revans_right_aws 2.0.1

data/lib/sqs/right_sqs.rb

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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007-2008 RightScale Inc
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+
+module RightAws
+
+    #
+    # = RightAws::Sqs -- RightScale's Amazon SQS interface
+    # The RightAws::Sqs class provides a complete interface to Amazon's Simple
+    # Queue Service.
+    # For explanations of the semantics
+    # of each call, please refer to Amazon's documentation at
+    # http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=31
+    #
+    # Error handling: all operations raise an RightAws::AwsError in case
+    # of problems. Note that transient errors are automatically retried.
+    #
+    #  sqs    = RightAws::Sqs.new(aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key)
+    #  queue1 = sqs.queue('my_awesome_queue')
+    #   ...
+    #  queue2 = RightAws::Sqs::Queue.create(sqs, 'my_cool_queue', true)
+    #  puts queue2.size
+    #   ...
+    #  message1 = queue2.receive
+    #  message1.visibility = 0
+    #  puts message1
+    #   ...
+    #  queue2.clear(true)
+    #  queue2.send_message('Ola-la!')
+    #  message2 = queue2.pop
+    #   ...
+    #  grantee1 = RightAws::Sqs::Grantee.create(queue2,'one_cool_guy@email.address')
+    #  grantee1.grant('FULLCONTROL')
+    #  grantee1.drop
+    #   ...
+    #  grantee2 = queue.grantees('another_cool_guy@email.address')
+    #  grantee2.revoke('SENDMESSAGE')
+    #       
+    # Params is a hash:
+    #
+    #    {:server       => 'queue.amazonaws.com' # Amazon service host: 'queue.amazonaws.com' (default)
+    #     :port         => 443                   # Amazon service port: 80 or 443 (default)
+    #     :multi_thread => true|false            # Multi-threaded (connection per each thread): true or false (default)
+    #     :signature_version => '0'              # The signature version : '0' or '1'(default)
+    #     :logger       => Logger Object}        # Logger instance: logs to STDOUT if omitted }
+    #
+  class Sqs
+    attr_reader :interface
+    
+    def initialize(aws_access_key_id=nil, aws_secret_access_key=nil, params={})
+      @interface = SqsInterface.new(aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, params)
+    end
+    
+      # Retrieves a list of queues. 
+      # Returns an +array+ of +Queue+ instances.
+      #
+      #  RightAws::Sqs.queues #=> array of queues
+      #
+    def queues(prefix=nil)
+      @interface.list_queues(prefix).map do |url|
+        Queue.new(self, url)
+      end
+    end
+    
+      # Returns Queue instance by queue name. 
+      # If the queue does not exist at Amazon SQS and +create+ is true, the method creates it.
+      #
+      #  RightAws::Sqs.queue('my_awesome_queue') #=> #<RightAws::Sqs::Queue:0xb7b626e4 ... >
+      #
+    def queue(queue_name, create=true, visibility=nil)
+      url = @interface.queue_url_by_name(queue_name)
+      url = (create ? @interface.create_queue(queue_name, visibility) : nil) unless url
+      url ? Queue.new(self, url) : nil
+    end
+  
+  
+    class Queue
+      attr_reader :name, :url, :sqs
+      
+        # Returns Queue instance by queue name. 
+        # If the queue does not exist at Amazon SQS and +create+ is true, the method creates it.
+        #
+        #  RightAws::Sqs::Queue.create(sqs, 'my_awesome_queue') #=> #<RightAws::Sqs::Queue:0xb7b626e4 ... >
+        #
+      def self.create(sqs, url_or_name, create=true, visibility=nil)
+        sqs.queue(url_or_name, create, visibility)
+      end
+      
+        # Creates new Queue instance. 
+        # Does not create a queue at Amazon.
+        #
+        #  queue = RightAws::Sqs::Queue.new(sqs, 'my_awesome_queue')
+        #
+      def initialize(sqs, url_or_name)
+        @sqs  = sqs
+        @url  = @sqs.interface.queue_url_by_name(url_or_name)
+        @name = @sqs.interface.queue_name_by_url(@url)
+      end
+      
+        # Retrieves queue size.
+        #
+        #  queue.size #=> 1
+        #
+      def size
+        @sqs.interface.get_queue_length(@url)
+      end
+      
+        # Clears queue. 
+        # Deletes only the visible messages unless +force+ is +true+.
