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#!/usr/bin/python
import time
import functools
from threading import Thread
from Queue import Queue

import gobject

class Job:
    """Wrap a co-routines that yields asynchronous tasks (see Task class).""" 
    def __init__(self, generator):
        self.generator = generator
        task = generator.send(None)
        self._start_task(task)
            
    def _start_task(self, task):
        return_cb = functools.partial(self._advance_task, "send")
        exception_cb = functools.partial(self._advance_task, "throw")
        task.config(return_cb, exception_cb)
        task.run()
    
    def _advance_task(self, method, result=None):
        assert method in ("send", "throw")
        try:
            task = getattr(self.generator, method)(result)
        except StopIteration:
            return
        self._start_task(task)                    
                
class Task:
    """Base class for asynchronous tasks."""
    def config(self, return_cb, exception_cb):
        """Set return and exception callbacks."""
        self.return_cb = return_cb
        self.exception_cb = exception_cb

    def run(self):        
        raise RuntimeError, "Run method must be overriden"
    
class ThreadedTask(Task):
    """Run a function in a new thread and return its output."""               
    def __init__(self, fun, *args, **kwargs):
        self.function = (fun, args, kwargs)
                
    def run(self):
        """Start thread and set callback to get the result value."""
        queue = Queue()        
        thread = Thread(target=self._thread_manager, args=(self.function, queue))
        thread.setDaemon(True)
        thread.start()
        self.source_id = gobject.timeout_add(50, self._thread_receiver, queue)
    
    def _thread_receiver(self, queue):
        if queue.empty():
            return True
        rtype, rvalue = queue.get()
        if rtype == "return":
            self.return_cb(rvalue)
        else:
            self.exception_cb(rvalue)
        return False

    def _thread_manager(self, function, queue):
        fun, args, kwargs = function
        try:
            result = fun(*args, **kwargs)
        except Exception as exc:
            queue.put(("exception", exc))
            raise
        queue.put(("return", result))
          
class SleepTask(Task):
    """Sleep for some time and return."""
    def __init__(self, seconds):
        self.seconds = seconds
        
    def run(self):
        def _return():
            self.return_cb()
            return False
        self.source_id = gobject.timeout_add(int(self.seconds * 1000), _return)

# Example with PyGTK

def heavy_function(x, y):
    time.sleep(1.0)
    return int(x) + int(y)

def my_job(wait, a, b):
    print "wait", wait
    yield SleepTask(wait)
    print "do sequential heavy work in a thread"
    result1 = (yield ThreadedTask(heavy_function, a, b))
    print "do more sequential work"
    result2 = (yield ThreadedTask(heavy_function, result1, b))
    print "done! result of work was", result2
    
def other_async_work():
    import sys
    sys.stderr.write(".")
    return True

def on_start(button, entrya, entryb):
    import random
    job = Job(my_job(random.uniform(1, 5), entrya.get_text(), entryb.get_text()))
    print "start job", job

def main(args):
    import gtk
    gobject.threads_init()
    window = gtk.Window()
    start = gtk.Button("start")
    window.connect("delete-event", lambda *args: gtk.main_quit())
    box = gtk.VBox()
    entrya, entryb = gtk.Entry(), gtk.Entry()
    entrya.set_text("1")
    entryb.set_text("2")
    start.connect("clicked", on_start, entrya, entryb)
    for widget in (entrya, entryb, start):    
        box.pack_start(widget)
    window.add(box)
    start.set_flags(gtk.CAN_DEFAULT)
    entrya.set_activates_default(True)
    entryb.set_activates_default(True)
    window.set_default(start)
    window.show_all()
    
    gobject.timeout_add(100, other_async_work)
    gtk.main()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))

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