def save_last_sync(self, ids, process):
        try:
            spec = {'_id': 'last_sync'}
            document = {'$set': {process: ids}}
            self.db.internal.update(spec, document, upsert=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
def _invert_results(self, candidates):
        inverted_candidates = list(self.directory)

        for candidate in candidates:
            try:
                inverted_candidates.remove(candidate)
            except ValueError:
                pass

        return inverted_candidates