twisted.application.internet.TimerService(_VolatileDataService)
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Known subclasses: twisted.mail.mail.FileMonitoringService
Service to periodically call a function
Every step
seconds call the given function with the given
arguments. The service starts the calls when it starts, and cancels them
when it stops.
Instance Variable | clock | Source of time. This defaults to None
which is causes twisted.internet.reactor
to be used. Feel free to set this to something else, but it probably ought
to be set *before* calling startService . (type: IReactorTime ) |
Instance Variable | call | Function and arguments to call periodically. (type: tuple
of (callable, args, kwargs) ) |
Method | __init__ | |
Method | startService | Start the service. |
Method | stopService | Stop the service. |
Method | _failed | Undocumented |
Inherited from _VolatileDataService:
Method | __getstate__ | Undocumented |
Inherited from Service (via _VolatileDataService):
Method | setName | Set the name of the service. |
Method | setServiceParent | Set the parent of the service. This method is responsible for setting
the parent attribute on this service (the child service). |
Method | disownServiceParent | Use this API to remove an IService
from an IServiceCollection . |
Method | privilegedStartService | Do preparation work for starting the service. |
None
which is causes twisted.internet.reactor
to be used. Feel free to set this to something else, but it probably ought
to be set *before* calling startService
. (type: IReactorTime
)
Start the service.