X-Git-Url: https://gerrit.o-ran-sc.org/r/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ricxappframe%2Frmr%2Frmrclib%2Frmrclib.py;h=c26ffe1bec94ad720165e6a1aea37c6e84df83a6;hb=refs%2Ftags%2F3.2.2;hp=6150e237026cbbb7adf3c813fd6e633e0ddba0cf;hpb=ab881ae80afeee1ce99802dd6a50530ad7378268;p=ric-plt%2Fxapp-frame-py.git

diff --git a/ricxappframe/rmr/rmrclib/rmrclib.py b/ricxappframe/rmr/rmrclib/rmrclib.py
index 6150e23..c26ffe1 100644
--- a/ricxappframe/rmr/rmrclib/rmrclib.py
+++ b/ricxappframe/rmr/rmrclib/rmrclib.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # ==================================================================================
 import ctypes
 import json
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 
 # Subpackage that creates and publishes a reference to the C shared library.
 # Intended to be private; RMR-python and xapp-frame-py users should not need this.
@@ -34,6 +35,15 @@ _rmr_free_consts.argtypes = [ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char)]
 _rmr_free_consts.restype = None
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def _rmr_get_consts_decorator():
+    ptr = _rmr_get_consts()
+    try:
+        yield ptr
+    finally:
+        _rmr_free_consts(ptr)
+
+
 def get_constants(cache={}):
     """
     Gets constants published by RMR and caches for subsequent calls.
@@ -42,10 +52,11 @@ def get_constants(cache={}):
     if cache:
         return cache
 
-    ptr = _rmr_get_consts()  # read char pointer
-    js = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value  # cast to json string
-    cache = json.loads(str(js.decode()))  # create constants value object as a hash
-    _rmr_free_consts(ptr)
+    # read pointer to json data
+    with _rmr_get_consts_decorator() as ptr:
+        js = ctypes.cast(ptr, ctypes.c_char_p).value  # cast it to python string
+        cache = json.loads(str(js.decode()))  # create constants value object as a hash
+
     return cache
 
 
@@ -86,9 +97,13 @@ def get_mapping_dict(cache={}):
 
 def state_to_status(stateno):
     """
-    Converts a msg state integer to a status string.
+    Converts a msg state integer to a status string and caches for subsequent calls.
 
     Returns "UNKNOWN STATE" if the int value is not known.
     """
-    sdict = get_mapping_dict()
-    return sdict.get(stateno, "UNKNOWN STATE")
+    try:
+        return state_to_status.sdict.get(stateno, "UNKNOWN STATE")
+    except AttributeError:  # sdict does not exist on first call
+        state_to_status.sdict = get_mapping_dict()
+
+    return state_to_status.sdict.get(stateno, "UNKNOWN STATE")