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      1 # Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
      2 # Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
      3 # http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
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     30 
     31 """
     32 This module is the central entity that determines which implementation of the
     33 API is used.
     34 """
     35 
     36 __author__ = 'petar (at] google.com (Petar Petrov)'
     37 
     38 import os
     39 # This environment variable can be used to switch to a certain implementation
     40 # of the Python API. Right now only 'python' and 'cpp' are valid values. Any
     41 # other value will be ignored.
     42 _implementation_type = os.getenv('PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION',
     43                                  'python')
     44 
     45 
     46 if _implementation_type != 'python':
     47   # For now, by default use the pure-Python implementation.
     48   # The code below checks if the C extension is available and
     49   # uses it if it is available.
     50   _implementation_type = 'cpp'
     51   ## Determine automatically which implementation to use.
     52   #try:
     53   #  from google.protobuf.internal import cpp_message
     54   #  _implementation_type = 'cpp'
     55   #except ImportError, e:
     56   #  _implementation_type = 'python'
     57 
     58 
     59 # This environment variable can be used to switch between the two
     60 # 'cpp' implementations. Right now only 1 and 2 are valid values. Any
     61 # other value will be ignored.
     62 _implementation_version_str = os.getenv(
     63     'PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION',
     64     '1')
     65 
     66 
     67 if _implementation_version_str not in ('1', '2'):
     68   raise ValueError(
     69       "unsupported PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION_VERSION: '" +
     70       _implementation_version_str + "' (supported versions: 1, 2)"
     71       )
     72 
     73 
     74 _implementation_version = int(_implementation_version_str)
     75 
     76 
     77 
     78 # Usage of this function is discouraged. Clients shouldn't care which
     79 # implementation of the API is in use. Note that there is no guarantee
     80 # that differences between APIs will be maintained.
     81 # Please don't use this function if possible.
     82 def Type():
     83   return _implementation_type
     84 
     85 # See comment on 'Type' above.
     86 def Version():
     87   return _implementation_version
     88