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Generic socket server classes.
 
This module tries to capture the various aspects of defining a server:
 
For socket-based servers:
 
- address family:
        - AF_INET{,6}: IP (Internet Protocol) sockets (default)
        - AF_UNIX: Unix domain sockets
        - others, e.g. AF_DECNET are conceivable (see <socket.h>
- socket type:
        - SOCK_STREAM (reliable stream, e.g. TCP)
        - SOCK_DGRAM (datagrams, e.g. UDP)
 
For request-based servers (including socket-based):
 
- client address verification before further looking at the request
        (This is actually a hook for any processing that needs to look
         at the request before anything else, e.g. logging)
- how to handle multiple requests:
        - synchronous (one request is handled at a time)
        - forking (each request is handled by a new process)
        - threading (each request is handled by a new thread)
 
The classes in this module favor the server type that is simplest to
write: a synchronous TCP/IP server.  This is bad class design, but
save some typing.  (There's also the issue that a deep class hierarchy
slows down method lookups.)
 
There are five classes in an inheritance diagram, four of which represent
synchronous servers of four types:
 
        +------------+
        | BaseServer |
        +------------+
              |
              v
        +-----------+        +------------------+
        | TCPServer |------->| UnixStreamServer |
        +-----------+        +------------------+
              |
              v
        +-----------+        +--------------------+
        | UDPServer |------->| UnixDatagramServer |
        +-----------+        +--------------------+
 
Note that UnixDatagramServer derives from UDPServer, not from
UnixStreamServer -- the only difference between an IP and a Unix
stream server is the address family, which is simply repeated in both
unix server classes.
 
Forking and threading versions of each type of server can be created
using the ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn mix-in classes.  For
instance, a threading UDP server class is created as follows:
 
        class ThreadingUDPServer(ThreadingMixInUDPServer): pass
 
The Mix-in class must come first, since it overrides a method defined
in UDPServer! Setting the various member variables also changes
the behavior of the underlying server mechanism.
 
To implement a service, you must derive a class from
BaseRequestHandler and redefine its handle() method.  You can then run
various versions of the service by combining one of the server classes
with your request handler class.
 
The request handler class must be different for datagram or stream
services.  This can be hidden by using the request handler
subclasses StreamRequestHandler or DatagramRequestHandler.
 
Of course, you still have to use your head!
 
For instance, it makes no sense to use a forking server if the service
contains state in memory that can be modified by requests (since the
modifications in the child process would never reach the initial state
kept in the parent process and passed to each child).  In this case,
you can use a threading server, but you will probably have to use
locks to avoid two requests that come in nearly simultaneous to apply
conflicting changes to the server state.
 
On the other hand, if you are building e.g. an HTTP server, where all
data is stored externally (e.g. in the file system), a synchronous
class will essentially render the service "deaf" while one request is
being handled -- which may be for a very long time if a client is slow
to read all the data it has requested.  Here a threading or forking
server is appropriate.
 
In some cases, it may be appropriate to process part of a request
synchronously, but to finish processing in a forked child depending on
the request data.  This can be implemented by using a synchronous
server and doing an explicit fork in the request handler class
handle() method.
 
Another approach to handling multiple simultaneous requests in an
environment that supports neither threads nor fork (or where these are
too expensive or inappropriate for the service) is to maintain an
explicit table of partially finished requests and to use select() to
decide which request to work on next (or whether to handle a new
incoming request).  This is particularly important for stream services
where each client can potentially be connected for a long time (if
threads or subprocesses cannot be used).
 
Future work:
- Standard classes for Sun RPC (which uses either UDP or TCP)
- Standard mix-in classes to implement various authentication
  and encryption schemes
- Standard framework for select-based multiplexing
 
XXX Open problems:
- What to do with out-of-band data?
 
BaseServer:
- split generic "request" functionality out into BaseServer class.
  Copyright (C) 2000  Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@samba.org>
 
  example: read entries from a SQL database (requires overriding
  get_request() to return a table entry from the database).
  entry is processed by a RequestHandlerClass.

