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- '''
- Registry that hides some of the details of registering for AT-SPI events and
- starting and stopping the main program loop.
-
- @todo: PP: when to destroy device listener?
-
- @author: Peter Parente
- @organization: IBM Corporation
- @copyright: Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 IBM Corporation
- @license: LGPL
-
- This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with this library; if not, write to the
- Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- Portions of this code originally licensed and copyright (c) 2005, 2007
- IBM Corporation under the BSD license, available at
- U{http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php}
- '''
- import signal
- import time
- import weakref
- import Queue
- import traceback
- import ORBit
- import bonobo
- import gobject
- import Accessibility
- import Accessibility__POA
- import utils
- import constants
- import event
-
- class _Observer(object):
- '''
- Parent class for all event observers. Dispatches all received events to the
- L{Registry} that created this L{_Observer}. Provides basic reference counting
- functionality needed by L{Registry} to determine when an L{_Observer} can be
- released for garbage collection.
-
- The reference counting provided by this class is independent of the reference
- counting used by CORBA. Keeping the counts separate makes it easier for the
- L{Registry} to detect when an L{_Observer} can be freed in the
- L{Registry._unregisterObserver} method.
-
- @ivar registry: Reference to the L{Registry} that created this L{_Observer}
- @type registry: weakref.proxy to L{Registry}
- @ivar ref_count: Reference count on this L{_Observer}
- @type ref_count: integer
- '''
- def __init__(self, registry):
- '''
- Stores a reference to the creating L{Registry}. Intializes the reference
- count on this object to zero.
-
- @param registry: The L{Registry} that created this observer
- @type registry: weakref.proxy to L{Registry}
- '''
- self.registry = weakref.proxy(registry)
- self.ref_count = 0
-
- def clientRef(self):
- '''
- Increments the Python reference count on this L{_Observer} by one. This
- method is called when a new client is registered in L{Registry} to receive
- notification of an event type monitored by this L{_Observer}.
- '''
- self.ref_count += 1
-
- def clientUnref(self):
- '''
- Decrements the pyatspi reference count on this L{_Observer} by one. This
- method is called when a client is unregistered in L{Registry} to stop
- receiving notifications of an event type monitored by this L{_Observer}.
- '''
- self.ref_count -= 1
-
- def getClientRefCount(self):
- '''
- @return: Current Python reference count on this L{_Observer}
- @rtype: integer
- '''
- return self.ref_count
-
- def ref(self):
- '''Required by CORBA. Does nothing.'''
- pass
-
- def unref(self):
- '''Required by CORBA. Does nothing.'''
- pass
-
- class _DeviceObserver(_Observer, Accessibility__POA.DeviceEventListener):
- '''
- Observes keyboard press and release events.
-
- @ivar registry: The L{Registry} that created this observer
- @type registry: L{Registry}
- @ivar key_set: Set of keys to monitor
- @type key_set: list of integer
- @ivar mask: Watch for key events while these modifiers are held
- @type mask: integer
- @ivar kind: Kind of events to monitor
- @type kind: integer
- @ivar mode: Keyboard event mode
- @type mode: Accessibility.EventListenerMode
- '''
- def __init__(self, registry, synchronous, preemptive, global_):
- '''
- Creates a mode object that defines when key events will be received from
- the system. Stores all other information for later registration.
-
- @param registry: The L{Registry} that created this observer
- @type registry: L{Registry}
- @param synchronous: Handle the key event synchronously?
- @type synchronous: boolean
- @param preemptive: Allow event to be consumed?
- @type preemptive: boolean
- @param global_: Watch for events on inaccessible applications too?
- @type global_: boolean
- '''
- _Observer.__init__(self, registry)
- self.mode = Accessibility.EventListenerMode()
- self.mode.preemptive = preemptive
- self.mode.synchronous = synchronous
- self.mode._global = global_
-
- def register(self, dc, key_set, mask, kind):
- '''
- Starts keyboard event monitoring.
