#!/usr/bin/env python
import os, time, cPickle

__author__ = "Peter Maxwell"
__copyright__ = "Copyright 2007-2009, The Cogent Project"
__credits__ = ["Peter Maxwell"]
__license__ = "GPL"
__version__ = "1.3.1"
__maintainer__ = "Peter Maxwell"
__email__ = "pm67nz@gmail.com"
__status__ = "Production"

class Checkpointer(object):
    def __init__(self, filename, interval=600, noisy=True):
        self.filename = filename
        self.interval = interval
        self.last_time = time.time()
        self.noisy = noisy
    
    def available(self):
        return self.filename is not None and os.path.exists(self.filename)
    
    def load(self):
        assert self.filename is not None, 'check .available() first'
        print "RESUMING from file '%s'" % self.filename
        f = open(self.filename)
        obj = cPickle.load(f)
        self.last_time = time.time()
        return obj
    
    def record(self, obj, msg=None, always=False):
        if self.filename is None:
            return
        now = time.time()
        elapsed = now - self.last_time
        if always or elapsed > self.interval:
            if self.noisy:
                print "CHECKPOINTING to file '%s'" % self.filename
                if msg is not None:
                    print msg
            f = open(self.filename, 'w')
            cPickle.dump(obj, f)
            self.last_time = now
    
