from __future__ import absolute_import
[docs]class Partitioner(object):
"""
Base class for a partitioner
"""
def __init__(self, partitions):
"""
Initialize the partitioner
Arguments:
partitions: A list of available partitions (during startup)
"""
self.partitions = partitions
[docs] def partition(self, key, partitions=None):
"""
Takes a string key and num_partitions as argument and returns
a partition to be used for the message
Arguments:
key: the key to use for partitioning
partitions: (optional) a list of partitions.
"""
raise NotImplementedError('partition function has to be implemented')