# Copyright (C) 2000-2014 Bastian Kleineidam
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"""
Support for managing threads.
"""
import threading
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class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
"""Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
regularly for the stopped() condition."""
def __init__(self):
"""Store stop event."""
super().__init__()
self._stopper = threading.Event()
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def stop(self):
"""Set stop event."""
self._stopper.set()
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def stopped(self, timeout=None):
"""Return True if stop event is set."""
return self._stopper.wait(timeout)