+        #
+        #  queue.clear(true) #=> true
+        #
+        # P.S. when <tt>force==true</tt> the queue deletes then creates again. This is 
+        # the quickest method to clear a big queue or a queue with 'locked' messages. All queue
+        # attributes are restored. But there is no way to restore grantees' permissions to 
+        # this queue. If you have no grantees except 'root' then you have no problems.
+        # Otherwise, it's better to use <tt>queue.clear(false)</tt>.
+        #
+        # PS This function is no longer supported.  Amazon has changed the SQS semantics to require at least 60 seconds between 
+        # queue deletion and creation. Hence this method will fail with an exception.
+        #
+      def clear(force=false)
+##        if force
+##          @sqs.interface.force_clear_queue(@url)
+##        else
+          @sqs.interface.clear_queue(@url)
+##        end
+      end
+      
+        # Deletes queue. 
+        # Queue must be empty or +force+ must be set to +true+. 
+        # Returns +true+. 
+        #
+        #  queue.delete(true) #=> true
+        #
+      def delete(force=false)
+        @sqs.interface.delete_queue(@url, force)
+      end
+
+        # Sends new message to queue. 
+        # Returns new Message instance that has been sent to queue.
+      def send_message(message)
+        message = message.to_s
+        msg     = Message.new(self, @sqs.interface.send_message(@url, message), message)
+        msg.sent_at = Time.now
+        msg
+      end
+      alias_method :push, :send_message
+
+        # Retrieves several messages from queue. 
+        # Returns an array of Message instances. 
+        #
+        #  queue.receive_messages(2,10) #=> array of messages
+        #
+      def receive_messages(number_of_messages=1, visibility=nil)
+        list = @sqs.interface.receive_messages(@url, number_of_messages, visibility)
+        list.map! do |entry|
+          msg             = Message.new(self, entry[:id], entry[:body], visibility)
+          msg.received_at = Time.now 
+          msg
+        end
+      end
+      
+        # Retrieves first accessible message from queue. 
+        # Returns Message instance or +nil+ it the queue is empty.
+        #
+        #  queue.receive #=> #<RightAws::Sqs::Message:0xb7bf0884 ... >
+        #
+      def receive(visibility=nil)
+        list = receive_messages(1, visibility)
+        list.empty? ? nil : list[0]
+      end
+
+        # Peeks message body.
+        #
+        #  queue.peek #=> #<RightAws::Sqs::Message:0xb7bf0884 ... >
+        #
+      def peek(message_id)
+        entry = @sqs.interface.peek_message(@url, message_id)
+        msg   = Message.new(self, entry[:id], entry[:body])
+        msg.received_at = Time.now 
+        msg
+      end
+
+        # Pops (and deletes) first accessible message from queue. 
+        # Returns Message instance or +nil+ it the queue is empty.
+        #
+        #  queue.pop #=> #<RightAws::Sqs::Message:0xb7bf0884 ... >
+        #
+      def pop
+        msg = receive
+        msg.delete if msg
+        msg
+      end
+
+        # Retrieves +VisibilityTimeout+ value for the queue. 
+        # Returns new timeout value.
+        #
+        #  queue.visibility #=> 30
+        #
+      def visibility
+        @sqs.interface.get_visibility_timeout(@url)
+      end
+        
+        # Sets new +VisibilityTimeout+ for the queue. 
+        # Returns new timeout value. 
+        #
+        #  queue.visibility #=> 30
+        #  queue.visibility = 33
+        #  queue.visibility #=> 33
+        #
+      def visibility=(visibility_timeout)
+        @sqs.interface.set_visibility_timeout(@url, visibility_timeout)
+        visibility_timeout
+      end
+        
+        # Sets new queue attribute value. 
+        # Not all attributes may be changed: +ApproximateNumberOfMessages+ (for example) is a read only attribute. 
+        # Returns a value to be assigned to attribute. 
+        #
+        # queue.set_attribute('VisibilityTimeout', '100')  #=> '100'
+        # queue.get_attribute('VisibilityTimeout')         #=> '100'
+        #
+      def set_attribute(attribute, value)
+        @sqs.interface.set_queue_attributes(@url, attribute, value)
+        value
+      end
+        
+        # Retrieves queue attributes. 
+        # At this moment Amazon supports +VisibilityTimeout+ and +ApproximateNumberOfMessages+ only. 
+        # If the name of attribute is set, returns its value. Otherwise, returns a hash of attributes.
