from multiprocessing import Queue import os class QueueFile(object): """ Class which implements a file-like interface and reads from a blocking multiprocessing queue. """ def __init__(self, queue, name=None): self._queue = queue self._closed = False self._done = False self._buffer = '' self._total_size = 0 self._name = name self.raised_exception = False self._exception_handlers = [] def add_exception_handler(self, handler): self._exception_handlers.append(handler) def read(self, size=8192): if self._closed or self._done: return None while len(self._buffer) < size: result = self._queue.get(block=True) if result is None: self._done = True break if isinstance(result, Exception): self._closed = True self.raised_exception = True for handler in self._exception_handlers: handler(result) return self._buffer += result self._total_size += len(result) buf = self._buffer[0:size] self._buffer = self._buffer[size:] return buf def flush(self): pass def close(self): self._closed = True