-
- @param dc: Reference to a device controller
- @type dc: Accessibility.DeviceEventController
- @param key_set: Set of keys to monitor
- @type key_set: list of integer
- @param mask: Integer modifier mask or an iterable over multiple masks to
- unapply all at once
- @type mask: integer, iterable, or None
- @param kind: Kind of events to monitor
- @type kind: integer
- '''
- try:
- # check if the mask is iterable
- iter(mask)
- except TypeError:
- # register a single integer if not
- dc.registerKeystrokeListener(self._this(), key_set, mask, kind,
- self.mode)
- else:
- for m in mask:
- dc.registerKeystrokeListener(self._this(), key_set, m, kind, self.mode)
-
- def unregister(self, dc, key_set, mask, kind):
- '''
- Stops keyboard event monitoring.
-
- @param dc: Reference to a device controller
- @type dc: Accessibility.DeviceEventController
- @param key_set: Set of keys to monitor
- @type key_set: list of integer
- @param mask: Integer modifier mask or an iterable over multiple masks to
- unapply all at once
- @type mask: integer, iterable, or None
- @param kind: Kind of events to monitor
- @type kind: integer
- '''
- try:
- # check if the mask is iterable
- iter(mask)
- except TypeError:
- # unregister a single integer if not
- dc.deregisterKeystrokeListener(self._this(), key_set, mask, kind)
- else:
- for m in mask:
- dc.deregisterKeystrokeListener(self._this(), key_set, m, kind)
-
- def queryInterface(self, repo_id):
- '''
- Reports that this class only implements the AT-SPI DeviceEventListener
- interface. Required by AT-SPI.
-
- @param repo_id: Request for an interface
- @type repo_id: string
- @return: The underlying CORBA object for the device event listener
- @rtype: Accessibility.EventListener
- '''
- if repo_id == utils.getInterfaceIID(Accessibility.DeviceEventListener):
- return self._this()
- else:
- return None
-
- def notifyEvent(self, ev):
- '''
- Notifies the L{Registry} that an event has occurred. Wraps the raw event
- object in our L{Event} class to support automatic ref and unref calls. An
- observer can return True to indicate this event should not be allowed to pass
- to other AT-SPI observers or the underlying application.
-
- @param ev: Keyboard event
- @type ev: Accessibility.DeviceEvent
- @return: Should the event be consumed (True) or allowed to pass on to other
- AT-SPI observers (False)?
- @rtype: boolean
- '''
- # wrap the device event
- ev = event.DeviceEvent(ev)
- return self.registry.handleDeviceEvent(ev, self)
-
- class _EventObserver(_Observer, Accessibility__POA.EventListener):
- '''
- Observes all non-keyboard AT-SPI events. Can be reused across event types.
- '''
- def register(self, reg, name):
- '''
- Starts monitoring for the given event.
-
- @param name: Name of the event to start monitoring
- @type name: string
- @param reg: Reference to the raw registry object
- @type reg: Accessibility.Registry
- '''
- reg.registerGlobalEventListener(self._this(), name)
-
- def unregister(self, reg, name):
- '''
- Stops monitoring for the given event.
-
- @param name: Name of the event to stop monitoring
- @type name: string
- @param reg: Reference to the raw registry object
- @type reg: Accessibility.Registry
- '''
- reg.deregisterGlobalEventListener(self._this(), name)
-
- def queryInterface(self, repo_id):
- '''
- Reports that this class only implements the AT-SPI DeviceEventListener
- interface. Required by AT-SPI.
-
- @param repo_id: Request for an interface
- @type repo_id: string
- @return: The underlying CORBA object for the device event listener
- @rtype: Accessibility.EventListener
- '''
- if repo_id == utils.getInterfaceIID(Accessibility.EventListener):
- return self._this()
- else:
- return None
-
- def notifyEvent(self, ev):
- '''
- Notifies the L{Registry} that an event has occurred. Wraps the raw event
- object in our L{Event} class to support automatic ref and unref calls.
- Aborts on any exception indicating the event could not be wrapped.
-
- @param ev: AT-SPI event signal (anything but keyboard)
- @type ev: Accessibility.Event
- '''
- # wrap raw event so ref counts are correct before queueing
- ev = event.Event(ev)
- self.registry.handleEvent(ev)
-
- class Registry(object):
- '''
- Wraps the Accessibility.Registry to provide more Pythonic registration for
- events.
-
- This object should be treated as a singleton, but such treatment is not
- enforced. You can construct another instance of this object and give it a
- reference to the Accessibility.Registry singleton. Doing so is harmless and
- has no point.