+        #
+        # queue.get_attribute('VisibilityTimeout')  #=> '100'
+        #
+      def get_attribute(attribute='All')
+        attributes = @sqs.interface.get_queue_attributes(@url, attribute)
+        attribute=='All' ? attributes : attributes[attribute]
+      end
+        
+        # Retrieves a list of grantees. 
+        # Returns an +array+ of Grantee instances if the +grantee_email_address+ is unset. 
+        # Otherwise returns a Grantee instance that points to +grantee_email_address+ or +nil+.
+        #
+        #  grantees = queue.grantees #=> [#<RightAws::Sqs::Grantee:0xb7bf0888 ... >, ...]
+        #   ...
+        #  grantee  = queue.grantees('cool_guy@email.address') #=> nil | #<RightAws::Sqs::Grantee:0xb7bf0888 ... >
+        #
+      def grantees(grantee_email_address=nil, permission = nil)
+        hash = @sqs.interface.list_grants(@url, grantee_email_address, permission)
+        grantees = []
+        hash.each do |key, value|
+          grantees << Grantee.new(self, grantee_email_address, key, value[:name], value[:perms])
+        end
+        if grantee_email_address
+          grantees.blank? ? nil : grantees.shift
+        else
+          grantees
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    
+    class Message
+      attr_reader   :queue, :id, :body, :visibility
+      attr_accessor :sent_at, :received_at
+      
+      def initialize(queue, id=nil, body=nil, visibility=nil)
+        @queue       = queue
+        @id          = id
+        @body        = body
+        @visibility  = visibility
+        @sent_at     = nil
+        @received_at = nil
+      end
+      
+        # Returns +Message+ instance body.
+      def to_s
+        @body
+      end
+      
+        # Changes +VisibilityTimeout+ for current message. 
+        # Returns new +VisibilityTimeout+ value.
+      def visibility=(visibility_timeout)
+        @queue.sqs.interface.change_message_visibility(@queue.url, @id, visibility_timeout)
+        @visibility = visibility_timeout
+      end
+      
+        # Removes message from queue. 
+        # Returns +true+.
+      def delete
+        @queue.sqs.interface.delete_message(@queue.url, @id)
+      end
+    end
+
+
+    class Grantee
+      attr_accessor :queue, :id, :name, :perms, :email
+      
+        # Creates new Grantee instance. 
+        # To create new grantee for queue use:
+        #
+        #   grantee = Grantee.new(queue, grantee@email.address)
+        #   grantee.grant('FULLCONTROL')
+        #
+      def initialize(queue, email=nil, id=nil, name=nil, perms=[])
+        @queue = queue
+        @id    = id
+        @name  = name
+        @perms = perms
+        @email = email
+        retrieve unless id
+      end
+
+        # Retrieves security information for grantee identified by email. 
+        # Returns +nil+ if the named user has no privileges on this queue, or 
+        # +true+ if perms updated successfully. 
+      def retrieve # :nodoc:
+        @id    = nil
+        @name  = nil
+        @perms = []
+        
+        hash = @queue.sqs.interface.list_grants(@queue.url, @email)
+        return nil if hash.empty?
+        
+        grantee = hash.shift
+        @id     = grantee[0]
+        @name   = grantee[1][:name]
+        @perms  = grantee[1][:perms]
+        true
+      end
+        
+        # Adds permissions for grantee. 
+        # Permission: 'FULLCONTROL' | 'RECEIVEMESSAGE' | 'SENDMESSAGE'. 
+        # The caller must have set the email instance variable. 
+      def grant(permission=nil)
+        raise "You can't grant permission without defining a grantee email address!" unless @email
+        @queue.sqs.interface.add_grant(@queue.url, @email, permission)
+        retrieve
+      end
+      
+        # Revokes permissions for grantee. 
+        # Permission: 'FULLCONTROL' | 'RECEIVEMESSAGE' | 'SENDMESSAGE'. 
+        # Default value is 'FULLCONTROL'. 
+        # User must have +@email+ or +@id+ set. 
+        # Returns +true+.
+      def revoke(permission='FULLCONTROL')
+        @queue.sqs.interface.remove_grant(@queue.url, @email || @id, permission)
+        unless @email   # if email is unknown - just remove permission from local perms list...
+          @perms.delete(permission)
+        else            # ... else retrieve updated information from Amazon
+          retrieve
+        end
+        true
+      end
+      
+        # Revokes all permissions for this grantee.
