Timer Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for Timer:

Public Member Functions
	__init__ (self, interval, function, args=[], kwargs={})
	cancel (self)
	run (self)
Public Member Functions inherited from Thread
	__init__ (self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={}, daemon=None)
	__del__ (self)
	is_alive (self)
	join (self, timeout=None)
	setName (self, name)
	start (self)
Public Member Functions inherited from ThreadBase
	__init__ (self)
	__setattr__ (self, key, value)
	getName (self)
	isDaemon (self)
	setDaemon (self, daemon)

Public Attributes
	args = args
	finished = Event()
	function = function
	interval = interval
	kwargs = kwargs
Public Attributes inherited from Thread
	ident = None

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Attributes inherited from Thread
	isAlive = is_alive
Static Public Attributes inherited from ThreadBase
	considerYield
	forceYield

Detailed Description

Call a function after a specified number of seconds:

t = Timer(30.0, f, args=[], kwargs={})
t.start()
t.cancel() # stop the timer's action if it's still waiting

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__init__()

__init__	(		self,
			interval,
			function,
			args = [],
			kwargs = {} )

Member Function Documentation

cancel()

cancel

(

self

)

Stop the timer if it hasn't finished yet

run()

run

(

self

)

Reimplemented from Thread.

Member Data Documentation

args

args = args

finished

finished = Event()

function

function = function

interval

interval = interval

kwargs

kwargs = kwargs