locker.py

from threading import BoundedSemaphore
from types import GeneratorType
from collections.abc import MappingView, Sequence
from functools import partial


_ALLOWED_SEQUENCE_TYPES = (
    Sequence,
    MappingView,
    GeneratorType
)


class Locker:
    def __init__(self, obj, blocking=True, read='read', write='write'):
        self.obj = obj
        self.blocking = blocking
        self._write_sema = BoundedSemaphore(value=1)
        self._writeable = True
        #handle lists of attribes to read and write protect
        if not isinstance(read, str):
            self._validate_containery_types(read)
            read_dict = {
                sub_read: partial(self._read, getattr(obj, sub_read))
                for sub_read in read
            }
        else:
            read_dict = read_dict = {read: partial(self._read, getattr(obj, read))}
        if not isinstance(write, str):
            self._validate_containery_types(write)
            write_dict = {
                sub_write: partial(self._write, getattr(obj, sub_write))
                for sub_write in write
            }
        else:
            write_dict = {write: partial(self._write, getattr(obj, write))}
        self.__dict__.update(read_dict)
        self.__dict__.update(write_dict)
    def __getattr__(self, attr):
        try:
            return self.__dict__[attr]
        except KeyError:
            raise AttributeError("Locker wrapped '{}' object has no"
                " attribute '{}'".format(type(self.obj), attr)
            )
    def __repr__(self):
        return "Locker {} ({} {})".format(
            hex(id(self)),
            type(self.obj),
            hex(id(self.obj)))
    def _write(self, wrapped_method, *args, **kwargs):
        if self._write_sema._value < 1:
            if not self.blocking:
                raise RuntimeError(
                    "Cannot write to non-blocking protected {} when it"
                    "is in use.".format(type(self.obj))
                )
        with self._write_sema:
            return wrapped_method(*args, **kwargs)
    def _read(self, wrapped_method, *args, **kwargs):
        if self._write_sema._value < 1:
            raise RuntimeError(
                "Cannot read to non-blocking protected {} when it"
                "is in write.".format(type(self.obj))
            )
        return wrapped_method(*args, **kwargs)
    @staticmethod
    def _validate_containery_types(x):
        """
        Validates that the thing passed is some sort of sane
        container of data. Why is there no collections.abc of
        "thing you can put things in that isn't a str"!?
        """
        if not isinstance(x, _ALLOWED_SEQUENCE_TYPES):
            raise TypeError("Cannot pass {} as container of method names.".format(type(x)))


pstr = Locker(StringIO(), read=['getvalue', 'read'])

pstr.write('lol')
pstr.read()
pstr.getvalue()