+        # Returns +true+
+      def drop
+        @perms.each do |permission|
+          @queue.sqs.interface.remove_grant(@queue.url, @email || @id, permission)
+        end
+        retrieve
+        true
+      end
+      
+    end
+
+  end
+end

data/lib/sqs/right_sqs_gen2.rb

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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 RightScale Inc
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+# a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+# permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+# the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+# LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+# OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+# WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+#
+
+module RightAws
+
+    #
+    # RightAws::SqsGen2 -- RightScale's Amazon SQS interface, API version
+    # 2008-01-01 and later.
+    # The RightAws::SqsGen2 class provides a complete interface to the second generation of Amazon's Simple
+    # Queue Service.
+    # For explanations of the semantics
+    # of each call, please refer to Amazon's documentation at
+    # http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=31
+    #
+    #
+    # RightAws::SqsGen2 is built atop RightAws::SqsGen2Interface, a lower-level
+    # procedural API that may be appropriate for certain programs.
+    #
+    # Error handling: all operations raise an RightAws::AwsError in case
+    # of problems. Note that transient errors are automatically retried.
+    #
+    #  sqs    = RightAws::SqsGen2.new(aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key)
+    #  queue1 = sqs.queue('my_awesome_queue')
+    #   ...
+    #  queue2 = RightAws::SqsGen2::Queue.create(sqs, 'my_cool_queue', true)
+    #  puts queue2.size
+    #   ...
+    #  message1 = queue2.receive
+    #  message1.visibility = 0
+    #  puts message1
+    #   ...
+    #  queue2.clear(true)
+    #  queue2.send_message('Ola-la!')
+    #  message2 = queue2.pop
+    #   ...
+    #
+    # NB: Second-generation SQS has eliminated the entire access grant mechanism present in Gen 1.
+    #
+    # Params is a hash:
+    #
+    #    {:server       => 'queue.amazonaws.com' # Amazon service host: 'queue.amazonaws.com' (default)
+    #     :port         => 443                   # Amazon service port: 80 or 443 (default)
+    #     :multi_thread => true|false            # Multi-threaded (connection per each thread): true or false (default)
+    #     :signature_version => '0'              # The signature version : '0' or '1'(default)
+    #     :logger       => Logger Object}        # Logger instance: logs to STDOUT if omitted }
+  class SqsGen2
+    attr_reader :interface
+    
+    def initialize(aws_access_key_id=nil, aws_secret_access_key=nil, params={})
+      @interface = SqsGen2Interface.new(aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key, params)
+    end
+    
+      # Retrieves a list of queues. 
+      # Returns an +array+ of +Queue+ instances.
+      #
+      #  RightAws::Sqs.queues #=> array of queues
+      #
+    def queues(prefix=nil)
+      @interface.list_queues(prefix).map do |url|
+        Queue.new(self, url)
+      end
+    end
+    
+      # Returns Queue instance by queue name. 
+      # If the queue does not exist at Amazon SQS and +create+ is true, the method creates it.
+      #
+      #  RightAws::SqsGen2.queue('my_awesome_queue') #=> #<RightAws::SqsGen2::Queue:0xb7b626e4 ... >
+      #
+    def queue(queue_name, create=true, visibility=nil)
+      url = @interface.queue_url_by_name(queue_name)
+      url = (create ? @interface.create_queue(queue_name, visibility) : nil) unless url
+      url ? Queue.new(self, url) : nil
+    end
+  
+  
+    class Queue
+      attr_reader :name, :url, :sqs
+      
+        # Returns Queue instance by queue name. 
+        # If the queue does not exist at Amazon SQS and +create+ is true, the method creates it.
+        #
+        #  RightAws::SqsGen2::Queue.create(sqs, 'my_awesome_queue') #=> #<RightAws::SqsGen2::Queue:0xb7b626e4 ... >
+        #
+      def self.create(sqs, url_or_name, create=true, visibility=nil)
+        sqs.queue(url_or_name, create, visibility)
+      end
+      
+        # Creates new Queue instance. 
+        # Does not create a queue at Amazon.
+        #
+        #  queue = RightAws::SqsGen2::Queue.new(sqs, 'my_awesome_queue')
+        #
+      def initialize(sqs, url_or_name)
+        @sqs  = sqs
+        @url  = @sqs.interface.queue_url_by_name(url_or_name)
+        @name = @sqs.interface.queue_name_by_url(@url)
+      end
+      
+        # Retrieves queue size.
