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 trapped_signals(cls, new_signal_handler):
        """A contextmanager which temporarily overrides signal handling.

        NB: This method calls signal.signal(), which will crash if not called from the main thread!
        """
        previous_signal_handler = cls.reset_signal_handler(new_signal_handler)
        try:
            yield
        finally:
            cls.reset_signal_handler(previous_signal_handler)