state '%s' is already in the StateMachine." % state)
-				self.__state[state] = states[state]
+				self.__states.append( state )
-				self.__default_state[state] = states[state]
+	
+	
+	def transition(self, from_state, to_state, wait=0.0):
+		'''
+		Transition from the given `from_state` to the given `to_state`.  
+		This method will return `True` if the state machine is now in `to_state`.  It
+		will return `False` if a timeout occurred the transition did not occur.  
+		If `wait` is 0 (the default,) this method returns immediately if the state machine 
+		is not in `from_state`.
+
+		If you want the thread to block and transition once the state machine to enters
+		`from_state`, set `wait` to a non-negative value.  Note there is no 'block 
+		indefinitely' flag since this leads to deadlock.  If you want to wait indefinitely, 
+		choose a reasonable value for `wait` (e.g. 20 seconds) and do so in a while loop like so:
+
+		::
+
+			while not thread_should_exit and not state_machine.transition('disconnected', 'connecting', wait=20 ):
+					pass # timeout will occur every 20s unless transition occurs
+			if thread_should_exit: return
+			# perform actions here after successful transition
+
+		This allows the thread to be interrupted by setting `thread_should_exit=True`
+		'''
+
+		return self.transition_any( (from_state,), to_state, wait=wait )
+	
+	def transition_any(self, from_states, to_state, wait=0.0):
+		'''
+		Transition from any of the given `from_states` to the given `to_state`.
+		'''
 
-	def addGroups(self, groups):
 		with self.lock:
-			for gstate in groups:
+			for state in from_states:
-				if gstate in self.__state or gstate in self.__group:
+				if isinstance(state,tuple) or isinstance(state,list): 
-					raise IndexError("The key or group '%s' is already in the StateMachine." % gstate)
+					raise ValueError( "State %s should be a string.  Did you mean to call 'StateMachine.transition_any()?" % str(state) )
-				for state in groups[gstate]:
+				if not state in self.__states: 
-					if state in self.__state:
+					raise ValueError( "StateMachine does not contain from_state %s." % state )
-						raise IndexError("The group %s contains a key %s which is not set in the StateMachine." % (gstate, state))
+			if not to_state in self.__states: 
-				self.__group[gstate] = groups[gstate]
+				raise ValueError( "StateMachine does not contain to_state %s." % to_state )
 
-	def set(self, state, status):
+			start = time.time()
-		with self.lock:
+			while not self.__current_state in from_states: 
-			if state in self.__state:
+				# detect timeout:
-				self.__state[state] = bool(status)
+				if time.time() >= start + wait: return False
-			else:
+				self.lock.wait(wait)
-				raise KeyError("StateMachine does not contain state %s." % state)
 			
-	def __getitem__(self, key):
+			if self.__current_state in from_states: # should always be True due to lock
-		if key in self.__group:
+				logging.debug(' ==== TRANSITION %s -> %s', self.__current_state, to_state)
-			for state in self.__group[key]:
+				self.__current_state = to_state
-				if not self.__state[state]:
+				self.lock.notifyAll()
-					return False
 				return True
-		return self.__state[key]
+			else:
+				logging.error( "StateMachine bug!!  The lock should ensure this doesn't happen!" )
+				return False
+
+
+	def ensure(self, state, wait=0.0):
+		'''
+		Ensure the state machine is currently in `state`, or wait until it enters `state`.
+		'''
+		return self.ensure_any( (state,), wait=wait )
+
+	def ensure_any(self, states, wait=0.0):
+		'''
+		Ensure we are currently in one of the given `states`
+		'''
+		with self.lock:
+			for state in states:
+				if isinstance(state,tuple) or isinstance(state,list): 
+					raise ValueError( "State %s should be a string.  Did you mean to call 'StateMachine.transition_any()?" % str(state) )
+				if not state in self.__states: 
+					raise ValueError( "StateMachine does not contain state %s." % state )
+
+			start = time.time()
+			while not self.__current_state in states: 
+				# detect timeout:
+				if time.time() >= start + wait: return False
+				self.lock.wait(wait)
+			return self.__current_state in states # should always be True due to lock
 
-	def __getattr__(self, attr):
-		return self.__getitem__(attr)
 	
 	def reset(self):
-		self.__state = self.__default_state
+		# TODO need to lock before calling this? 
+		self.transition(self.__current_state, self._default_state)
+	
+
+	def __getitem__(self, state):
+		'''
+		Non-blocking, non-synchronized test to determine if we are in the given state.
+		Use `StateMachine.ensure(state)` to wait until the machine enters a certain state.
+		'''
+		return self.__current_state == state
+	
+	def __enter__(self):
+		self.lock.acquire()
+		return self
+
+	def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+		self.lock.nofityAll()
+		self.lock.release()
+		return False # re-raise any exception
 

sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py

@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 		global ssl_support
 		self.ssl_support = ssl_support
 		self.escape_quotes = escape_quotes
-		self.state = statemachine.StateMachine()
+		self.state = statemachine.StateMachine(('disconnected','connecting',
-		self.state.addStates({'connected':False, 'is client':False, 'ssl':False, 'tls':False, 'reconnect':True, 'processing':False}) #set initial states
+		    'connected'))
+		self.should_reconnect = True
 
