"""http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1514120/python-implementation-of-the-object-pool-design-pattern"""

class QueueObject():

def __init__(self, queue, auto_get=False):

self._queue = queue

self.object = self._queue.get() if auto_get else None

def __enter__(self):

if self.object is None:

self.object = self._queue.get()

return self.object

def __exit__(self, Type, value, traceback):

if self.object is not None:

self._queue.put(self.object)

self.object = None

def __del__(self):

if self.object is not None:

self._queue.put(self.object)

self.object = None

def main():

try:

import queue

except ImportError: # python 2.x compatibility

import Queue as queue

def test_object(queue):

queue_object = QueueObject(queue, True)

print('Inside func: {}'.format(queue_object.object))

sample_queue = queue.Queue()

sample_queue.put('yam')

with QueueObject(sample_queue) as obj:

print('Inside with: {}'.format(obj))

print('Outside with: {}'.format(sample_queue.get()))

sample_queue.put('sam')

test_object(sample_queue)

print('Outside func: {}'.format(sample_queue.get()))

if not sample_queue.empty():

print(sample_queue.get())

if __name__ == '__main__':

main()