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1"""A generally useful event scheduler class.
2
3Each instance of this class manages its own queue.
4No multi-threading is implied; you are supposed to hack that
5yourself, or use a single instance per application.
6
7Each instance is parametrized with two functions, one that is
8supposed to return the current time, one that is supposed to
9implement a delay.  You can implement real-time scheduling by
10substituting time and sleep from built-in module time, or you can
11implement simulated time by writing your own functions.  This can
12also be used to integrate scheduling with STDWIN events; the delay
13function is allowed to modify the queue.  Time can be expressed as
14integers or floating point numbers, as long as it is consistent.
15
16Events are specified by tuples (time, priority, action, argument, kwargs).
17As in UNIX, lower priority numbers mean higher priority; in this
18way the queue can be maintained as a priority queue.  Execution of the
19event means calling the action function, passing it the argument
20sequence in "argument" (remember that in Python, multiple function
21arguments are be packed in a sequence) and keyword parameters in "kwargs".
22The action function may be an instance method so it
23has another way to reference private data (besides global variables).
24"""
25
26import time
27import heapq
28from collections import namedtuple
29import threading
30from time import monotonic as _time
31
32__all__ = ["scheduler"]
33
34class Event(namedtuple('Event', 'time, priority, action, argument, kwargs')):
35    __slots__ = []
36    def __eq__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) == (o.time, o.priority)
37    def __lt__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) <  (o.time, o.priority)
38    def __le__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) <= (o.time, o.priority)
39    def __gt__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) >  (o.time, o.priority)
40    def __ge__(s, o): return (s.time, s.priority) >= (o.time, o.priority)
41
42Event.time.__doc__ = ('''Numeric type compatible with the return value of the
43timefunc function passed to the constructor.''')
44Event.priority.__doc__ = ('''Events scheduled for the same time will be executed
45in the order of their priority.''')
46Event.action.__doc__ = ('''Executing the event means executing
47action(*argument, **kwargs)''')
48Event.argument.__doc__ = ('''argument is a sequence holding the positional
49arguments for the action.''')
50Event.kwargs.__doc__ = ('''kwargs is a dictionary holding the keyword
51arguments for the action.''')
52
53_sentinel = object()
54
55class scheduler:
56
57    def __init__(self, timefunc=_time, delayfunc=time.sleep):
58        """Initialize a new instance, passing the time and delay
59        functions"""
60        self._queue = []
61        self._lock = threading.RLock()
62        self.timefunc = timefunc
63        self.delayfunc = delayfunc
64
65    def enterabs(self, time, priority, action, argument=(), kwargs=_sentinel):
66        """Enter a new event in the queue at an absolute time.
67
68        Returns an ID for the event which can be used to remove it,
69        if necessary.
70
71        """
72        if kwargs is _sentinel:
73            kwargs = {}
74        event = Event(time, priority, action, argument, kwargs)
75        with self._lock:
76            heapq.heappush(self._queue, event)
77        return event # The ID
78
79    def enter(self, delay, priority, action, argument=(), kwargs=_sentinel):
80        """A variant that specifies the time as a relative time.
81
82        This is actually the more commonly used interface.
83
84        """
85        time = self.timefunc() + delay
86        return self.enterabs(time, priority, action, argument, kwargs)
87
88    def cancel(self, event):
89        """Remove an event from the queue.
90
91        This must be presented the ID as returned by enter().
92        If the event is not in the queue, this raises ValueError.
93
94        """
95        with self._lock:
96            self._queue.remove(event)
97            heapq.heapify(self._queue)
98
99    def empty(self):
100        """Check whether the queue is empty."""
101        with self._lock:
102            return not self._queue
103
104    def run(self, blocking=True):
105        """Execute events until the queue is empty.
106        If blocking is False executes the scheduled events due to
107        expire soonest (if any) and then return the deadline of the
108        next scheduled call in the scheduler.
109
110        When there is a positive delay until the first event, the
111        delay function is called and the event is left in the queue;
112        otherwise, the event is removed from the queue and executed
113        (its action function is called, passing it the argument).  If
114        the delay function returns prematurely, it is simply
115        restarted.
116
117        It is legal for both the delay function and the action
118        function to modify the queue or to raise an exception;
119        exceptions are not caught but the scheduler's state remains
120        well-defined so run() may be called again.
121
122        A questionable hack is added to allow other threads to run:
123        just after an event is executed, a delay of 0 is executed, to
124        avoid monopolizing the CPU when other threads are also
125        runnable.
126
127        """
128        # localize variable access to minimize overhead
129        # and to improve thread safety
130        lock = self._lock
131        q = self._queue
132        delayfunc = self.delayfunc
133        timefunc = self.timefunc
134        pop = heapq.heappop
135        while True:
136            with lock:
137                if not q:
138                    break
139                time, priority, action, argument, kwargs = q[0]
140                now = timefunc()
141                if time > now:
142                    delay = True
143                else:
144                    delay = False
145                    pop(q)
146            if delay:
147                if not blocking:
148                    return time - now
149                delayfunc(time - now)
150            else:
151                action(*argument, **kwargs)
152                delayfunc(0)   # Let other threads run
153
154    @property
155    def queue(self):
156        """An ordered list of upcoming events.
157
158        Events are named tuples with fields for:
159            time, priority, action, arguments, kwargs
160
161        """
162        # Use heapq to sort the queue rather than using 'sorted(self._queue)'.
163        # With heapq, two events scheduled at the same time will show in
164        # the actual order they would be retrieved.
165        with self._lock:
166            events = self._queue[:]
167        return list(map(heapq.heappop, [events]*len(events)))
168