 		self.setSocket(socket)
 		self.address = (host, int(port))
@@ -86,21 +87,21 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 	def setSocket(self, socket):
 		"Set the socket"
 		self.socket = socket
-		if socket is not None:
+		if socket is not None and self.state.transition('disconnected','connecting'):
 			self.filesocket = socket.makefile('rb', 0) # ElementTree.iterparse requires a file.  0 buffer files have to be binary
-			self.state.set('connected', True)
+		self.state.transition('connecting','connected')
-
 	
 	def setFileSocket(self, filesocket):
 		self.filesocket = filesocket
 	
-	def connect(self, host='', port=0, use_ssl=False, use_tls=True):
+	def connect(self, host='', port=0, use_ssl=None, use_tls=None):
 		"Link to connectTCP"
+		if self.state.transition('disconnected', 'connecting'):
 			return self.connectTCP(host, port, use_ssl, use_tls)
 
 	def connectTCP(self, host='', port=0, use_ssl=None, use_tls=None, reattempt=True):
 		"Connect and create socket"
-		while reattempt and not self.state['connected']:
+		while reattempt and not self.state['connected']: # the self.state part is redundant.
 			logging.debug('connecting....')
 			try:
 				if host and port:
@@ -122,7 +123,8 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 			try:
 				self.socket.connect(self.address)
 				self.filesocket = self.socket.makefile('rb', 0)
-				self.state.set('connected', True)
+				if not self.state.transition('connecting','connected'):
+					logging.error( "State transition error!!!!  Shouldn't have happened" )
 				logging.debug('connect complete.')
 				return True
 			except socket.error as serr:
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 		"Start processing the socket."
 		logging.debug('Process thread starting...')
 		while self.run:
-			self.state.set('processing', True)
+			if not self.state.ensure('connected',wait=2): continue
 			try:
 				self.sendRaw(self.stream_header)
 				while self.run and self.__readXML(): pass
@@ -196,37 +198,15 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 				logging.debug("Restarting stream...")
 				continue # DON'T re-initialize the stream -- this exception is sent 
 				# specifically when we've initialized TLS and need to re-send the <stream> header.
-			except KeyboardInterrupt:
+			except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
-				logging.debug("Keyboard Escape Detected")
+				logging.debug("System interrupt detected")
-				self.state.set('processing', False)
+				self.shutdown()
-				self.state.set('reconnect', False)
-				self.disconnect()
-				# TODO this is probably not necessary...
 				self.eventqueue.put(('quit', None, None))
-				return
-			except SystemExit:
-				# TODO shouldn't this be the same as KeyboardInterrupt????
-				self.eventqueue.put(('quit', None, None))
-				return
 			except:
 				logging.exception('Unexpected error in RCV thread')
-				if not self.state.reconnect:
+				if self.should_reconnect:
-					return
-				else:
-					logging.debug('reconnecting...')
-					self.state.set('processing', False)
 					self.disconnect(reconnect=True)
-			# TODO the individual exception handlers above already handle reconnect!  
+
-			# Why are we attempting to do it again down here???
-#			if self.state['reconnect']:
-#				self.state.set('connected', False)
-			self.state.set('processing', False)
-#				self.reconnect()
-#			else:
-# TODO I think this is getting queued, and when the eventRunner comes back online after 
-# reconnect, it immediately processes a 'quit' event and exits again, meanwhile the 
-# rest of the client is just starting to connect and process the incoming event stream!!!
-#			self.eventqueue.put(('quit', None, None))
         logging.debug('Quitting Process thread')
 	
 	def __readXML(self):
@@ -246,7 +226,6 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 				edepth += -1
 				if edepth == 0 and event == b'end':
 					# what is this case exactly?  Premature EOF?
-					#self.disconnect(reconnect=self.state['reconnect'])
 					logging.debug("Ending readXML loop")
 					return False
 				elif edepth == 1:
@@ -261,9 +240,8 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 	def _sendThread(self):
 		logging.debug('send thread starting...')
 		while self.run:
-			if not self.state['connected']:
+			if not self.state.ensure('connected',wait=2): continue
-				logging.warning("Not connected yet...")
+			
-				time.sleep(1)
 			data = None
 			try:
 				data = self.sendqueue.get(True,10)
@@ -272,7 +250,7 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 			except queue.Empty:
 				logging.debug('nothing on send queue')
 			except socket.timeout:
-				# this is to prevent hanging
+				# this is to prevent a thread blocked indefinitely
 				logging.debug('timeout sending packet data')
 			except:
 				logging.warning("Failed to send %s" % data)
@@ -282,9 +260,7 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 				# the same thing concurrently.  Oops!  The safer option would be to throw 
 				# some sort of event that could be handled by a common thread or the reader 
 				# thread to perform reconnect and then re-initialize the handler threads as well.
-				if self.state.reconnect:
+				if self.should_reconnect:
-					logging.debug('Reconnecting...')
-					traceback.print_exc()
 					self.disconnect(reconnect=True)
 	
