compression: better handle configuration problems

1. Throw an exception on cluster initialization when concrete compression is configured, but library is
   not available
2. Log an error only once at cluster initialization if compression is True, but no
   library is available.
3. Throw an exception on cluster initialization if compression is
   something else but string and bool

Author: dkropachev

cassandra/cluster.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 from itertools import groupby, count, chain
 import json
 import logging
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union
 from warnings import warn
 from random import random
 import re
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 from cassandra.connection import (ConnectionException, ConnectionShutdown,
                                   ConnectionHeartbeat, ProtocolVersionUnsupported,
                                   EndPoint, DefaultEndPoint, DefaultEndPointFactory,
-                                  SniEndPointFactory, ConnectionBusy)
+                                  SniEndPointFactory, ConnectionBusy, locally_supported_compressions)
 from cassandra.cqltypes import UserType
 import cassandra.cqltypes as types
 from cassandra.encoder import Encoder
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class Cluster(object):
     Used for testing new protocol features incrementally before the new version is complete.
     """
 
-    compression = True
+    compression: Union[bool, str] = True
     """
     Controls compression for communications between the driver and Cassandra.
     If left as the default of :const:`True`, either lz4 or snappy compression
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ def token_metadata_enabled(self, enabled):
     def __init__(self,
                  contact_points=_NOT_SET,
                  port=9042,
-                 compression=True,
+                 compression: Union[bool, str] = True,
                  auth_provider=None,
                  load_balancing_policy=None,
                  reconnection_policy=None,
@@ -1302,6 +1302,23 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         self._resolve_hostnames()
 
+        if isinstance(compression, bool):
+            if compression and not locally_supported_compressions:
+                log.error(
+                    "Compression is enabled, but no compression libraries are available. "
+                    "Consider installing one of the Python packages: lz4 or python-snappy."
+                )
+        elif isinstance(compression, str):
+            if not locally_supported_compressions.get(compression):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Compression '%s' was requested, but it is not available. "
+                    "Consider installing the corresponding Python package." % compression
+                )
+        else:
+            raise TypeError(
+                "The 'compression' option must be either a string (e.g., 'lz4' or 'snappy') "
+                "or a boolean (True to enable any available compression, False to disable it)."
+            )
         self.compression = compression
 
         if protocol_version is not _NOT_SET:

cassandra/connection.py

@@ -1383,10 +1383,11 @@ def _handle_options_response(self, options_response):
             overlap = (set(locally_supported_compressions.keys()) &
                        set(remote_supported_compressions))
             if len(overlap) == 0:
-                log.error("No available compression types supported on both ends."
-                          " locally supported: %r. remotely supported: %r",
-                          locally_supported_compressions.keys(),
-                          remote_supported_compressions)
+                if locally_supported_compressions:
+                    log.error("No available compression types supported on both ends."
+                              " locally supported: %r. remotely supported: %r",
+                              locally_supported_compressions.keys(),
+                              remote_supported_compressions)
             else:
                 compression_type = None
                 if isinstance(self.compression, str):