Package pyxmpp2 :: Package mainloop :: Module threads :: Class IOThread

Class IOThread

Base class for ReadingThread and WrittingThread.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, settings, io_handler, name, daemon=True, exc_queue=None)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

start(self)
Start the thread.

is_alive(self)
Check if the thread is alive.

stop(self)
Request the thread to stop.

join(self, timeout)
Join the thread (wait until it stops).

_run(self)
The thread function.

run(self)
The thread function.

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Instance Variables

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(type, value, traceback) tuple exc_info
this will hold exception information tuple for the last exception raised in the thread.

exc_queue
queue to put all exceptions raised in the thread.

IOHandler io_handler
the I/O handler object to poll

unicode name
thread name (for debugging)

threading.Thread thread
the actual thread object

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, settings, io_handler, name, daemon=True, exc_queue=None)
(Constructor)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

_run(self)

The thread function. Calls self.run() in loop and if it raises an exception, stores it in self.exc_queue. If exc_queue is None the exception will abort the thread.

Class IOThread

__init__(self, settings, io_handler, name, daemon=True, exc_queue=None) (Constructor)

_run(self)

init(self, settings, io_handler, name, daemon=True, exc_queue=None)
(Constructor)