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| -rw-r--r-- | rpkid/rpki/async.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rpkid/rpki/async.py b/rpkid/rpki/async.py index 9bd467fd..ab1942c1 100644 --- a/rpkid/rpki/async.py +++ b/rpkid/rpki/async.py @@ -100,9 +100,20 @@ class timer(object): return self in self.queue def expired(self): - """Handle a timer that has expired. Subclass must define this.""" + """Handle a timer that has expired. This must either be overriden + by a subclass or set dynamically by set_handler(). + """ raise NotImplementedError + def set_handler(self, handler): + """Set timer's expiration handler. This is an alternative to + subclassing the timer class, and may be easier to use when + integrating timers into other classes (eg, the handler can be a + bound method to an object in a class representing a network + connection). + """ + self.expired = handler + @classmethod def runq(cls): """Run the timer queue: for each timer whose call time has passed, |