Source code for iCallSV.launchThreads
"""
Created on December 21, 2015
Description: This module will be launching functions as threads
@author: Ronak H Shah
"""
"""
::Inputs::
threadID: Id for the thread
name: name for the thread
counter: a counter to keep track of the thread
"""
"""
Taken from:
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_multithreading.htm
"""
import logging
import threading
import time
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
[docs]class myThread (threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, threadID, name, counter):
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.threadID = threadID
self.name = name
self.counter = counter
[docs] def run(self):
logger.info("Starting %s", self.name)
# Get lock to synchronize threads
threadLock.acquire()
print_time(self.name, self.counter, 3)
# Free lock to release next thread
threadLock.release()
[docs]def print_time(threadName, delay, counter):
while counter:
time.sleep(delay)
print "%s: %s" % (threadName, time.ctime(time.time()))
counter -= 1
threadLock = threading.Lock()
threads = []
# Create new threads
thread1 = myThread(1, "Thread-1", 1)
thread2 = myThread(2, "Thread-2", 2)
# Start new Threads
thread1.start()
thread2.start()
# Add threads to thread list
threads.append(thread1)
threads.append(thread2)
# Wait for all threads to complete
for t in threads:
t.join()
print "Exiting Main Thread"