+        #
+        #  queue.size #=> 1
+        #
+      def size
+        @sqs.interface.get_queue_length(@url)
+      end
+      
+        # Clears queue, deleting only the visible messages.  Any message within its visibility
+        # timeout will not be deleted, and will re-appear in the queue in the
+        # future when the timeout expires.
+        #
+        # To delete all messages in a queue and eliminate the chance of any
+        # messages re-appearing in the future, it's best to delete the queue and
+        # re-create it as a new queue.  Note that doing this will take at least 60
+        # s since SQS does not allow re-creation of a queue within this interval.
+        #
+        #  queue.clear() #=> true
+        #
+      def clear()
+        @sqs.interface.clear_queue(@url)
+      end
+      
+        # Deletes queue.  Any messages in the queue will be permanently lost. 
+        # Returns +true+. 
+        #
+        # NB: Use with caution; severe data loss is possible!
+        #
+        # queue.delete(true) #=> true
+        #
+      def delete(force=false)
+        @sqs.interface.delete_queue(@url)
+      end
+
+        # Sends new message to queue. 
+        # Returns new Message instance that has been sent to queue.
+      def send_message(message)
+        message = message.to_s
+        res = @sqs.interface.send_message(@url, message)
+        msg = Message.new(self, res['MessageId'], nil, message)
+        msg.send_checksum = res['MD5OfMessageBody']
+        msg.sent_at = Time.now
+        msg
+      end
+      alias_method :push, :send_message
+
+        # Retrieves several messages from queue. 
+        # Returns an array of Message instances. 
+        #
+        #  queue.receive_messages(2,10) #=> array of messages
+        #
+      def receive_messages(number_of_messages=1, visibility=nil, attributes=nil)
+        list = @sqs.interface.receive_message(@url, number_of_messages, visibility, attributes)
+        list.map! do |entry|
+          msg = Message.new(self, entry['MessageId'], entry['ReceiptHandle'], entry['Body'], visibility, entry['Attributes'])
+          msg.received_at = Time.now 
+          msg.receive_checksum = entry['MD5OfBody']
+          msg
+        end
+      end
+      
+        # Retrieves first accessible message from queue. 
+        # Returns Message instance or +nil+ it the queue is empty.
+        #
+        #  queue.receive #=> #<RightAws::SqsGen2::Message:0xb7bf0884 ... >
+        #
+      def receive(visibility=nil, attributes=nil)
+        list = receive_messages(1, visibility, attributes)
+        list.empty? ? nil : list[0]
+      end
+
+        # Pops (and deletes) first accessible message from queue. 
+        # Returns Message instance or +nil+ if the queue is empty.
+        #
+        #  queue.pop #=> #<RightAws::SqsGen2::Message:0xb7bf0884 ... >
+        #
+        #  # pop a message with custom attributes
+        #  m = queue.pop(['SenderId', 'SentTimestamp']) #=> #<RightAws::SqsGen2::Message:0xb7bf1884 ... >
+        #  m.attributes #=> {"SentTimestamp"=>"1240991906937", "SenderId"=>"800000000005"}
+        #
+      def pop(attributes=nil)
+        list = @sqs.interface.pop_messages(@url, 1, attributes)
+        return nil if list.empty?
+        entry = list[0]
+        msg = Message.new(self, entry['MessageId'], entry['ReceiptHandle'], entry['Body'], visibility, entry['Attributes'])
+        msg.received_at = Time.now 
+        msg.receive_checksum = entry['MD5OfBody']
+        msg
+      end
+
+        # Retrieves +VisibilityTimeout+ value for the queue. 
+        # Returns new timeout value.
+        #
+        #  queue.visibility #=> 30
+        #
+      def visibility
+        @sqs.interface.get_queue_attributes(@url, 'VisibilityTimeout')['VisibilityTimeout']
+      end
+        
+        # Sets new +VisibilityTimeout+ for the queue. 
+        # Returns new timeout value. 
+        #
+        #  queue.visibility #=> 30
+        #  queue.visibility = 33
+        #  queue.visibility #=> 33
+        #
+      def visibility=(visibility_timeout)
+        @sqs.interface.set_queue_attributes(@url, 'VisibilityTimeout', visibility_timeout)
+        visibility_timeout
+      end
+        
+        # Sets new queue attribute value. 
+        # Not all attributes may be changed: +ApproximateNumberOfMessages+ (for example) is a read only attribute. 
+        # Returns a value to be assigned to attribute. 
+        # Currently, 'VisibilityTimeout' is the only settable queue attribute.