-
- @ivar async: Should event dispatch to local listeners be decoupled from event
- receiving from the registry?
- @type async: boolean
- @ivar reg: Reference to the real, wrapped registry object
- @type reg: Accessibility.Registry
- @ivar dev: Reference to the device controller
- @type dev: Accessibility.DeviceEventController
- @ivar queue: Queue of events awaiting local dispatch
- @type queue: Queue.Queue
- @ivar clients: Map of event names to client listeners
- @type clients: dictionary
- @ivar observers: Map of event names to AT-SPI L{_Observer} objects
- @type observers: dictionary
- '''
- def __init__(self, reg):
- '''
- Stores a reference to the AT-SPI registry. Gets and stores a reference
- to the DeviceEventController.
-
- @param reg: Reference to the AT-SPI registry daemon
- @type reg: Accessibility.Registry
- '''
- self.reg = reg
- self.async = None
- self.queue = Queue.Queue()
- self.clients = {}
- self.observers = {}
-
- if self.reg is not None:
- self.dev = self.reg.getDeviceEventController()
- else:
- self.dev = None
-
- def __call__(self, reg=None):
- '''
- @return: This instance of the registry. If we are passed a remote registry
- instance for the first time, add it to our instance, and get a device event
- controller.
- @rtype: L{Registry}
- '''
- if reg and not self.reg:
- self.reg = reg
- self.dev = self.reg.getDeviceEventController()
- return self
-
- def __getattribute__(self, attr):
- if attr != 'reg' and object.__getattribute__(self, 'reg') is None:
- raise RuntimeError('Could not find or activate registry')
- else:
- return object.__getattribute__(self, attr)
-
- def start(self, async=False, gil=True):
- '''
- Enter the main loop to start receiving and dispatching events.
-
- @param async: Should event dispatch be asynchronous (decoupled) from
- event receiving from the AT-SPI registry?
- @type async: boolean
- @param gil: Add an idle callback which releases the Python GIL for a few
- milliseconds to allow other threads to run? Necessary if other threads
- will be used in this process.
- @type gil: boolean
- '''
- self.async = async
-
- if gil:
- def releaseGIL():
- try:
- time.sleep(1e-5)
- except KeyboardInterrupt, e:
- # store the exception for later
- releaseGIL.keyboard_exception = e
- self.stop()
- return True
- # make room for an exception if one occurs during the
- releaseGIL.keyboard_exception = None
- i = gobject.idle_add(releaseGIL)
-
- # enter the main loop
- try:
- bonobo.main()
- finally:
- # clear all observers
- for name, ob in self.observers.items():
- ob.unregister(self.reg, name)
- if gil:
- gobject.source_remove(i)
- if releaseGIL.keyboard_exception is not None:
- # raise an keyboard exception we may have gotten earlier
- raise releaseGIL.keyboard_exception
-
- def stop(self, *args):
- '''Quits the main loop.'''
- try:
- bonobo.main_quit()
- except RuntimeError:
- # ignore errors when quitting (probably already quitting)
- pass
- self.flushEvents()
-
- def getDesktopCount(self):
- '''
- Gets the number of available desktops.
-
- @return: Number of desktops
- @rtype: integer
- @raise LookupError: When the count cannot be retrieved
- '''
- try:
- return self.reg.getDesktopCount()
- except Exception:
- raise LookupError
-
- def getDesktop(self, i):
- '''
- Gets a reference to the i-th desktop.
-
- @param i: Which desktop to get
- @type i: integer
- @return: Desktop reference
- @rtype: Accessibility.Desktop
- @raise LookupError: When the i-th desktop cannot be retrieved
- '''
- try:
- return self.reg.getDesktop(i)
- except Exception, e:
- raise LookupError(e)
-
- def registerEventListener(self, client, *names):
- '''
- Registers a new client callback for the given event names. Supports
- registration for all subevents if only partial event name is specified.
- Do not include a trailing colon.
-
- For example, 'object' will register for all object events,
- 'object:property-change' will register for all property change events,
- and 'object:property-change:accessible-parent' will register only for the
- parent property change event.
-
- Registered clients will not be automatically removed when the client dies.
- To ensure the client is properly garbage collected, call
- L{deregisterEventListener}.
