try to reuse available converter

[enigma2.git] / skin.py

diff --git a/skin.py b/skin.py
index 1aced44c16320df33b6ec764ee2f9a10c71ebc97..f13ec9ca5ee37533a159b7b385a968a625c241d3 100644 (file)
--- a/skin.py
+++ b/skin.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ from Tools.Import import my_import
 import os
 
 from Components.config import ConfigSubsection, configElement, configText, config
+from Components.Element import Element
+from Components.Converter.Converter import Converter
 
 from Tools.XMLTools import elementsWithTag, mergeText
 
@@ -336,11 +338,22 @@ def readSkin(screen, skin, name, desktop):
                        for converter in elementsWithTag(widget.childNodes, "convert"):
                                ctype = converter.getAttribute('type')
                                assert ctype, "'convert'-tag needs a 'type'-attribute"
-                               converter_class = my_import('.'.join(["Components", "Converter", ctype])).__dict__.get(ctype)
                                parms = mergeText(converter.childNodes).strip()
-                               c = converter_class(parms)
+                               converter_class = my_import('.'.join(["Components", "Converter", ctype])).__dict__.get(ctype)
                                
-                               c.connect(source)
+                               c = None
+                               
+                               for i in source.downstream_elements:
+                                       if isinstance(i, converter_class) and i.converter_arguments == parms:
+                                               c = i
+
+                               if c is None:
+                                       print "allocating new converter!"
+                                       c = converter_class(parms)
+                                       c.connect(source)
+                               else:
+                                       print "reused conveter!"
+       
                                source = c
                        
                        renderer_class = my_import('.'.join(["Components", "Renderer", wrender])).__dict__.get(wrender)