class BackgroundDownloader(Thread):
"""It seems, such implementation does not cause slight lags in qt (as opposed to QThread one)"""
def __init__(self, pause):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.mayUpdate = False
self.hasItemsToUpdate = True
self.waitFor = (pause * 60) / 2
self.dbUpdater = DBBackgroundUpdater()
self.event = Event()
def run(self):
print "Imma in yȯr background, updating yȯrz db"
while not self.event.is_set():
if self.mayUpdate and self.hasItemsToUpdate:
item = self.dbUpdater.getSomeItem()
if item is None:
self.hasItemsToUpdate = False
print "No more items to update"
else:
self.dbUpdater.addExamples(item, JishoClient.getExamples(item.character))
# print 'Added examples for ' + item.character
print "Attempted to add examples for " + item.character
self.event.wait(self.waitFor)
def stop(self):
self.event.set()
def __init__(self, pause):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.mayUpdate = False
self.hasItemsToUpdate = True
self.waitFor = (pause * 60) / 2
self.dbUpdater = DBBackgroundUpdater()
self.event = Event()