pyre.shells.Application

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class pyre.shells.Application.Application(name=None, **kwds)

Bases: pyre.component

Abstract base class for top-level application components

{Application} streamlines the interaction with the pyre framework. It is responsible for staging an application process, i.e. establishing the process namespace and virtual filesystem, configuring the help system, and supplying the main behavior.

USER = user

SYSTEM = system

DEFAULTS = defaults

pyre_namespace

shell

doc = my hosting strategy

DEBUG

doc = debugging mode

pyre_home

pyre_prefix

pyre_defaults

pfs

layout

pyre_renderer

info

warning

error

debug

firewall

main(self, *args, **kwds)

The main entry point of an application component

launched(self, *args, **kwds)

Notification issued by some shells that application launching is complete

help(self, **kwds)

Hook for the application help system

run(self, *args, **kwds)

Ask my shell to launch me

pyre_loadLayout(self)

Create my application layout object, typically a subclass of {pyre.shells.Layout}

pyre_explore(self)

Look around my runtime environment and the filesystem for my special folders

pyre_mountPrivateFilespace(self)

Build the private filesystem

pyre_mountApplicationFolders(self, pfs, prefix)

Explore the application installation folders and construct my private filespace

pyre_mountPrivateFolder(self, pfs, prefix, folder)

Look in {prefix} for {folder}, create it if necessary, and mount it within {pfs}, my private filespace

pyre_resolveDependencies(self)

Go through my list of required package categories and resolve them

The result is a map from package categories to package instances that satisfy each requirement. This map includes dependencies induced while trying to satisfy my requirements

pyre_shutdown(self, **kwds)

Release all resources and prepare to exit

pyre_interrupted(self, **kwds)

The user issued a keyboard interrupt

pyre_interactiveSessionContext(self, context)

Prepare the interactive context by granting access to application parts

pyre_interactiveBanner(self)

Print an identifying message for the interactive session

pyre_help(self, indent=' ' * 4, **kwds)

Hook for the application help system

pyre_banner(self)

Print an identifying message for the help system

pyre_respond(self, server, request)

Fulfill a request from an HTTP {server}