def updateTaskStatus(task):
"""Method used to transit a task from a state to another state
depending on the context. Whenever the deadline has passed.
To be called by the automated system running on Appengine tasks or
whenever the public page for the task is loaded in case the Appengine task
framework is running late.
Args:
task: The GCITask entity
Returns:
Boolean indicating whether the task has been updated.
"""
from soc.modules.gci.tasks import task_update
if not task.deadline or datetime.datetime.now() < task.deadline:
# do nothing if there is no deadline or it hasn't passed yet
return False
# the transition depends on the current state of the task
transit_func = STATE_TRANSITIONS[task.status]
if not transit_func:
logging.warning('Invalid state to transfer from %s' %task.status)
return False
# update the task and create a comment
task, comment = transit_func(task)
_storeTaskAndComment(task, comment)
if task.deadline:
# only if there is a deadline set we should schedule another task
task_update.spawnUpdateTask(task)
return True
def updateTaskStatus(self, entity):
"""Method used to transit a task from a state to another state
depending on the context. Whenever the deadline has passed.
Args:
entity: The GCITask entity
Returns:
Task entity and a Comment entity if the occurring transit created one.
"""
from soc.modules.gci.tasks import task_update
if entity.deadline and datetime.datetime.now() >= entity.deadline:
# calls a specific method to make a transition depending on the
# task's current state
transit_func = getattr(self, STATE_TRANSITIONS[entity.status])
update_dict = transit_func(entity)
comment_properties = {
'parent': entity,
'scope_path': entity.key().id_or_name(),
'created_by': None,
'content': update_dict['content'],
'changes': update_dict['changes'],
}
entity, comment_entity, _ = self.updateEntityPropertiesWithCWS(
entity, update_dict['properties'], comment_properties)
if entity.deadline:
# only if there is a deadline set we should schedule another task
task_update.spawnUpdateTask(entity)
else:
comment_entity = None
return entity, comment_entity
def assignTaskTxn(): task.put() comment_txn() task_update.spawnUpdateTask(task, transactional=True)