Add a small utility to send pymin commands.

[software/pymin.git] / pymin / dispatcher.py

diff --git a/pymin/dispatcher.py b/pymin/dispatcher.py
index 7e918bd113bf6c1b37ad3c911d949dfc1307be21..24f0d1f14e6a52b6f97fd49664d767b07382a99a 100644 (file)
--- a/pymin/dispatcher.py
+++ b/pymin/dispatcher.py
@@ -202,10 +202,13 @@ class Handler:
             d = dict()
             for a in dir(self):
                 h = getattr(self, a)
+                if a == 'parent': continue # Skip parents in SubHandlers
                 if is_handler(h) or isinstance(h, Handler):
                     d[a] = h.handler_help
             return d
         # A command was specified
+        if command == 'parent': # Skip parents in SubHandlers
+            raise HelpNotFoundError(command)
         if not hasattr(self, command.encode('utf-8')):
             raise HelpNotFoundError(command)
         handler = getattr(self, command.encode('utf-8'))
@@ -213,6 +216,17 @@ class Handler:
             raise HelpNotFoundError(command)
         return handler.handler_help
 
+    def handle_timer(self):
+        r"""handle_timer() -> None :: Do periodic tasks.
+
+        By default we do nothing but calling handle_timer() on subhandlers.
+        """
+        for a in dir(self):
+            if a == 'parent': continue # Skip parents in SubHandlers
+            h = getattr(self, a)
+            if isinstance(h, Handler):
+                h.handle_timer()
+
 def parse_command(command):
     r"""parse_command(command) -> (args, kwargs) :: Parse a command.
 
@@ -442,6 +456,8 @@ class Dispatcher:
                     raise CommandIsAHandlerError(command)
                 raise CommandNotFoundError(command)
             command.append(route[0])
+            if route[0] == 'parent':
+                raise CommandNotFoundError(command)
             if not hasattr(handler, route[0].encode('utf-8')):
                 if isinstance(handler, Handler) and len(command) > 1:
                     raise CommandNotInHandlerError(command)