[Twisted-Python] timers

[Eric Hsu]

2005/7/21, Andrzej Leszczynski <leszczynscy at yahoo.com>:
> Hi folks,
> 
> short question, I implement a very custom statefull
> protocol which need to have some timers in it. Can
> someone point me to examples how to do that?
> 

I've written a ResourceManager which check frequently and release
resources if necessary, may the following code snippet helpful to you
:)

[code]
from twisted.internet import task
class ResourceManager:
    def __init__(self):
        interval = 5                     # check every 5 seconds
        releaser = task.LoopingCall(self._releaseResources)
        releaser.start(interval)

    def _releaseResource(self):
        [snip]
        ...
[/code]