# # Copyright (c) 2006 The Apache Software Foundation # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # """ This module augments the standard python multithreaded Queue implementation to add a close() method so that threads blocking on the content of a queue can be notified if the queue is no longer in use. """ from Queue import Queue as BaseQueue, Empty, Full class Closed(Exception): pass class Queue(BaseQueue): END = object() def close(self): self.put(Queue.END) def get(self, block = True, timeout = None): result = BaseQueue.get(self, block, timeout) if result == Queue.END: # this guarantees that any other waiting threads or any future # calls to get will also result in a Closed exception self.put(Queue.END) raise Closed() else: return result