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"""
This module contains an implementation to run a certain function repeatedly until a timeout is
reached
"""
from threading import Thread, Event
import logging
__author__ = 'Lorenzo Vannucci, Stefan Deser, Daniel Peppicelli'
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12435211/
# python-threading-timer-repeat-function-every-n-seconds
[docs]class Timer(Thread):
"""
Timer that runs two functions, one every n1 seconds and the other
every n2 seconds, using only one thread
"""
def __init__(self, interval, callback):
"""
Construct the timer.
:param interval: the time interval
:param callback: the function to be called
"""
Thread.__init__(self)
self.setDaemon(True)
self.interval = interval
self.callback = callback
self.stopped = Event()
self.stopped.clear()
[docs] def run(self):
"""
Exec the function and restart the timer.
"""
while not self.stopped.wait(self.interval):
self.callback()
[docs] def cancel_all(self):
"""
Cancel the timer.
"""
self.stopped.set()