added general getsig routine to get the correct signals from anywhere in the code.

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/saas/airtimeinstance.py

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ from media.monitor.pure import LazyProperty
 from media.monitor.config import MMConfig
 from api_clients.api_client import AirtimeApiClient
 
+# poor man's phantom types...
+class SignalString(str): pass
+
 class AirtimeInstance(object):
     """ AirtimeInstance is a class that abstracts away every airtime
     instance by providing all the necessary objects required to interact
@@ -29,6 +32,10 @@ class AirtimeInstance(object):
         self.config_paths = config_paths
         self.root_path    = root_path
 
+    def signal(self, sig):
+        if isinstance(sig, SignalString): return sig
+        else: return SignalString("%s_%s" % (self.name, sig))
+
     def __str__(self):
         return "%s,%s(%s)" % (self.name, self.root_path, self.config_paths)
 

python_apps/media-monitor2/media/saas/thread.py

@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ def user():
     except AttributeError: raise UserlessThread()
 
 def apc(): return user().api_client
+
+def getsig(s): return user().signal(s)