diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py b/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py
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--- a/xos/synchronizers/new_base/djangoaccessor.py
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-
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-
-import traceback
-
-import django.apps
-from django.db import reset_queries
-from django.utils import timezone
-from modelaccessor import ModelAccessor
-from django.db import connection
-from django.db.models import F, Q
-from django import setup as django_setup # django 1.7
-from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-
-from xosconfig import Config
-from multistructlog import create_logger
-
-log = create_logger(Config().get('logging'))
-
-class DjangoModelAccessor(ModelAccessor):
-    def __init__(self):
-        django_setup()
-        super(DjangoModelAccessor, self).__init__()
-
-    def get_all_model_classes(self):
-        all_model_classes = {}
-        for model in django.apps.apps.get_models():
-            all_model_classes[model.__name__] = model
-
-        return all_model_classes
-
-    def fetch_pending(self, main_objs, deletion=False):
-        if (type(main_objs) is not list):
-                main_objs=[main_objs]
-
-        objs = []
-        for main_obj in main_objs:
-            if (not deletion):
-                lobjs = main_obj.objects.filter(Q(enacted__lt=F('updated')) | Q(enacted=None),Q(lazy_blocked=False),Q(no_sync=False))
-            else:
-                lobjs = main_obj.deleted_objects.all()
-            objs.extend(lobjs)
-
-        return objs
-
-    def fetch_policies(self, main_objs, deletion=False):
-        if (type(main_objs) is not list):
-                main_objs=[main_objs]
-
-        objs = []
-        for main_obj in main_objs:
-            if (not deletion):
-                res = main_obj.objects.filter((Q(policed__lt=F('updated')) | Q(policed=None)) & Q(no_policy=False))
-            else:
-                res = main_obj.deleted_objects.filter(Q(policed__lt=F('updated')) | Q(policed=None))
-            objs.extend(res)
-
-        return objs
-
-    def reset_queries(self):
-        reset_queries()
-
-    def connection_close(self):
-        connection.close()
-
-    def check_db_connection_okay(self):
-        # django implodes if the database connection is closed by
-        # docker-compose
-        try:
-            db.connection.cursor()
-        except Exception as e:
-            from django import db
-            if "connection already closed" in traceback.format_exc():
-                log.error("XXX connection already closed")
-                try:
-                    #                       if db.connection:
-                    #                           db.connection.close()
-                    db.close_old_connections()
-                except Exception, e:
-                    log.exception("XXX we failed to fix the failure", e = e)
-            else:
-                log.exception("XXX some other error")
-
-    def obj_exists(self, o):
-        return (o.pk is not None)
-
-    def obj_in_list(self, o, olist):
-        return o in olist
-
-    def now(self):
-        return timezone.now()
-
-    def is_type(self, obj, name):
-        return type(obj) == self.get_model_class(name)
-
-    def is_instance(self, obj, name):
-        return isinstance(obj, self.get_model_class(name))
-
-    def get_content_type_id(self, obj):
-        return ContentType.objects.get_for_model(obj)
-
-    def create_obj(self, cls, **kwargs):
-        return cls(**kwargs)
-