 
Modules
       
errno
os
select
socket
sys
threading

 
Classes
       
BaseRequestHandler
DatagramRequestHandler
StreamRequestHandler
BaseServer
TCPServer
UDPServer
UnixDatagramServer
UnixStreamServer
ForkingMixIn
ForkingTCPServer(ForkingMixIn, TCPServer)
ForkingUDPServer(ForkingMixIn, UDPServer)
ThreadingMixIn
ThreadingTCPServer(ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer)
ThreadingUDPServer(ThreadingMixIn, UDPServer)
ThreadingUnixDatagramServer(ThreadingMixIn, UnixDatagramServer)
ThreadingUnixStreamServer(ThreadingMixIn, UnixStreamServer)

 
class BaseRequestHandler
    Base class for request handler classes.
 
This class is instantiated for each request to be handled.  The
constructor sets the instance variables request, client_address
and server, and then calls the handle() method.  To implement a
specific service, all you need to do is to derive a class which
defines a handle() method.
 
The handle() method can find the request as self.request, the
client address as self.client_address, and the server (in case it
needs access to per-server information) as self.server.  Since a
separate instance is created for each request, the handle() method
can define arbitrary other instance variariables.
 
  Methods defined here:
__init__(self, request, client_address, server)
finish(self)
handle(self)
setup(self)

 
class DatagramRequestHandler(BaseRequestHandler)
    Define self.rfile and self.wfile for datagram sockets.
 
  Methods defined here:
finish(self)
setup(self)

Methods inherited from BaseRequestHandler:
__init__(self, request, client_address, server)
handle(self)

 
class ForkingMixIn
    Mix-in class to handle each request in a new process.
 
  Methods defined here:
collect_children(self)
Internal routine to wait for children that have exited.
handle_timeout(self)
Wait for zombies after self.timeout seconds of inactivity.
 
May be extended, do not override.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Fork a new subprocess to process the request.

Data and other attributes defined here:
active_children = None
max_children = 40
timeout = 300

 
class ForkingTCPServer(ForkingMixIn, TCPServer)
    
Method resolution order:
ForkingTCPServer
ForkingMixIn
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods inherited from ForkingMixIn:
collect_children(self)
Internal routine to wait for children that have exited.
handle_timeout(self)
Wait for zombies after self.timeout seconds of inactivity.
 
May be extended, do not override.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Fork a new subprocess to process the request.

Data and other attributes inherited from ForkingMixIn:
active_children = None
max_children = 40
timeout = 300

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
close_request(self, request)
Called to clean up an individual request.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
get_request(self)
Get the request and client address from the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_activate(self)
Called by constructor to activate the server.
 
May be overridden.
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.
shutdown_request(self, request)
Called to shutdown and close an individual request.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
address_family = 2
allow_reuse_address = False
request_queue_size = 5
socket_type = 1

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

 
class ForkingUDPServer(ForkingMixIn, UDPServer)
    
Method resolution order:
ForkingUDPServer
ForkingMixIn
UDPServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods inherited from ForkingMixIn:
collect_children(self)
Internal routine to wait for children that have exited.
handle_timeout(self)
Wait for zombies after self.timeout seconds of inactivity.
 
May be extended, do not override.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Fork a new subprocess to process the request.

Data and other attributes inherited from ForkingMixIn:
active_children = None
max_children = 40
timeout = 300

Methods inherited from UDPServer:
close_request(self, request)
get_request(self)
server_activate(self)
shutdown_request(self, request)

Data and other attributes inherited from UDPServer:
allow_reuse_address = False
max_packet_size = 8192
socket_type = 2

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
address_family = 2
request_queue_size = 5

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

 
class StreamRequestHandler(BaseRequestHandler)
    Define self.rfile and self.wfile for stream sockets.
 
