from django.contrib.sessions.backends.base import SessionBase, CreateError
from django.core.cache import cache

class SessionStore(SessionBase):
    """
    A cache-based session store.
    """
    def __init__(self, session_key=None):
        self._cache = cache
        super(SessionStore, self).__init__(session_key)

    def load(self):
        session_data = self._cache.get(self.session_key)
        if session_data is not None:
            return session_data
        self.create()
        return {}

    def create(self):
        while True:
            self.session_key = self._get_new_session_key()
            try:
                self.save(must_create=True)
            except CreateError:
                continue
            self.modified = True
            return

    def save(self, must_create=False):
        if must_create:
            func = self._cache.add
        else:
            func = self._cache.set
        result = func(self.session_key, self._get_session(no_load=must_create),
                self.get_expiry_age())
        if must_create and not result:
            raise CreateError

    def exists(self, session_key):
        if self._cache.get(session_key):
            return True
        return False

    def delete(self, session_key=None):
        if session_key is None:
            if self._session_key is None:
                return
            session_key = self._session_key
        self._cache.delete(session_key)