ravel.env.Environment Class Reference

The executing environment for the Ravel CLI. More...

Inherits object.

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	start
	Start the environment, initialize the database and network provider.
def	stop
	Stop the environment, including the database and network provider.
def	mkterm
	Create a new xterm process for the specified command. More...
def	unload_app
	Unload an application from the environment. More...
def	load_app
	Load an application in the environment. More...
def	discover
	Search for new applications in the list of directories specified in the constructor.
def	pprint
	Pretty print the list of startup parameters.

Detailed Description

The executing environment for the Ravel CLI.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def ravel.env.Environment.__init__	(		self,
			db,
			provider,
			appdirs,
			params
	)

Parameters

db	a ravel.db.RavelDb instance
provider	a ravel.network.NetworkProvider instance
appdirs	a list of directories to search for applications
params	dictionary of startup parameters, such as db name, user

Member Function Documentation

def ravel.env.Environment.load_app	(		self,
			appname
	)

Load an application in the environment.

Parameters

appname

the application to unload

def ravel.env.Environment.mkterm	(		self,
			cmds,
			cmdfile = None
	)

Create a new xterm process for the specified command.

Parameters

cmds	string containing the command(s) to pass to xterm
cmdfile	if the command requires a temporary file, a path to the file, which should be deleted when the environment stops

def ravel.env.Environment.unload_app	(		self,
			appname
	)

Unload an application from the environment.

Parameters

appname

the application to load

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• ravel/env.py