Docserver: achieve online vs offline (cron vs instance) behaviour at the object

chrome/common/extensions/docs/server2/preview.py

 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # This helps you preview the apps and extensions docs.
 #
 #    ./preview.py --help
 #
 # There are two modes: server- and render- mode. The default is server, in which
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 #
 # Note: absolute paths into static content (e.g. /static/css/site.css) will be
 # relative paths (e.g. static/css/site.css) for convenient sandboxing.
 
 # NOTE: RUN THIS FIRST. Or all third_party imports will fail.
 import build_server
 # Copy all the files necessary to run the server. These are cleaned up when the
 # server quits.
 build_server.main()
 
-from render_servlet import AlwaysOnline
 from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from local_renderer import LocalRenderer
 import logging
 import optparse
 import os
 import sys
 import time
 
 def _GetLocalPath():
   if os.sep in sys.argv[0]:
     return os.path.join(sys.argv[0].rsplit(os.sep, 1)[0], os.pardir, os.pardir)
   return os.path.join(os.pardir, os.pardir)
 
-@AlwaysOnline
 def _Render(base_dir, path):
   renderer = LocalRenderer(base_dir)
   response = renderer.Render(path)
   while response.status in [301, 302]:
     redirect = response.headers['Location'].lstrip('/')
     sys.stderr.write('<!-- Redirected %s to %s -->\n' % (path, redirect))
     response = renderer.Render(redirect)
   return response
 
 class RequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
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   print('  http://localhost:%s/apps/' % opts.port)
   print('')
 
   logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)
   server = HTTPServer(('', int(opts.port)),
                       RequestHandler.Factory(opts.directory).Create)
   try:
     server.serve_forever()
   finally:
     server.socket.close()