Kamaelia.Util.Filter

• component Filter

• Simple framework for filtering data
  • Example Usage
  • How does it work?

Simple framework for filtering data

A framework for filtering a stream of data. Write an object providing a filter(...) method and plug it into a Filter component.

Example Usage

Filters any non-strings from a stream of data:

class StringFilter(object):
    def filter(self, input):
        if type(input) == type(""):
            return input
        else:
            return None            # indicates nothing to be output

myfilter = Filter(filter = StringFilter).activate()

How does it work?

Initialize a Filter component, providing an object with a filter(...) method.

The method should take a single argument - the data to be filtered. It should return the result of the filtering/processing. If that result is None then the component outputs nothing, otherwise it outputs whatever the value is that was returned.

Data received on the component's "inbox" inbox is passed to the filter(...) method of the object you provided. The result is output on the "outbox" outbox.

If a producerFinished message is received on the "control" inbox then it is sent on out of the "signal" outbox. The component will then terminate.

However, before terminating it will repeatedly call your object's filter(...) method, passing it an empty string ("") until the result returned is None. If not None, then whatever value the filter(...) method returned is output. This is to give your object a chance to flush any data it may have been buffering.

Irrespective of whether your filtering object buffers any data from one call to the next, you must ensure that (eventually) calling it with an empty string ("") will result in None being returned.

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Kamaelia.Util.Filter.Filter

class Filter(Axon.Component.component)

Filter([filter]) -> new Filter component.

Component that can modify and filter data passing through it. Plug your own 'filter' into it.

Keyword arguments:

• filter -- an object implementing a filter(data) method (default=NullFilter instance)

Inboxes

• control : Shutdown signalling
• inbox : Data to be filtered

Outboxes

• outbox : Filtered data
• signal : Shutdown signalling

Methods defined here

__init__(self[, filter])

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

closeDownComponent(self)

Flush any data remaining in the filter before shutting down.

mainBody(self)

Main loop body.