_Timer Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for _Timer:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	cancel
def	run
Public Member Functions inherited from Thread
def	__init__
def	__repr__
def	start
def	run
def	join
def	getName
def	setName
def	isAlive
def	isDaemon
def	setDaemon
Public Member Functions inherited from _Verbose
def	__init__
def	__init__

Data Fields
	interval
	function
	args
	kwargs
	finished

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

Definition at line 493 of file threading.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

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

Definition at line 501 of file threading.py.

    def __init__(self, interval, function, args=[], kwargs={}):
        Thread.__init__(self)
        self.interval = interval
        self.function = function
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        self.finished = Event()