def start():
""" Starts baboon client !
"""
# Ensure the validity of the configuration file.
check_config(add_mandatory_server_fields=['streamer', 'max_stanza_size'])
metadirs = []
monitor = None
transport = None
try:
transport = _start_transport()
monitor = _start_monitor()
metadirs = _start_metadirs(monitor.handler.exclude)
# Wait until the transport is disconnected before exiting Baboon.
_wait_disconnect(transport)
except BaboonException as err:
logger.error(err)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
finally:
_start_close(monitor, transport, metadirs)
logger.info("Bye !")
def _start_close(monitor, transport, metadirs):
""" Clears the monitor, transport and list of metadir before finishing the
start command.
"""
logger.info("Closing baboon...")
# Close each metadir shelve index.
for metadir in metadirs:
metadir.index.close()
# Close the transport and the monitor. If one of them is not
# started, the close() method has no effect.
if monitor:
monitor.close()
if transport:
transport.close()
transport.disconnected.wait(10)
