From e5c3058a64ae6e27d2bd323a18f02c26df1cdfdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: schneefux <schneefux+commit@schneefux.xyz>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 18:34:54 -0700
Subject: dynamic module loading with priorities

---
 .gitignore                |  1 +
 client/brain.py           | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 client/modules/HN.py      |  2 ++
 client/modules/News.py    |  2 ++
 client/modules/Unclear.py |  3 +++
 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b40c969..08cf7c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+env/
 client/env
 client/venv
 *.pyc
diff --git a/client/brain.py b/client/brain.py
index b5e0c1d..2e7607a 100644
--- a/client/brain.py
+++ b/client/brain.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-from modules import *
+from os import listdir
 
 
 def logError():
@@ -25,11 +25,44 @@ class Brain(object):
         mic -- used to interact with the user (for both input and output)
         profile -- contains information related to the user (e.g., phone number)
         """
+
+        def get_modules():
+            """
+            Dynamically loads all the modules in the modules folder and sorts
+            them by the PRIORITY key. If no PRIORITY is defined for a given
+            module, a priority of 0 is assumed.
+            """
+
+            folder = 'modules'
+
+            def get_module_names():
+                module_names = [m.replace('.py', '')
+                                for m in listdir(folder) if m.endswith('.py')]
+                module_names.remove('__init__')
+                module_names.remove('app_utils')
+                module_names = map(lambda s: folder + '.' + s, module_names)
+                return module_names
+
+            def import_module(name):
+                mod = __import__(name)
+                components = name.split('.')
+                for comp in components[1:]:
+                    mod = getattr(mod, comp)
+                return mod
+
+            def get_module_priority(m):
+                try:
+                    return m.PRIORITY
+                except:
+                    return 0
+
+            modules = map(import_module, get_module_names())
+            modules.sort(key=get_module_priority, reverse=True)
+            return modules
+
         self.mic = mic
         self.profile = profile
-        self.modules = [
-            Gmail, Notifications, Birthday, Weather, HN, News, Time, Joke, Life]
-        self.modules.append(Unclear)
+        self.modules = get_modules()
 
     def query(self, text):
         """
diff --git a/client/modules/HN.py b/client/modules/HN.py
index 692abea..493fa1d 100644
--- a/client/modules/HN.py
+++ b/client/modules/HN.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from semantic.numbers import NumberService
 
 WORDS = ["HACKER", "NEWS", "YES", "NO", "FIRST", "SECOND", "THIRD"]
 
+PRIORITY = 4
+
 URL = 'http://news.ycombinator.com'
 
 
diff --git a/client/modules/News.py b/client/modules/News.py
index 0cedd3a..59495a3 100644
--- a/client/modules/News.py
+++ b/client/modules/News.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from semantic.numbers import NumberService
 
 WORDS = ["NEWS", "YES", "NO", "FIRST", "SECOND", "THIRD"]
 
+PRIORITY = 3
+
 URL = 'http://news.ycombinator.com'
 
 
diff --git a/client/modules/Unclear.py b/client/modules/Unclear.py
index 39f56d0..23ab2ed 100644
--- a/client/modules/Unclear.py
+++ b/client/modules/Unclear.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+from sys import maxint
 import random
 
 WORDS = []
 
+PRIORITY = -(maxint + 1)
+
 
 def handle(text, mic, profile):
     """
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