-
- @param client: Callable to be invoked when the event occurs
- @type client: callable
- @param names: List of full or partial event names
- @type names: list of string
- '''
- for name in names:
- # store the callback for each specific event name
- self._registerClients(client, name)
-
- def deregisterEventListener(self, client, *names):
- '''
- Unregisters an existing client callback for the given event names. Supports
- unregistration for all subevents if only partial event name is specified.
- Do not include a trailing colon.
-
- This method must be called to ensure a client registered by
- L{registerEventListener} is properly garbage collected.
-
- @param client: Client callback to remove
- @type client: callable
- @param names: List of full or partial event names
- @type names: list of string
- @return: Were event names specified for which the given client was not
- registered?
- @rtype: boolean
- '''
- missed = False
- for name in names:
- # remove the callback for each specific event name
- missed |= self._unregisterClients(client, name)
- return missed
-
- def registerKeystrokeListener(self, client, key_set=[], mask=0,
- kind=(constants.KEY_PRESSED_EVENT,
- constants.KEY_RELEASED_EVENT),
- synchronous=True, preemptive=True,
- global_=False):
- '''
- Registers a listener for key stroke events.
-
- @param client: Callable to be invoked when the event occurs
- @type client: callable
- @param key_set: Set of hardware key codes to stop monitoring. Leave empty
- to indicate all keys.
- @type key_set: list of integer
- @param mask: When the mask is None, the codes in the key_set will be
- monitored only when no modifier is held. When the mask is an
- integer, keys in the key_set will be monitored only when the modifiers in
- the mask are held. When the mask is an iterable over more than one
- integer, keys in the key_set will be monitored when any of the modifier
- combinations in the set are held.
- @type mask: integer, iterable, None
- @param kind: Kind of events to watch, KEY_PRESSED_EVENT or
- KEY_RELEASED_EVENT.
- @type kind: list
- @param synchronous: Should the callback notification be synchronous, giving
- the client the chance to consume the event?
- @type synchronous: boolean
- @param preemptive: Should the callback be allowed to preempt / consume the
- event?
- @type preemptive: boolean
- @param global_: Should callback occur even if an application not supporting
- AT-SPI is in the foreground? (requires xevie)
- @type global_: boolean
- '''
- try:
- # see if we already have an observer for this client
- ob = self.clients[client]
- except KeyError:
- # create a new device observer for this client
- ob = _DeviceObserver(self, synchronous, preemptive, global_)
- # store the observer to client mapping, and the inverse
- self.clients[ob] = client
- self.clients[client] = ob
- if mask is None:
- # None means all modifier combinations
- mask = utils.allModifiers()
- # register for new keystrokes on the observer
- ob.register(self.dev, key_set, mask, kind)
-
- def deregisterKeystrokeListener(self, client, key_set=[], mask=0,
- kind=(constants.KEY_PRESSED_EVENT,
- constants.KEY_RELEASED_EVENT)):
- '''
- Deregisters a listener for key stroke events.
-
- @param client: Callable to be invoked when the event occurs
- @type client: callable
- @param key_set: Set of hardware key codes to stop monitoring. Leave empty
- to indicate all keys.
- @type key_set: list of integer
- @param mask: When the mask is None, the codes in the key_set will be
- monitored only when no modifier is held. When the mask is an
- integer, keys in the key_set will be monitored only when the modifiers in
- the mask are held. When the mask is an iterable over more than one
- integer, keys in the key_set will be monitored when any of the modifier
- combinations in the set are held.
- @type mask: integer, iterable, None
- @param kind: Kind of events to stop watching, KEY_PRESSED_EVENT or
- KEY_RELEASED_EVENT.
- @type kind: list
- @raise KeyError: When the client isn't already registered for events
- '''
- # see if we already have an observer for this client
- ob = self.clients[client]
- if mask is None:
- # None means all modifier combinations
- mask = utils.allModifiers()
- # register for new keystrokes on the observer
- ob.unregister(self.dev, key_set, mask, kind)
-
- def generateKeyboardEvent(self, keycode, keysym, kind):
- '''
- Generates a keyboard event. One of the keycode or the keysym parameters
- should be specified and the other should be None. The kind parameter is
- required and should be one of the KEY_PRESS, KEY_RELEASE, KEY_PRESSRELEASE,
- KEY_SYM, or KEY_STRING.
