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 _apply_mask(y_true, sample_weight, masked_tokens, dtype):
  if sample_weight is None:
    sample_weight = tf.ones_like(y_true, dtype)
  else:
    sample_weight = tf.cast(sample_weight, dtype)
  for token in masked_tokens:
    mask = tf.cast(tf.not_equal(y_true, token), dtype)
    sample_weight = sample_weight * mask
  return sample_weight