kernel.clientconnector

Module: kernel.clientconnector

Inheritance diagram for IPython.kernel.clientconnector:

A class for handling client connections to the controller.

ClientConnector

class IPython.kernel.clientconnector.ClientConnector

Bases: object

This class gets remote references from furls and returns the wrapped clients.

This class is also used in client.py and asyncclient.py to create a single per client-process Tub.

__init__()

get_client()

Get a remote reference and wrap it in a client by furl.

This method first gets a remote reference and then calls its get_client_name method to find the apprpriate client class that should be used to wrap the remote reference.

Parameters :

furl_or_file : str

A furl or a filename containing a furl

Returns :

A deferred to the actual client class

get_multiengine_client()

Get the multiengine controller client.

This method is a simple wrapper around get_client that allow furl_or_file to be empty, in which case, the furls is taken from the default furl file given in the configuration.

Parameters :

furl_or_file : str

A furl or a filename containing a furl. If empty, the default furl_file will be used

Returns :

A deferred to the actual client class

get_reference()

Get a remote reference using a furl or a file containing a furl.

Remote references are cached locally so once a remote reference has been retrieved for a given furl, the cached version is returned.

Parameters :

furl_or_file : str

A furl or a filename containing a furl

Returns :

A deferred to a remote reference

get_task_client()

Get the task controller client.

This method is a simple wrapper around get_client that allow furl_or_file to be empty, in which case, the furls is taken from the default furl file given in the configuration.

Parameters :

furl_or_file : str

A furl or a filename containing a furl. If empty, the default furl_file will be used

Returns :

A deferred to the actual client class

save_ref()

Cache a remote reference by its furl.