  Methods defined here:
finish(self)
setup(self)

Data and other attributes defined here:
disable_nagle_algorithm = False
rbufsize = -1
timeout = None
wbufsize = 0

Methods inherited from BaseRequestHandler:
__init__(self, request, client_address, server)
handle(self)

 
class TCPServer(BaseServer)
    Base class for various socket-based server classes.
 
Defaults to synchronous IP stream (i.e., TCP).
 
Methods for the caller:
 
__init__(server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
shutdown()
handle_request()  # if you don't use serve_forever()
fileno() -> int   # for select()
 
Methods that may be overridden:
 
server_bind()
server_activate()
get_request() -> request, client_address
handle_timeout()
verify_request(request, client_address)
process_request(request, client_address)
shutdown_request(request)
close_request(request)
handle_error()
 
Methods for derived classes:
 
finish_request(request, client_address)
 
Class variables that may be overridden by derived classes or
instances:
 
- timeout
- address_family
- socket_type
- request_queue_size (only for stream sockets)
- allow_reuse_address
 
Instance variables:
 
- server_address
- RequestHandlerClass
- socket
 
  Methods defined here:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
close_request(self, request)
Called to clean up an individual request.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
get_request(self)
Get the request and client address from the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_activate(self)
Called by constructor to activate the server.
 
May be overridden.
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.
shutdown_request(self, request)
Called to shutdown and close an individual request.

Data and other attributes defined here:
address_family = 2
allow_reuse_address = False
request_queue_size = 5
socket_type = 1

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Call finish_request.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class ThreadingMixIn
    Mix-in class to handle each request in a new thread.
 
  Methods defined here:
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Start a new thread to process the request.
process_request_thread(self, request, client_address)
Same as in BaseServer but as a thread.
 
In addition, exception handling is done here.

Data and other attributes defined here:
daemon_threads = False

 
class ThreadingTCPServer(ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer)
    
Method resolution order:
ThreadingTCPServer
ThreadingMixIn
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Start a new thread to process the request.
process_request_thread(self, request, client_address)
Same as in BaseServer but as a thread.
 
In addition, exception handling is done here.

Data and other attributes inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
daemon_threads = False

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
close_request(self, request)
Called to clean up an individual request.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
get_request(self)
Get the request and client address from the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_activate(self)
Called by constructor to activate the server.
 
May be overridden.
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.
shutdown_request(self, request)
Called to shutdown and close an individual request.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
address_family = 2
allow_reuse_address = False
request_queue_size = 5
socket_type = 1

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class ThreadingUDPServer(ThreadingMixIn, UDPServer)
    
Method resolution order:
ThreadingUDPServer
ThreadingMixIn
UDPServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Start a new thread to process the request.
process_request_thread(self, request, client_address)
Same as in BaseServer but as a thread.
 
In addition, exception handling is done here.

Data and other attributes inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
daemon_threads = False

Methods inherited from UDPServer:
close_request(self, request)
get_request(self)
server_activate(self)
shutdown_request(self, request)

Data and other attributes inherited from UDPServer:
allow_reuse_address = False
max_packet_size = 8192
socket_type = 2

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
address_family = 2
request_queue_size = 5

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class ThreadingUnixDatagramServer(ThreadingMixIn, UnixDatagramServer)
    
Method resolution order:
ThreadingUnixDatagramServer
ThreadingMixIn
UnixDatagramServer
UDPServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Start a new thread to process the request.
process_request_thread(self, request, client_address)
Same as in BaseServer but as a thread.
 
In addition, exception handling is done here.

Data and other attributes inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
daemon_threads = False

Data and other attributes inherited from UnixDatagramServer:
address_family = 1

Methods inherited from UDPServer:
close_request(self, request)
get_request(self)
server_activate(self)
shutdown_request(self, request)

Data and other attributes inherited from UDPServer:
allow_reuse_address = False
max_packet_size = 8192
socket_type = 2

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
request_queue_size = 5

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class ThreadingUnixStreamServer(ThreadingMixIn, UnixStreamServer)
    
Method resolution order:
ThreadingUnixStreamServer
ThreadingMixIn
UnixStreamServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Start a new thread to process the request.
process_request_thread(self, request, client_address)
Same as in BaseServer but as a thread.
 
