def connect(self): 
        try:
            self.connection = pymongo.Connection(self.host, self.port)
            self.db = self.connection[self.name]
        except AutoReconnect:
            raise DatabaseException("It's not possible connect to the database")
def matchfn(self, f):
        # Some information is lost in the superclass's constructor, so we
        # can not accurately create the matching function for the subdirectory
        # from the inputs. Instead, we override matchfn() and visitdir() to
        # call the original matcher with the subdirectory path prepended.
        return self._matcher.matchfn(self._path + "/" + f)