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+# Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# 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 logging
+import threading
+
+__version__ = '1.4'
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TaskInProcessException(BaseException):
+ pass
+
+
+class TaskThread(threading.Thread):
+ """
+ A thread object that repeats a task.
+
+ Usage example::
+
+ from taskthread import TaskThread
+
+ import time
+
+ def my_task(*args, **kwargs):
+ print args, kwargs
+
+ task_thread = TaskThread(my_task)
+ task_thread.start()
+ for i in xrange(10):
+ task_thread.run_task()
+ task_thread.join_task()
+ task_thread.join()
+
+ .. note:: If :py:meth:`~TaskThread.run_task` is
+ invoked while run_task is in progress,
+ :py:class:`~.TaskInProcessException` will
+ be raised.
+
+ :param task:
+ A ``function``. This param is the task to execute when
+ run_task is called.
+ :param event:
+ A ``threading.Event``. This event will be set when run_task
+ is called. The default value is a new event, but may be
+ specified for testing purposes.
+ """
+
+ daemon = True
+ '''
+ Threads marked as daemon will be terminated.
+ '''
+ def __init__(self, task, event=threading.Event(),
+ *args, **kwargs):
+ super(TaskThread, self).__init__()
+ self.task = task
+ self.task_event = event
+ self.running = True
+ self.running_lock = threading.Lock()
+ self.in_task = False
+ self.task_complete = threading.Event()
+ self.args = args
+ self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+ def run(self):
+ """
+ Called by threading.Thread, this runs in the new thread.
+ """
+ while True:
+ self.task_event.wait()
+ if not self.running:
+ logger.debug("TaskThread exiting")
+ return
+ logger.debug("TaskThread starting task")
+ with self.running_lock:
+ self.task_event.clear()
+ self.task_complete.clear()
+ self.task(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
+ with self.running_lock:
+ self.in_task = False
+ self.task_complete.set()
+
+ def run_task(self, *args, **kwargs):
+ """
+ Run an instance of the task.
+
+ :param args:
+ The arguments to pass to the task.
+
+ :param kwargs:
+ The keyword arguments to pass to the task.
+ """
+ # Don't allow this call if the thread is currently
+ # in a task.
+ with self.running_lock:
+ if self.in_task:
+ raise TaskInProcessException()
+ self.in_task = True
+ logger.debug("Waking up the thread")
+ self.args = args
+ self.kwargs = kwargs
+ # Wake up the thread to do it's thing
+ self.task_event.set()
+
+ def join_task(self, time_out):
+ """
+ Wait for the currently running task to complete.
+
+ :param time_out:
+ An ``int``. The amount of time to wait for the
+ task to finish.
+ """
+ with self.running_lock:
+ if not self.in_task:
+ return
+
+ success = self.task_complete.wait(time_out)
+ if success:
+ self.task_complete.clear()
+ return success
+
+ def join(self, timeout=None):
+ """
+ Wait for the task to finish
+ """
+ self.running = False
+ self.task_event.set()
+ super(TaskThread, self).join(timeout=timeout)
+
+
+class TimerTask(object):
+ """
+ An object that executes a commit function at a given interval.
+ This class is driven by a TaskThread. A new TaskThread will be
+ created the first time :py:meth:`.~start` is called. All
+ subsequent calls to start will reuse the same thread.
+
+ Usage example::
+
+ from taskthread import TimerTask
+ import time
+
+ count = 0
+ def get_count():
+ return count
+ def execute():
+ print "Count: %d" % count
+
+ task = TimerTask(execute,
+ timeout=10,
+ count_fcn=get_count,
+ threshold=1)
+
+ task.start()
+
+ for i in xrange(100000):
+ count += 1
+ time.sleep(1)
+ task.stop()
+ count = 0
+ task.start()
+ for i in xrange(100000):
+ count += 1
+ time.sleep(1)
+ task.shutdown()
+
+ :param execute_fcn:
+ A `function`. This function will be executed on each time interval.
+
+ :param delay:
+ An `int`. The delay in **seconds** invocations of
+ `execute_fcn`. Default: `10`.
+
+ :param count_fcn:
+ A `function`. This function returns a current count. If the count
+ has not changed more the `threshold` since the last invocation of
+ `execute_fcn`, `execute_fcn` will not be called again. If not
+ specified, `execute_fcn` will be called each time the timer fires.
+ **Optional**. If count_fcn is specified, ``threshold`` is required.
+
+ :param threshold:
+ An `int`. Specifies the minimum delta in `count_fcn` that must be
+ met for `execute_fcn` to be invoked. **Optional**. Must be
+ specified in conjunction with `count_fcn`.
+
+ """
+ def __init__(self, execute_fcn, delay=10, count_fcn=None, threshold=None):
+ self.running = True
+ self.execute_fcn = execute_fcn
+ self.last_count = 0
+ self.event = threading.Event()
+ self.delay = delay
+ self.thread = None
+ self.running_lock = threading.RLock()
+ if bool(threshold) != bool(count_fcn):
+ raise ValueError("Must specify threshold "
+ "and count_fcn, or neither")
+
+ self.count_fcn = count_fcn
+ self.threshold = threshold
+
+ def start(self):
+ """
+ Start the task. This starts a :py:class:`.~TaskThread`, and starts
+ running run_threshold_timer on the thread.
+
+ """
+ if not self.thread:
+ logger.debug('Starting up the taskthread')
+ self.thread = TaskThread(self._run_threshold_timer)
+ self.thread.start()
+
+ if self.threshold:
+ self.last_count = 0
+
+ logger.debug('Running the task')
+ self.running = True
+ self.thread.run_task()
+
+ def stop(self):
+ """
+ Stop the task, leaving the :py:class:`.~TaskThread` running
+ so start can be called again.
+
+ """
+ logger.debug('Stopping the task')
+ wait = False
+ with self.running_lock:
+ if self.running:
+ wait = True
+ self.running = False
+ if wait:
+ self.event.set()
+ self.thread.join_task(2)
+
+ def shutdown(self):
+ """
+ Close down the task thread and stop the task if it is running.
+
+ """
+ logger.debug('Shutting down the task')
+ self.stop()
+ self.thread.join(2)
+
+ def _exec_if_threshold_met(self):
+ new_count = self.count_fcn()
+ logger.debug('new_count: %d' % new_count)
+ if new_count >= self.last_count + self.threshold:
+ self.execute_fcn()
+ self.last_count = new_count
+
+ def _exec(self):
+ if self.count_fcn:
+ self._exec_if_threshold_met()
+ else:
+ self.execute_fcn()
+
+ def _wait(self):
+ self.event.wait(timeout=self.delay)
+ self.event.clear()
+ logger.debug('Task woken up')
+
+ def _exit_loop(self):
+ """
+ If self.running is false, it means the task should shut down.
+ """
+ exit_loop = False
+ with self.running_lock:
+ if not self.running:
+ exit_loop = True
+ logger.debug('Task shutting down')
+ return exit_loop
+
+ def _run_threshold_timer(self):
+ """
+ Main loop of the timer task
+
+ """
+ logger.debug('In Task')
+ while True:
+ self._wait()
+ if self._exit_loop():
+ return
+ self._exec()