twisted.internet.interfaces.IReactorCore : API documentation

Method	resolve	Return a `twisted.internet.defer.Deferred` that will resolve a hostname.
Method	run	Fire 'startup' System Events, move the reactor to the 'running' state, then run the main loop until it is stopped with stop() or crash().
Method	stop	Fire 'shutdown' System Events, which will move the reactor to the 'stopped' state and cause reactor.run() to exit.
Method	crash	Stop the main loop immediately, without firing any system events.
Method	iterate	Run the main loop's I/O polling function for a period of time.
Method	fireSystemEvent	Fire a system-wide event.
Method	addSystemEventTrigger	Add a function to be called when a system event occurs.
Method	removeSystemEventTrigger	Removes a trigger added with addSystemEventTrigger.
Method	callWhenRunning	Call a function when the reactor is running.

def resolve(name, timeout=10): (source)

Return a twisted.internet.defer.Deferred that will resolve a hostname.

def run(): (source)

Fire 'startup' System Events, move the reactor to the 'running' state, then run the main loop until it is stopped with stop() or crash().

def stop(): (source)

Fire 'shutdown' System Events, which will move the reactor to the 'stopped' state and cause reactor.run() to exit.

def crash(): (source)

Stop the main loop *immediately*, without firing any system events.

This is named as it is because this is an extremely "rude" thing to do; it is possible to lose data and put your system in an inconsistent state by calling this. However, it is necessary, as sometimes a system can become wedged in a pre-shutdown call.

def iterate(delay=0): (source)

Run the main loop's I/O polling function for a period of time.

This is most useful in applications where the UI is being drawn "as fast as possible", such as games. All pending IDelayedCalls will be called.

The reactor must have been started (via the run() method) prior to any invocations of this method. It must also be stopped manually after the last call to this method (via the stop() method). This method is not re-entrant: you must not call it recursively; in particular, you must not call it while the reactor is running.

def fireSystemEvent(eventType): (source)

Fire a system-wide event.

System-wide events are things like 'startup', 'shutdown', and 'persist'.

def addSystemEventTrigger(phase, eventType, callable, *args, **kw): (source)

Add a function to be called when a system event occurs.

Each "system event" in Twisted, such as 'startup', 'shutdown', and 'persist', has 3 phases: 'before', 'during', and 'after' (in that order, of course). These events will be fired internally by the Reactor.

An implementor of this interface must only implement those events described here.

Callbacks registered for the "before" phase may return either None or a Deferred. The "during" phase will not execute until all of the Deferreds from the "before" phase have fired.

Once the "during" phase is running, all of the remaining triggers must execute; their return values must be ignored.

Parameters	phase	a time to call the event -- either the string 'before', 'after', or 'during', describing when to call it relative to the event's execution.
	eventType	this is a string describing the type of event.
	callable	the object to call before shutdown.
	args	the arguments to call it with.
	kw	the keyword arguments to call it with.
Returns	an ID that can be used to remove this call with removeSystemEventTrigger.

def removeSystemEventTrigger(triggerID): (source)

Removes a trigger added with addSystemEventTrigger.

Parameters	triggerID	a value returned from addSystemEventTrigger.
Raises	KeyError	If there is no system event trigger for the given `triggerID`.
	ValueError	If there is no system event trigger for the given `triggerID`.
	TypeError	If there is no system event trigger for the given `triggerID`.

def callWhenRunning(callable, *args, **kw): (source)

Call a function when the reactor is running.

If the reactor has not started, the callable will be scheduled to run when it does start. Otherwise, the callable will be invoked immediately.

Parameters	callable	the callable object to call later.
	args	the arguments to call it with.
	kw	the keyword arguments to call it with.
Returns	None if the callable was invoked, otherwise a system event id for the scheduled call.

t.i.i.IReactorCore(Interface) : interface documentation