t.p.r.Platform : class documentation

Gives us information about the platform we're running on

Method	__init__	Undocumented
Method	isKnown	Do we know about this platform?
Method	getType	Return 'posix', 'win32' or 'java'
Method	isMacOSX	Check if current platform is Mac OS X.
Method	isWinNT	Are we running in Windows NT?
Method	isWindows	Undocumented
Method	isVista	Check if current platform is Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
Method	isLinux	Check if current platform is Linux.
Method	supportsThreads	Can threads be created?
Method	supportsINotify	Return `True` if we can use the inotify API on this platform.

def __init__(self, name=None, platform=None): (source)

Undocumented

def isKnown(self): (source)

Do we know about this platform?

def getType(self): (source)

Return 'posix', 'win32' or 'java'

def isMacOSX(self): (source)

Check if current platform is Mac OS X.

Returns True if the current platform has been detected as OS X (type: bool)

def isWinNT(self): (source)

Are we running in Windows NT?

def isWindows(self): (source)

Undocumented

def isVista(self): (source)

Check if current platform is Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.

Returns True if the current platform has been detected as Vista (type: bool)

def isLinux(self): (source)

Check if current platform is Linux.

Returns True if the current platform has been detected as Linux. (type: bool)

def supportsThreads(self): (source)

Can threads be created?

def supportsINotify(self): (source)

Return True if we can use the inotify API on this platform.

Present Since 10.1

API Documentation for Twisted, generated by pydoctor at 2012-06-04 17:20:01.