def create_session(self, options):
        """Create the session factory used by :meth:`create_scoped_session`.

        The factory **must** return an object that SQLAlchemy recognizes as a session,
        or registering session events may raise an exception.

        Valid factories include a :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.session.Session`
        class or a :class:`~sqlalchemy.orm.session.sessionmaker`.

        The default implementation creates a ``sessionmaker`` for :class:`SignallingSession`.

        :param options: dict of keyword arguments passed to session class
        """

        return orm.sessionmaker(class_=SignallingSession, db=self, **options)