{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This notebook was prepared by [Donne Martin](https://github.com/donnemartin). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Design a call center" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Constraints and assumptions\n", "\n", "* What levels of employees are in the call center?\n", " * Operator, supervisor, director\n", "* Can we assume operators always get the initial calls?\n", " * Yes\n", "* If there is no available operators or the operator can't handle the call, does the call go to the supervisors?\n", " * Yes\n", "* If there is no available supervisors or the supervisor can't handle the call, does the call go to the directors?\n", " * Yes\n", "* Can we assume the directors can handle all calls?\n", " * Yes\n", "* What happens if nobody can answer the call?\n", " * It gets queued\n", "* Do we need to handle 'VIP' calls where we put someone to the front of the line?\n", " * No\n", "* Can we assume inputs are valid or do we have to validate them?\n", " * Assume they're valid" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": 1, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name": "stdout", "output_type": "stream", "text": [ "Overwriting call_center.py\n" ] } ], "source": [ "%%writefile call_center.py\n", "from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod\n", "from collections import deque\n", "from enum import Enum\n", "\n", "\n", "class Rank(Enum):\n", "\n", " OPERATOR = 0\n", " SUPERVISOR = 1\n", " DIRECTOR = 2\n", "\n", "\n", "class Employee(metaclass=ABCMeta):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, employee_id, name, rank, call_center):\n", " self.employee_id = employee_id\n", " self.name = name\n", " self.rank = rank\n", " self.call = None\n", " self.call_center = call_center\n", "\n", " def take_call(self, call):\n", " \"\"\"Assume the employee will always successfully take the call.\"\"\"\n", " self.call = call\n", " self.call.employee = self\n", " self.call.state = CallState.IN_PROGRESS\n", "\n", " def complete_call(self):\n", " self.call.state = CallState.COMPLETE\n", " self.call_center.notify_call_completed(self.call)\n", "\n", " @abstractmethod\n", " def escalate_call(self):\n", " pass\n", "\n", " def _escalate_call(self):\n", " self.call.state = CallState.READY\n", " call = self.call\n", " self.call = None\n", " self.call_center.notify_call_escalated(call)\n", "\n", "\n", "class Operator(Employee):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, employee_id, name):\n", " super(Operator, self).__init__(employee_id, name, Rank.OPERATOR)\n", "\n", " def escalate_call(self):\n", " self.call.level = Rank.SUPERVISOR\n", " self._escalate_call()\n", "\n", "\n", "class Supervisor(Employee):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, employee_id, name):\n", " super(Operator, self).__init__(employee_id, name, Rank.SUPERVISOR)\n", "\n", " def escalate_call(self):\n", " self.call.level = Rank.DIRECTOR\n", " self._escalate_call()\n", "\n", "\n", "class Director(Employee):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, employee_id, name):\n", " super(Operator, self).__init__(employee_id, name, Rank.DIRECTOR)\n", "\n", " def escalate_call(self):\n", " raise NotImplemented('Directors must be able to handle any call')\n", "\n", "\n", "class CallState(Enum):\n", "\n", " READY = 0\n", " IN_PROGRESS = 1\n", " COMPLETE = 2\n", "\n", "\n", "class Call(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, rank):\n", " self.state = CallState.READY\n", " self.rank = rank\n", " self.employee = None\n", "\n", "\n", "class CallCenter(object):\n", "\n", " def __init__(self, operators, supervisors, directors):\n", " self.operators = operators\n", " self.supervisors = supervisors\n", " self.directors = directors\n", " self.queued_calls = deque()\n", "\n", " def dispatch_call(self, call):\n", " if call.rank not in (Rank.OPERATOR, Rank.SUPERVISOR, Rank.DIRECTOR):\n", " raise ValueError('Invalid call rank: {}'.format(call.rank))\n", " employee = None\n", " if call.rank == Rank.OPERATOR:\n", " employee = self._dispatch_call(call, self.operators)\n", " if call.rank == Rank.SUPERVISOR or employee is None:\n", " employee = self._dispatch_call(call, self.supervisors)\n", " if call.rank == Rank.DIRECTOR or employee is None:\n", " employee = self._dispatch_call(call, self.directors)\n", " if employee is None:\n", " self.queued_calls.append(call)\n", "\n", " def _dispatch_call(self, call, employees):\n", " for employee in employees:\n", " if employee.call is None:\n", " employee.take_call(call)\n", " return employee\n", " return None\n", "\n", " def notify_call_escalated(self, call): # ...\n", " def notify_call_completed(self, call): # ...\n", " def dispatch_queued_call_to_newly_freed_employee(self, call, employee): # ..." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.4.3" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }