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"""


"""
A module containing a few utility classes/functions used by CherryPy
"""

import time, thread, cpg, _cpdefaults, cperror

try: import zlib
except ImportError: pass

class EmptyClass:
    """ An empty class """
    pass

def getSpecialFunction(name):
    """ Return the special function """

    # First, we look in the right-most object if this special function is implemented.
    # If not, then we try the previous object and so on until we reach cpg.root
    # If it's still not there, we use the implementation from the
    # "_cpdefaults.py" module
    

    moduleList = [_cpdefaults]
    root = getattr(cpg, 'root', None)
    if root:
        moduleList.append(root)
        # Try object path
        try:
            path = cpg.request.objectPath or cpg.request.path
        except:
            path = '/'
        if path:
            pathList = path.split('/')[1:]

            obj = cpg.root
            previousObj = None
            # Successively get objects from the path
            for newObj in pathList:
                previousObj = obj
                try:
                    obj = getattr(obj, newObj)
                    moduleList.append(obj)
                except AttributeError:
                    break

    moduleList.reverse()
    for module in moduleList:
        func = getattr(module, name, None)
        if func != None:
            return func

    raise cperror.InternalError, "Special function %s could not be found" % repr(name)