signal_slot_model_thread

Created on Sep 9, 2009

@author: tw55413

class camelot.view.model_thread.signal_slot_model_thread.SignalSlotModelThread(setup_thread=<function setup_model at 0x5754f50>)

A model thread implementation that uses signals and slots to communicate between the model thread and the gui thread

there is no explicit model thread verification on these methods, since this model thread might not be THE model thread.

busy(*args, **kwargs)

Return True or False indicating wether either the model or the gui thread is doing something

pop(*args, **kwargs)

Pop a task from the queue, return None if the queue is empty

wait_on_work()

Wait for all work to be finished, this function should only be used to do unit testing and such, since it will block the calling thread until all work is done

class camelot.view.model_thread.signal_slot_model_thread.TaskHandler(queue)

A task handler is an object that handles tasks that appear in a queue, when its handle_task method is called, it will sequentially handle all tasks that are in the queue.

busy()

Return True/False:  indicating if this task handler is busy

handle_task()

Handle all tasks that are in the queue