Timer继承子Thread类,是Thread的子类,也是线程类,具有线程的能力和特征。这个类用来定义多久执行一个函数。
它的实例是能够延迟执行目标函数的线程,在真正执行目标函数之前,都可以cancel它。
Timer源码:
class Timer(Thread):
def __init__(self, interval, function, args=None, kwargs=None):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.interval = interval
self.function = function
self.args = args if args is not None else []
self.kwargs = kwargs if kwargs is not None else {}
self.finished = Event()
def cancel(self):
"""Stop the timer if it hasn't finished yet."""
self.finished.set()
def run(self):
self.finished.wait(self.interval)
if not self.finished.is_set():
self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
self.finished.set()
Timer类使用方法与Thread定义子线程一样,interval传入间隔时间,function传入线程执行的函数,args和kwargs传入函数的参数。
提前cancel:
import threading
import time
def add(x,y):
print(x+y)
t = threading.Timer(10,add,args=(4,5))
t.start()
time.sleep(2)
t.cancel()
print("===end===")
运行结果:
===end===