r"str(obj) -> String representation."
return 'Loop interrupted: %s' % self.select_error
-# Flag to know if a timer was expired
-timeout = False
+# Flag to know if a signal was caught
+signals = list()
# Alarm Signal handler
-def alarm_handler(signum, stack_frame):
- global timeout
- timeout = True
+def signal_handler(signum, stack_frame):
+ global signals
+ signals.append(signum)
class EventLoop:
- r"""EventLoop(file[, timer[, handler[, timer_handler]]]) -> EventLoop.
+ r"""EventLoop(file[, handler[, signals]]]) -> EventLoop.
This class implements a simple event loop based on select module.
It "listens" to activity a single 'file' object (a file, a pipe,
function (or the handle() method if you prefer subclassing) every
time the file is ready for reading (or has an error).
- If a 'timer' is supplied, then the timer_handler() function object
- (or the handle_timer() method) is called every 'timer' seconds.
+ 'signals' is a dictionary with signals to be handled by the loop,
+ where keys are signal numbers and values are callbacks (which takes
+ 2 arguments, first the event loop that captured the signal, and then
+ the captured signal number). Callbacks can be None if all signals
+ are handled by the handle_signal() member function.
This is a really simple example of usage using a hanlder callable:
>>> class Test(EventLoop):
>>> def handle(self):
>>> data = os.read(self.fileno, 100)
- >>> if data == 'q\n':
- >>> self.stop()
- >>> else:
- >>> os.write(1, 'Received message: %r\n' % data)
- >>> def handle_timer(self):
- >>> print time.strftime('%c')
- >>> p = Test(0, timer=5)
+ >>> os.write(1, 'Received message: %r\n' % data)
+ >>> def handle_signal(self, signum):
+ >>> os.write(1, 'Signal %d received, stopping\n' % signum)
+ >>> self.stop()
+ >>> p = Test(0, signals={signal.SIGTERM: None, signal.SIGINT: None})
>>> p.loop()
- This example loops until the user enters a single "q", when stop()
- is called and the event loop is exited.
+ This example loops until the user enter interrupts the program (by
+ pressing Ctrl-C) or untile the program is terminated by a TERM signal
+ (kill) when stop() is called and the event loop is exited.
"""
- def __init__(self, file, handler=None, timer=None, timer_handler=None):
+ def __init__(self, file, handler=None, signals=None):
r"""Initialize the EventLoop object.
See EventLoop class documentation for more info.
self.poll = select.poll()
self._stop = False
self.__register(file)
- self.timer = timer
self.handler = handler
- self.timer_handler = timer_handler
+ self.signals = dict()
+ if signals is None:
+ signals = dict()
+ for (signum, sighandler) in signals.items():
+ self.set_signal(signum, sighandler)
def __register(self, file):
r"__register(file) -> None :: Register a new file for polling."
self._file = file
self.poll.register(self.fileno, POLLIN | POLLPRI | POLLERR)
+ def set_signal(self, signum, sighandler):
+ prev = self.signals.get(signum, None)
+ # If the signal was not already handled, handle it
+ if signum not in self.signals:
+ signal.signal(signum, signal_handler)
+ self.signals[signum] = sighandler
+ return prev
+
+ def get_signal_handler(self, signum):
+ return self.signals[signum]
+
+ def unset_signal(self, signum):
+ prev = self.signals[signum]
+ # Restore the default handler
+ signal.signal(signum, signal.SIG_DFL)
+ return prev
+
def set_file(self, file):
r"""set_file(file) -> None :: New file object to be monitored
Wait for events and handle then when they arrive. If once is True,
then only 1 event is processed and then this method returns.
"""
- # Flag modified by the signal handler
- global timeout
- # If we use a timer, we set up the signal
- if self.timer is not None:
- signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, alarm_handler)
- self.handle_timer()
- signal.alarm(self.timer)
+ # List of pending signals
+ global signals
while True:
try:
res = self.poll.poll()
except select.error, e:
- # The error is not an interrupt caused by the alarm, then raise
- if e.args[0] != errno.EINTR or not timeout:
+ # The error is not an interrupt caused by a signal, then raise
+ if e.args[0] != errno.EINTR or not signals:
raise LoopInterruptedError(e)
- # There was a timeout, so execute the timer handler
- if timeout:
- timeout = False
- self.handle_timer()
- signal.alarm(self.timer)
- # Not a timeout, execute the regular handler
- else:
+ # If we have signals to process, we just do it
+ have_signals = bool(signals)
+ while signals:
+ self.handle_signal(signals.pop(0))
+ # No signals to process, execute the regular handler
+ if not have_signals:
self.handle()
+ import os
# Look if we have to stop
if self._stop or once:
self._stop = False
break
def handle(self):
- r"handle() -> None :: Abstract method to be overriden to handle events."
+ r"handle() -> None :: Handle file descriptor events."
self.handler(self)
- def handle_timer(self):
- r"handle() -> None :: Abstract method to be overriden to handle events."
- self.timer_handler(self)
+ def handle_signal(self, signum):
+ r"handle_signal(signum) -> None :: Handles signals."
+ self.signals[signum](self, signum)
if __name__ == '__main__':
class Test(EventLoop):
def handle(self):
data = os.read(self.fileno, 100)
- if data == 'q\n':
- self.stop()
- else:
- os.write(1, 'Received message: %r\n' % data)
- def handle_timer(self):
- print time.strftime('%c')
+ os.write(1, 'Received message: %r\n' % data)
+ def handle_signal(self, signum):
+ os.write(1, 'Signal %d received, stopping\n' % signum)
+ self.stop()
- p = Test(0, timer=5)
+ p = Test(0, signals={signal.SIGTERM: None, signal.SIGINT: None})
- os.write(1, 'Say a lot of things, then press write just "q" to stop: ')
+ os.write(1, 'Say a lot of things, then press Ctrl-C or kill me to stop: ')
p.loop()
os.write(1, 'Ok, bye!\n')