Package papyros :: Class Slave

Class Slave

object --+
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        Slave

Known Subclasses:: multithreaded.MultiThreadedSlave, distributed.DistributedSlave, singlethreaded.SingleThreadedMaster

Abstract Slave class.

A Slave sits in a loop waiting for Jobs from its Master, picks the next available job, processes it, sends it back to the Master and all over again.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, master, poll_time=1)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

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run(self)

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process(self)
Fetch the next available unassigned job from the master, process it and send it back.

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, master, poll_time=1)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Parameters:

master - The Master this slaves is communicating with.
poll_time - How often should this slave poll its master for a new Job.

Overrides: object.__init__

process(self)

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Fetch the next available unassigned job from the master, process it and send it back.

Returns:: The processed job, or None if no job was assigned within poll_time seconds.

Class Slave

__init__(self, master, poll_time=1) (Constructor)

process(self)

init(self, master, poll_time=1)
(Constructor)