 	def sendRaw(self, data):
@@ -292,8 +268,7 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 		return True
 	
 	def disconnect(self, reconnect=False):
-		self.state.set('reconnect', reconnect)
+		if not self.state.transition('connected','disconnected'):
-		if not self.state['connected']:
 			logging.warning("Already disconnected.")
 			return
 		logging.debug("Disconnecting...")
@@ -301,10 +276,7 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 		time.sleep(5)
 		#send end of stream
 		#wait for end of stream back
-		self.run = False
-		self.scheduler.run = False
 		try:
-			self.state.set('connected',False)
 #			self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
 			self.socket.close()
 		except socket.error as (errno,strerror):
@@ -314,11 +286,15 @@ class XMLStream(object):
 		except socket.error as (errno,strerror):
 			logging.exception("Error closing filesocket.")
 
-	def reconnect(self):
+		if reconnect: self.connect()
-		self.state.set('tls',False)
+	
-		self.state.set('ssl',False)
+	def shutdown(self):
-		time.sleep(1)
+		'''
-		self.connect()
+		Disconnects and shuts down all event threads.
+		'''
+		self.disconnect()
+		self.run = False
+		self.scheduler.run = False
 
 	def incoming_filter(self, xmlobj):
 		return xmlobj

tests/test_statemachine.py

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import unittest
+import time, threading
+
+if __name__ == '__main__': 
+	import sys, os
+	sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
+	import sleekxmpp.xmlstream.statemachine as sm
+
+
+class testStateMachine(unittest.TestCase):
+
+	def setUp(self): pass
+	
+	
+	def testDefaults(self):
+		"Test ensure transitions occur correctly in a single thread"
+		s = sm.StateMachine(('one','two','three'))
+#		self.assertTrue(s.one)
+		self.assertTrue(s['one'])
+#		self.failIf(s.two)
+		self.failIf(s['two'])
+		try:
+			s.booga
+			self.fail('s.booga is an invalid state and should throw an exception!')
+		except: pass #expected exception
+
+	
+	def testTransitions(self):
+		"Test ensure transitions occur correctly in a single thread"
+		s = sm.StateMachine(('one','two','three'))
+#		self.assertTrue(s.one)
+
+		self.assertTrue( s.transition('one', 'two') )
+#		self.assertTrue( s.two )
+		self.assertTrue( s['two'] )
+#		self.failIf( s.one )
+		self.failIf( s['one'] )
+
+		self.assertTrue( s.transition('two', 'three') )
+		self.assertTrue( s['three'] )
+		self.failIf( s['two'] )
+
+		self.assertTrue( s.transition('three', 'one') )
+		self.assertTrue( s['one'] )
+		self.failIf( s['three'] )
+
+		# should return False immediately w/ no wait:
+		self.failIf( s.transition('three', 'one') )
+		self.assertTrue( s['one'] )
+		self.failIf( s['three'] )
+
+		# test fail condition w/ a short delay:
+		self.failIf( s.transition('two', 'three') )
+
+		# Ensure bad states are weeded out: 
+		try: 
+			s.transition('blah', 'three')
+			s.fail('Exception expected')
+		except: pass
+
+		try: 
+			s.transition('one', 'blahblah')
+			s.fail('Exception expected')
+		except: pass
+
+
+	def testTransitionsBlocking(self):
+		"Test that transitions block from more than one thread"
+
+		s = sm.StateMachine(('one','two','three'))
+		self.assertTrue(s['one'])
+
+		now = time.time()
+		self.failIf( s.transition('two', 'one', wait=5.0) )
+		self.assertTrue( time.time() > now + 4 )
+		self.assertTrue( time.time() < now + 7 )
+
+	def testThreadedTransitions(self):
+		"Test that transitions are atomic in > one thread"
+
+		s = sm.StateMachine(('one','two','three'))
+		self.assertTrue(s['one'])
+
+		thread_state = {'ready': False, 'transitioned': False}
+		def t1():
+			# this will block until the main thread transitions to 'two'
+			if s['two']:
+				print 'thread has already transitioned!'
+				self.fail()
+			thread_state['ready'] = True
+			print 'Thread is ready'
+			self.assertTrue( s.transition('two','three', wait=20) )
+			print 'transitioned to three!'
+			thread_state['transitioned'] = True
+
+		thread = threading.Thread(target=t1)
+		thread.daemon = True
+		thread.start()
+		start = time.time()
+		while not thread_state['ready']:
+			print 'not ready'
+			if time.time() > start+10: self.fail('Timeout waiting for thread to init!')
+			time.sleep(0.1)
+		time.sleep(0.2) # the thread should be blocking on the 'transition' call at this point.
+		self.failIf( thread_state['transitioned'] ) # ensure it didn't 'go' yet.
+		print 'transitioning to two!'
+		self.assertTrue( s.transition('one','two') )
+		time.sleep(0.2) # second thread should have transitioned now:
+		self.assertTrue( thread_state['transitioned'] )
+		
+
+
+
+suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(testStateMachine)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__': unittest.main()