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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/taurus/qt/qtcore/util/emitter.py')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/taurus/qt/qtcore/util/emitter.py b/lib/taurus/qt/qtcore/util/emitter.py index 2105a53a..205e1351 100644 --- a/lib/taurus/qt/qtcore/util/emitter.py +++ b/lib/taurus/qt/qtcore/util/emitter.py @@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ class QEmitter(Qt.QObject): class TaurusEmitterThread(Qt.QThread): """ - The TaurusEmitterThread Class - ========================== - This object get items from a python Queue and performs a thread safe operation on them. It is useful to serialize Qt tasks in a background thread. @@ -106,8 +103,7 @@ class TaurusEmitterThread(Qt.QThread): :param cursor: if True or QCursor a custom cursor is set while the Queue is not empty - How TaurusEmitterThread works - -------------------------- + How TaurusEmitterThread works: TaurusEmitterThread is a worker thread that processes a queue of iterables passed as arguments to the specified method every time that @@ -126,7 +122,7 @@ class TaurusEmitterThread(Qt.QThread): to ``self.todo queue`` + every time that a *somethingDone* signal arrives ``next()`` is called. + ``next()`` can be called also externally to ensure that the main queue - is being processed. + is being processed. + the queue can be accessed externally using ``getQueue()`` + ``getQueue().qsize()`` returns number of remaining objects in queue. + while there are objects in queue the ``.next()`` method will @@ -139,8 +135,7 @@ class TaurusEmitterThread(Qt.QThread): - if an object is found, it is sent in a *doSomething* signal. - if *"exit"* is found the loop exits. - Usage example - ------------- + Usage example: .. code-block:: python |