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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012,2013 Big Switch Networks, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+# License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import datetime
+import json
+import utif
+import re
+
+#
+#
+#
+
+cached_urls = {}
+cached_urls_age = {}
+record_urls = None
+
+
+def clear_cached_urls():
+    """
+    Called when all the url's ought to be discarded.
+
+    This is currently done at every command start to reclaim any 
+    memory resources.
+
+    Also issued when any update or delete is issued against the
+    database, since that means one of our results may be different
+    
+    """
+    global cached_urls, cached_urls_age
+
+    cached_urls = {}
+    cached_urls_age = {}
+
+
+def reset_url(url):
+    """
+    Remove a url from the cache
+    """
+    if url in cached_urls:
+        del cached_urls[url]
+        del cached_urls_age[url]
+
+
+def get_cached_url(url):
+    """
+    Simple cache to manage multiple url requests issued within one command cycle
+    """
+    if url in cached_urls:
+        # age doesn't get updated when its touched
+        if url in cached_urls_age and \
+          cached_urls_age[url]  < datetime.datetime.now():
+            # too old
+            reset_url(url)
+            return None
+
+        return cached_urls[url]
+    return None
+
+
+def record(path):
+    global record_urls
+    if path == None:
+        if record_urls:
+            record_urls.close()
+        record_urls = None
+        return
+    # need to validate path
+    try:
+        record_urls = open(path, 'w')
+    except Exception, e:
+        print 'Error: can\'t open %s' % path
+
+
+def save_url(url, entries, age = None):
+    """
+    Save a url and the response in the cache, associate an age with the
+    entry, currently two seconds.
+    """
+    cached_urls[url] = entries
+    if record_urls:
+        if type(entries) == str:
+            record_urls.write('REST %s %s %s\n' %
+                (url, 'STR', entries))
+        else:
+            # assume its a complex type
+            record_urls.write('REST %s %s %s\n' %
+                (url, 'JSON', json.dumps(entries)))
+
+    # age out the url in two seconds
+    if age == None:
+        age = 2
+
+    cached_urls_age[url] = datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(0, age)
+
+
+def command_finished(words):
+    if record_urls:
+        record_urls.write('COMMAND "%s"\n' %
+                          ' '.join([utif.quote_string(x) for x in words]))