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 _model_ready(self, sess):
    """Checks if the model is ready or not.

    Args:
      sess: A `Session`.

    Returns:
      A tuple (is_ready, msg), where is_ready is True if ready and False
      otherwise, and msg is `None` if the model is ready, a `String` with the
      reason why it is not ready otherwise.
    """
    return _ready(self._ready_op, sess, "Model not ready")