# define some decorators here, to be used by modules for access control
def access(*a, **kw):
    def check_access(f, *args, **kwargs):
        def new_f(*args, **kwargs):
            session = Session()
            try:
                # query the database to check to see if the user is a master or owner
                query = session.query(User).filter(User.name == args[1]['source']['nick'])
                user = query.first()
            except Exception, e:
                print e
            # check to see if we receive a result from the database and that
            # their access level is at least master status
            if user and user.access >= Access.__getattribute__(a[0]).index:
                return f(*args, **kwargs)
        new_f.func_name = f.func_name
        return new_f
    return check_access

def master(f):
    return access('master')(f)