+        # Attempting to set non-existent attributes generates an indignant
+        # exception. 
+        #
+        # queue.set_attribute('VisibilityTimeout', '100')  #=> '100'
+        # queue.get_attribute('VisibilityTimeout')         #=> '100'
+        #
+      def set_attribute(attribute, value)
+        @sqs.interface.set_queue_attributes(@url, attribute, value)
+        value
+      end
+        
+        # Retrieves queue attributes. 
+        # If the name of attribute is set, returns its value. Otherwise, returns a hash of attributes.
+        #
+        # queue.get_attribute('VisibilityTimeout')  #=> {"VisibilityTimeout"=>"45"} 
+        #
+        # P.S. This guy is deprecated. Use +get_attributes+ instead.
+      def get_attribute(attribute='All')
+        attributes = get_attributes(attribute)
+        attribute=='All' ? attributes : attributes[attribute]
+      end
+
+      # Retrieves queue attributes.
+      #
+      #  queue.get_attributes #=>
+      #    {"ApproximateNumberOfMessages" => "0",
+      #     "LastModifiedTimestamp"       => "1240946032",
+      #     "CreatedTimestamp"            => "1240816887",
+      #     "VisibilityTimeout"           => "30",
+      #     "Policy"                      => "{"Version":"2008-10-17","Id":...}"}
+      #
+      #  queue.get_attributes("LastModifiedTimestamp", "VisibilityTimeout") #=>
+      #    {"LastModifiedTimestamp" => "1240946032",
+      #     "VisibilityTimeout"     => "30"}
+      #
+      def get_attributes(*attributes)
+        @sqs.interface.get_queue_attributes(@url, attributes)
+      end
+
+      # Add permission to the queue.
+      #
+      #  queue.add_permissions('testLabel',['125074342641', '125074342642'],
+      #                        ['SendMessage','SendMessage','ReceiveMessage']) #=> true
+      #
+      def add_permissions(label, grantees, actions)
+        @sqs.interface.add_permissions(@url, label, grantees, actions)
+      end
+
+      # Revoke any permissions in the queue policy that matches the +label+ parameter.
+      #
+      #  sqs.remove_permissions('testLabel') # => true
+      #
+      def remove_permissions(label)
+        @sqs.interface.remove_permissions(@url, label)
+      end
+
+      # Get current permissions set. The set is JSON packed.
+      # 
+      #  sqs.get_permissions #=>
+      #    '{"Version":"2008-10-17","Id":"/826693181925/kd-test-gen-2_5/SQSDefaultPolicy",
+      #      "Statement":[{"Sid":"kd-perm-04","Effect":"Allow","Principal":{"AWS":"100000000001",
+      #      "AWS":"100000000001","AWS":"100000000002"},"Action":["SQS:SendMessage","SQS:DeleteMessage",
+      #      "SQS:ReceiveMessage"],"Resource":"/826693181925/kd-test-gen-2_5"},{"Sid":"kd-perm-03",
+      #      "Effect":"Allow","Principal":{"AWS":"648772224137"},"Action":"SQS:SendMessage",
+      #      "Resource":"/826693181925/kd-test-gen-2_5"}]}'
+      #
+      def get_permissions
+        get_attributes('Policy')['Policy']
+      end
+      
+    end
+        
+    class Message
+      attr_reader   :queue, :id, :body, :visibility, :receipt_handle, :attributes
+      attr_accessor :sent_at, :received_at, :send_checksum, :receive_checksum
+      
+      def initialize(queue, id=nil, rh = nil, body=nil, visibility=nil, attributes=nil)
+        @queue       = queue
+        @id          = id
+        @receipt_handle = rh 
+        @body        = body
+        @visibility  = visibility
+        @attributes  = attributes
+        @sent_at     = nil
+        @received_at = nil
+        @send_checksum = nil
+        @receive_checksum = nil
+      end
+      
+        # Returns +Message+ instance body.
+      def to_s
+        @body
+      end
+
+      # Set message visibility timeout.
+      def visibility=(visibility_timeout)
+        @queue.sqs.interface.change_message_visibility(@queue.url, @receipt_handle, visibility_timeout)
+        @visibility = visibility_timeout
+      end
+
+        # Removes message from queue. 
+        # Returns +true+.
+      def delete
+        @queue.sqs.interface.delete_message(@queue.url, @receipt_handle) if @receipt_handle
+      end
+
+    end
+
+  end
+end