view engine/python/fife/extensions/fife_timer.py @ 378:64738befdf3b

bringing in the changes from the build_system_rework branch in preparation for the 0.3.0 release. This commit will require the Jan2010 devkit. Clients will also need to be modified to the new way to import fife.
author vtchill@33b003aa-7bff-0310-803a-e67f0ece8222
date Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:34:52 +0000
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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# ####################################################################
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from fife import fife

"""
Convenient timers
=================

Usage::
  import timer
  timer.init( my_fife_engine.getTimeManager() )
  def spam():
     print "SPAM SPAM ",
     return "More spam?" # a string is a true value, so it's repeated.
  repeater = timer.repeatCall(500,spam)
  def stop_spam():
     repeater.stop()
     print "BACON EGGS AND SPAM"
  timer.delayCall(50000,stop_spam)

"""


_manager = None
_alltimers = {}

def init(timemanager):
	"""
	Initialize timers.

	@param timemanager: A L{fife.TimeManager} as retuned by L{fife.Engine.getTimeManager}.
	"""
	global _manager
	_manager = timemanager

class Timer(fife.TimeEvent):
	def __init__(self,delay=0,callback=None):
		super(Timer,self).__init__(0)
		self.manager = _manager
		self.is_registered = False
		self.callback = callback
		self.setPeriod(delay)

	def start(self):
		if self.is_registered:
			return
		self.is_registered = True
		global _alltimers
		_alltimers[self]=1
		self.manager.registerEvent(self)

	def stop(self):
		if not self.is_registered:
			return
		self.is_registered = False
		global _alltimers
		del _alltimers[self]
		self.manager.unregisterEvent(self)

	def updateEvent(self,delta):
		if callable(self.callback):
			self.callback()

def delayCall(delay,callback):
	"""
	Delay a function call by a number of milliseconds.

	@param delay Delay in milliseconds.
	@param callback The function to call.

	@return The timer.
	"""
	timer = Timer(delay)
	def cbwa(c, *args):
		c(*args)
	def real_callback(c, t):
		t.stop()
		c()
		
	timer.callback = cbwa(real_callback, callback, timer)
	timer.start()
	return timer

from traceback import print_exc
def repeatCall(period,callback):
	"""
	Repeat a function call.

	@param period Period between calls in milliseconds.
	@param callback The function to call.

	@return The timer.

	The call is repeated until the callback returns a False
	value (i.e. None) or the timer is stopped.
	"""
	timer = Timer(period)
	def real_callback():
		try:
			if not callback():
				timer.stop()
		except Exception:
			print_exc()
			timer.stop()

	timer.callback = real_callback
	timer.start()
	return timer

__all__ = [init,Timer,delayCall,repeatCall]