import threading

class ThreadingExt:

    data = threading.local()

    @staticmethod
    def createStopEvent(event):
        ThreadingExt.data.stopevent = event

    @staticmethod
    def sleep(period_sec):
        ThreadingExt.data.stopevent.wait(period_sec)

    @staticmethod
    def isThreadStopped():
        return ThreadingExt.data.stopevent.isSet()