-
- @param keycode: Hardware keycode or None
- @type keycode: integer
- @param keysym: Symbolic key string or None
- @type keysym: string
- @param kind: Kind of event to synthesize
- @type kind: integer
- '''
- if keysym is None:
- self.dev.generateKeyboardEvent(keycode, '', kind)
- else:
- self.dev.generateKeyboardEvent(None, keysym, kind)
-
- def generateMouseEvent(self, x, y, name):
- '''
- Generates a mouse event at the given absolute x and y coordinate. The kind
- of event generated is specified by the name. For example, MOUSE_B1P
- (button 1 press), MOUSE_REL (relative motion), MOUSE_B3D (butten 3
- double-click).
-
- @param x: Horizontal coordinate, usually left-hand oriented
- @type x: integer
- @param y: Vertical coordinate, usually left-hand oriented
- @type y: integer
- @param name: Name of the event to generate
- @type name: string
- '''
- self.dev.generateMouseEvent(x, y, name)
-
- def handleDeviceEvent(self, event, ob):
- '''
- Dispatches L{event.DeviceEvent}s to registered clients. Clients are called
- in the order they were registered for the given AT-SPI event. If any
- client returns True, callbacks cease for the event for clients of this registry
- instance. Clients of other registry instances and clients in other processes may
- be affected depending on the values of synchronous and preemptive used when invoking
- L{registerKeystrokeListener}.
-
- @note: Asynchronous dispatch of device events is not supported.
-
- @param event: AT-SPI device event
- @type event: L{event.DeviceEvent}
- @param ob: Observer that received the event
- @type ob: L{_DeviceObserver}
-
- @return: Should the event be consumed (True) or allowed to pass on to other
- AT-SPI observers (False)?
- @rtype: boolean
- '''
- try:
- # try to get the client registered for this event type
- client = self.clients[ob]
- except KeyError:
- # client may have unregistered recently, ignore event
- return False
- # make the call to the client
- try:
- return client(event) or event.consume
- except Exception:
- # print the exception, but don't let it stop notification
- traceback.print_exc()
-
- def handleEvent(self, event):
- '''
- Handles an AT-SPI event by either queuing it for later dispatch when the
- L{Registry.async} flag is set, or dispatching it immediately.
-
- @param event: AT-SPI event
- @type event: L{event.Event}
- '''
- if self.async:
- # queue for now
- self.queue.put_nowait(event)
- else:
- # dispatch immediately
- self._dispatchEvent(event)
-
- def _dispatchEvent(self, event):
- '''
- Dispatches L{event.Event}s to registered clients. Clients are called in
- the order they were registered for the given AT-SPI event. If any client
- returns True, callbacks cease for the event for clients of this registry
- instance. Clients of other registry instances and clients in other processes
- are unaffected.
-
- @param event: AT-SPI event
- @type event: L{event.Event}
- '''
- et = event.type
- try:
- # try to get the client registered for this event type
- clients = self.clients[et.name]
- except KeyError:
- try:
- # we may not have registered for the complete subtree of events
- # if our tree does not list all of a certain type (e.g.
- # object:state-changed:*); try again with klass and major only
- if et.detail is not None:
- # Strip the 'detail' field.
- clients = self.clients['%s:%s:%s' % (et.klass, et.major, et.minor)]
- elif et.minor is not None:
- # The event could possibly be object:state-changed:*.
- clients = self.clients['%s:%s' % (et.klass, et.major)]
- except KeyError:
- # client may have unregistered recently, ignore event
- return
- # make the call to each client
- consume = False
- for client in clients:
- try:
- consume = client(event) or False
- except Exception:
- # print the exception, but don't let it stop notification
- traceback.print_exc()
- if consume or event.consume:
- # don't allow further processing if a client returns True
- break
-
- def flushEvents(self):
- '''
- Flushes the event queue by destroying it and recreating it.
- '''
- self.queue = Queue.Queue()
-
- def pumpQueuedEvents(self, num=-1):
- '''
- Provides asynch processing of events in the queue by executeing them with
- _dispatchEvent() (as is done immediately when synch processing).
- This method would normally be called from a main loop or idle function.
