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- # http://sebastiandahlgren.se/2014/06/27/running-a-method-as-a-background-thread-in-python/
- import threading
- import time
- class ThreadingExample(object):
- """ Threading example class
- The run() method will be started and it will run in the background
- until the application exits.
- """
- def __init__(self, interval=1):
- """ Constructor
- :type interval: int
- :param interval: Check interval, in seconds
- """
- self.interval = interval
- thread = threading.Thread(target=self.run, args=())
- thread.daemon = True # Daemonize thread
- thread.start() # Start the execution
- def run(self):
- """ Method that runs forever """
- while True:
- # Do something
- print('Doing something imporant in the background')
- time.sleep(self.interval)
- example = ThreadingExample()
- time.sleep(3)
- print('Checkpoint')
- time.sleep(2)
- print('Bye')
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