def get_next_id(self):
        try:
            query = {'_id': 'last_id'}
            update = {'$inc': {'id': 1}}
            fn = self.db.internal.find_and_modify
            row = fn(query, update, upsert=True, new=True)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return row['id']
def remove_attributes(self, model):
        """
        Removes the x and y attributes which were added by the forward handles
        Recursively searches for non-container layers
        """
        for child in model.children():
            if 'nn.modules.container' in str(type(child)):
                self.remove_attributes(child)
            else:
                try:
                    del child.x
                except AttributeError:
                    pass
                try:
                    del child.y
                except AttributeError:
                    pass