-
- @param num: Number of events to pump. If number is negative it pumps
- the entire queue. Default is -1.
- @type num: integer
- @return: True if queue is not empty after events were pumped.
- @rtype: boolean
- '''
- if num < 0:
- # Dequeue as many events as currently in the queue.
- num = self.queue.qsize()
- for i in xrange(num):
- try:
- # get next waiting event
- event = self.queue.get_nowait()
- except Queue.Empty:
- break
- self._dispatchEvent(event)
-
- return not self.queue.empty()
-
- def _registerClients(self, client, name):
- '''
- Internal method that recursively associates a client with AT-SPI event
- names. Allows a client to incompletely specify an event name in order to
- register for subevents without specifying their full names manually.
-
- @param client: Client callback to receive event notifications
- @type client: callable
- @param name: Partial or full event name
- @type name: string
- '''
- try:
- # look for an event name in our event tree dictionary
- events = constants.EVENT_TREE[name]
- except KeyError:
- # if the event name doesn't exist, it's a leaf event meaning there are
- # no subtypes for that event
- # add this client to the list of clients already in the dictionary
- # using the event name as the key; if there are no clients yet for this
- # event, insert an empty list into the dictionary before appending
- # the client
- et = event.EventType(name)
- clients = self.clients.setdefault(et.name, [])
- try:
- # if this succeeds, this client is already registered for the given
- # event type, so ignore the request
- clients.index(client)
- except ValueError:
- # else register the client
- clients.append(client)
- self._registerObserver(name)
- else:
- # if the event name does exist in the tree, there are subevents for
- # this event; loop through them calling this method again to get to
- # the leaf events
- for e in events:
- self._registerClients(client, e)
-
- def _unregisterClients(self, client, name):
- '''
- Internal method that recursively unassociates a client with AT-SPI event
- names. Allows a client to incompletely specify an event name in order to
- unregister for subevents without specifying their full names manually.
-
- @param client: Client callback to receive event notifications
- @type client: callable
- @param name: Partial or full event name
- @type name: string
- '''
- missed = False
- try:
- # look for an event name in our event tree dictionary
- events = constants.EVENT_TREE[name]
- except KeyError:
- try:
- # if the event name doesn't exist, it's a leaf event meaning there are
- # no subtypes for that event
- # get the list of registered clients and try to remove the one provided
- et = event.EventType(name)
- clients = self.clients[et.name]
- clients.remove(client)
- self._unregisterObserver(name)
- except (ValueError, KeyError):
- # ignore any exceptions indicating the client is not registered
- missed = True
- return missed
- # if the event name does exist in the tree, there are subevents for this
- # event; loop through them calling this method again to get to the leaf
- # events
- for e in events:
- missed |= self._unregisterClients(client, e)
- return missed
-
- def _registerObserver(self, name):
- '''
- Creates a new L{_Observer} to watch for events of the given type or
- returns the existing observer if one is already registered. One
- L{_Observer} is created for each leaf in the L{constants.EVENT_TREE} or
- any event name not found in the tree.
-
- @param name: Raw name of the event to observe
- @type name: string
- @return: L{_Observer} object that is monitoring the event
- @rtype: L{_Observer}
- '''
- et = event.EventType(name)
- try:
- # see if an observer already exists for this event
- ob = self.observers[et.name]
- except KeyError:
- # build a new observer if one does not exist
- ob = _EventObserver(self)
- # we have to register for the raw name because it may be different from
- # the parsed name determined by EventType (e.g. trailing ':' might be
- # missing)
- ob.register(self.reg, name)
- self.observers[et.name] = ob
- # increase our client ref count so we know someone new is watching for the
- # event
- ob.clientRef()
- return ob
-
- def _unregisterObserver(self, name):
- '''
- Destroys an existing L{_Observer} for the given event type only if no
- clients are registered for the events it is monitoring.
-
- @param name: Name of the event to observe
- @type name: string
- @raise KeyError: When an observer for the given event is not regist
- '''
- et = event.EventType(name)
- # see if an observer already exists for this event
- ob = self.observers[et.name]
- ob.clientUnref()
- if ob.getClientRefCount() == 0:
- ob.unregister(self.reg, name)
- del self.observers[et.name]
-