/middleware/threadlocals.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Description: thread locals middleware

# Create: 2008-6-4

try:

    from threading import local

except ImportError:

    from django.utils._threading_local import local



_thread_locals = local()

def get_current_user():

    return getattr(_thread_locals, 'user', None)



class ThreadLocals(object):

    """Middleware that gets various objects from the

    request object and saves them in thread local storage."""

    def process_request(self, request):

        _thread_locals.user = getattr(request, 'user', None)