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author | Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel <picca@debian.org> | 2017-10-07 07:59:01 +0200 |
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committer | Picca Frédéric-Emmanuel <picca@debian.org> | 2017-10-07 07:59:01 +0200 |
commit | bfa4dba15485b4192f8bbe13345e9658c97ecf76 (patch) | |
tree | fb9c6e5860881fbde902f7cbdbd41dc4a3a9fb5d /examples/plotUpdateFromThread.py | |
parent | f7bdc2acff3c13a6d632c28c4569690ab106eed7 (diff) |
New upstream version 0.6.0+dfsg
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diff --git a/examples/plotUpdateFromThread.py b/examples/plotUpdateFromThread.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d36bc48 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/plotUpdateFromThread.py @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +# coding: utf-8 +# /*########################################################################## +# +# Copyright (c) 2017 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility +# +# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: +# +# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in +# all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +# +# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN +# THE SOFTWARE. +# +# ###########################################################################*/ +"""This script illustrates the update of a silx.gui.plot widget from a thread. + +The problem is that plot and GUI methods should be called from the main thread. +To safely update the plot from another thread, one need to make the update +asynchronously from the main thread. +In this example, this is achieved through a Qt signal. + +In this example we create a subclass of :class:`silx.gui.plot.Plot1D` +that adds a thread-safe method to add curves: +:meth:`ThreadSafePlot1D.addCurveThreadSafe`. +This thread-safe method is then called from a thread to update the plot. +""" + +__authors__ = ["T. Vincent"] +__license__ = "MIT" +__date__ = "05/09/2017" + + +import threading +import time + +import numpy + +from silx.gui import qt +from silx.gui.plot import Plot1D + + +class ThreadSafePlot1D(Plot1D): + """Add a thread-safe :meth:`addCurveThreadSafe` method to Plot1D. + """ + + _sigAddCurve = qt.Signal(tuple, dict) + """Signal used to perform addCurve in the main thread. + + It takes args and kwargs as arguments. + """ + + def __init__(self, parent=None): + super(ThreadSafePlot1D, self).__init__(parent) + # Connect the signal to the method actually calling addCurve + self._sigAddCurve.connect(self.__addCurve) + + def __addCurve(self, args, kwargs): + """Private method calling addCurve from _sigAddCurve""" + self.addCurve(*args, **kwargs) + + def addCurveThreadSafe(self, *args, **kwargs): + """Thread-safe version of :meth:`silx.gui.plot.Plot.addCurve` + + This method takes the same arguments as Plot.addCurve. + + WARNING: This method does not return a value as opposed to Plot.addCurve + """ + self._sigAddCurve.emit(args, kwargs) + + +class UpdateThread(threading.Thread): + """Thread updating the curve of a :class:`ThreadSafePlot1D` + + :param plot1d: The ThreadSafePlot1D to update.""" + + def __init__(self, plot1d): + self.plot1d = plot1d + self.running = False + super(UpdateThread, self).__init__() + + def start(self): + """Start the update thread""" + self.running = True + super(UpdateThread, self).start() + + def run(self): + """Method implementing thread loop that updates the plot""" + while self.running: + time.sleep(1) + self.plot1d.addCurveThreadSafe( + numpy.arange(1000), numpy.random.random(1000), resetzoom=False) + + def stop(self): + """Stop the update thread""" + self.running = False + self.join(2) + + +def main(): + global app + app = qt.QApplication([]) + + # Create a ThreadSafePlot1D, set its limits and display it + plot1d = ThreadSafePlot1D() + plot1d.setLimits(0., 1000., 0., 1.) + plot1d.show() + + # Create the thread that calls ThreadSafePlot1D.addCurveThreadSafe + updateThread = UpdateThread(plot1d) + updateThread.start() # Start updating the plot + + app.exec_() + + updateThread.stop() # Stop updating the plot + + +if __name__ == '__main__': + main() |