Having class which has a long method.
Creating a thread for that method.
How i can kill\\terminate this thread?
Main problem is that i can\'t check for threa
While it is not a good idea to kill a thread, if you really must do it, the easiest solution is to implement a running semaphor, divide your time consuming method in sub_methods and check for thread status between the submethods.
Code partly copied from this SO question:
class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
"""Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
regularly for the stopped() condition."""
def __init__(self,la_object):
super(StoppableThread, self).__init__()
self.la = la_object
self._stop = threading.Event()
def stop(self):
self._stop.set()
def stopped(self):
return self._stop.isSet()
def run(self):
self.la.time_consuming_action( self.stopped )
class La :
def __init__(self):
#init here
def time_consuming_action(self, thread_stop_callback ):
sub_work1()
if thread_stop_callback():
raise 'Thread Killed ! '
sub_work2()
if thread_stop_callback():
raise 'Thread Killed ! '
sub_work3()
#etc...