Package core :: Package controllers :: Package threads :: Module threadpool :: Class WorkerThread

Class WorkerThread

Background thread connected to the requests/results queues.

A worker thread sits in the background and picks up work requests from one queue and puts the results in another until it is dismissed.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, requestsQueue, resultsQueue, **kwds)
Set up thread in damonic mode and start it immediatedly.

run(self)
Repeatedly process the job queue until told to exit.

dismiss(self)
Sets a flag to tell the thread to exit when done with current job.

Inherited from threading.Thread: __repr__, getName, isAlive, isDaemon, join, setDaemon, setName, start

Inherited from threading.Thread (private): _set_daemon

Inherited from threading._Verbose (private): _note

Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties

Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

Set up thread in damonic mode and start it immediatedly.

requestsQueue and resultQueue are instances of Queue.Queue passed by the ThreadPool class when it creates a new worker thread.

Repeatedly process the job queue until told to exit.

Sets a flag to tell the thread to exit when done with current job.