In addition, exception handling is done here.

Data and other attributes inherited from ThreadingMixIn:
daemon_threads = False

Data and other attributes inherited from UnixStreamServer:
address_family = 1

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
close_request(self, request)
Called to clean up an individual request.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
get_request(self)
Get the request and client address from the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_activate(self)
Called by constructor to activate the server.
 
May be overridden.
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.
shutdown_request(self, request)
Called to shutdown and close an individual request.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
allow_reuse_address = False
request_queue_size = 5
socket_type = 1

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class UDPServer(TCPServer)
    UDP server class.
 
 
Method resolution order:
UDPServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Methods defined here:
close_request(self, request)
get_request(self)
server_activate(self)
shutdown_request(self, request)

Data and other attributes defined here:
allow_reuse_address = False
max_packet_size = 8192
socket_type = 2

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
address_family = 2
request_queue_size = 5

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Call finish_request.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class UnixDatagramServer(UDPServer)
    
Method resolution order:
UnixDatagramServer
UDPServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Data and other attributes defined here:
address_family = 1

Methods inherited from UDPServer:
close_request(self, request)
get_request(self)
server_activate(self)
shutdown_request(self, request)

Data and other attributes inherited from UDPServer:
allow_reuse_address = False
max_packet_size = 8192
socket_type = 2

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
request_queue_size = 5

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Call finish_request.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
class UnixStreamServer(TCPServer)
    
Method resolution order:
UnixStreamServer
TCPServer
BaseServer

Data and other attributes defined here:
address_family = 1

Methods inherited from TCPServer:
__init__(self, server_address, RequestHandlerClass, bind_and_activate=True)
Constructor.  May be extended, do not override.
close_request(self, request)
Called to clean up an individual request.
fileno(self)
Return socket file number.
 
Interface required by select().
get_request(self)
Get the request and client address from the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_activate(self)
Called by constructor to activate the server.
 
May be overridden.
server_bind(self)
Called by constructor to bind the socket.
 
May be overridden.
server_close(self)
Called to clean-up the server.
 
May be overridden.
shutdown_request(self, request)
Called to shutdown and close an individual request.

Data and other attributes inherited from TCPServer:
allow_reuse_address = False
request_queue_size = 5
socket_type = 1

Methods inherited from BaseServer:
finish_request(self, request, client_address)
Finish one request by instantiating RequestHandlerClass.
handle_error(self, request, client_address)
Handle an error gracefully.  May be overridden.
 
The default is to print a traceback and continue.
handle_request(self)
Handle one request, possibly blocking.
 
Respects self.timeout.
handle_timeout(self)
Called if no new request arrives within self.timeout.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn.
process_request(self, request, client_address)
Call finish_request.
 
Overridden by ForkingMixIn and ThreadingMixIn.
serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5)
Handle one request at a time until shutdown.
 
Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignores
self.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in
another thread.
shutdown(self)
Stops the serve_forever loop.
 
Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called while
serve_forever() is running in another thread, or it will
deadlock.
verify_request(self, request, client_address)
Verify the request.  May be overridden.
 
Return True if we should proceed with this request.

Data and other attributes inherited from BaseServer:
timeout = None

 
Data
        __all__ = ['TCPServer', 'UDPServer', 'ForkingUDPServer', 'ForkingTCPServer', 'ThreadingUDPServer', 'ThreadingTCPServer', 'BaseRequestHandler', 'StreamRequestHandler', 'DatagramRequestHandler', 'ThreadingMixIn', 'ForkingMixIn', 'UnixStreamServer', 'UnixDatagramServer', 'ThreadingUnixStreamServer', 'ThreadingUnixDatagramServer']
__version__ = '0.4'