twisted.internet.posixbase._IWaker : API documentation

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class twisted.internet.posixbase._IWaker(Interface): (source)

Interface to wake up the event loop based on the self-pipe trick.

The self-pipe trick, used to wake up the main loop from another thread or a signal handler. This is why we have wakeUp together with doRead

This is used by threads or signals to wake up the event loop.

Attribute	disconnected	Undocumented
Method	wakeUp	Called when the event should be wake up.
Method	doRead	Read some data from my connection and discard it.
Method	connectionLost	Called when connection was closed and the pipes.

disconnected = (source)

Undocumented

def wakeUp(): (source)

Called when the event should be wake up.

def doRead(): (source)

Read some data from my connection and discard it.

def connectionLost(reason): (source)

Called when connection was closed and the pipes.

Parameters reason Undocumented (type: failure.Failure)

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