A VPollerWorker instance now can take advantage of using an expiring

cache for managed objects

src/vpoller/worker.py

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ def __init__(self, config_file, num_workers=0):
             'proxy': 'tcp://localhost:10123',
             'helpers': None,
             'tasks': None,
+            'cache_enabled': False,
+            'cache_ttl': 3600,
         }
 
     def start(self):
@@ -141,7 +143,9 @@ def load_config(self):
         self.config['proxy'] = parser.get('worker', 'proxy')
         self.config['helpers'] = parser.get('worker', 'helpers')
         self.config['tasks'] = parser.get('worker', 'tasks')
-
+        self.config['cache_ttl'] = parser.getint('cache', 'ttl')
+        self.config['cache_enabled'] = parser.getboolean('cache', 'enabled')
+
         if self.config['helpers']:
             self.config['helpers'] = self.config['helpers'].split(',')
 
@@ -173,7 +177,9 @@ def start_workers(self):
                 db=self.config.get('db'),
                 proxy=self.config.get('proxy'),
                 helpers=self.config.get('helpers'),
-                tasks=self.config.get('tasks')
+                tasks=self.config.get('tasks'),
+                cache_enabled=self.config.get('cache_enabled'),
+                cache_ttl=self.config.get('cache_ttl')
             )
             worker.daemon = True
             self.workers.append(worker)
@@ -301,16 +307,20 @@ class VPollerWorker(multiprocessing.Process):
         run() method
 
     """
-    def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers, tasks):
+    def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers, tasks, cache_enabled, cache_ttl):
         """
         Initialize a new VPollerWorker object
 
         Args:
-            db       (str): Path to the vConnector database file
-            proxy    (str): Endpoint to which vPoller Workers connect
-                            and receive new tasks for processing
-            helpers (list): A list of helper modules to be loaded
-            task    (list): A list of task modules to be loaded
+            db             (str): Path to the vConnector database file
+            proxy          (str): Endpoint to which vPoller Workers connect
+                                  and receive new tasks for processing
+            helpers       (list): A list of helper modules to be loaded
+            task          (list): A list of task modules to be loaded
+            cache_enabled (bool): If True use an expiring cache for the
+                                  managed objects
+            cache_ttl      (int): Time in seconds after which a cached
+                                  object is considered as expired
 
         """
         super(VPollerWorker, self).__init__()
@@ -319,6 +329,8 @@ def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers, tasks):
             'proxy': proxy,
             'helpers': helpers,
             'tasks': tasks,
+            'cache_ttl': cache_ttl,
+            'cache_enabled': cache_enabled,
         }
         self.task_modules = {}
         self.helper_modules = {}
@@ -565,7 +577,9 @@ def create_agents(self):
             a = VConnector(
                 user=agent['user'],
                 pwd=agent['pwd'],
-                host=agent['host']
+                host=agent['host'],
+                cache_enabled=self.config.get('cache_enabled'),
+                cache_ttl=self.config.get('cache_ttl')
             )
             self.agents[a.host] = a
             logger.info('Created vSphere Agent for %s', agent['host'])