def __repeatDoMethod(self, task):
"""
Called when a task execute function returns Task.again because
it wants the task to execute again after the same or a modified
delay (set 'delayTime' on the task object to change the delay)
"""
if (not task._removed):
# be sure to ask the globalClock for the current frame time
# rather than use a cached value; globalClock's frame time may
# have been synced since the start of this frame
currentTime = self.__getTime()
# Cache the time we should wake up for easier sorting
task.wakeTime = currentTime + task.delayTime
# Push this onto the doLaterList. The heap maintains the sorting.
heappush(self.__doLaterList, task)
if self.fVerbose:
# Alert the world, a new task is born!
messenger.send('TaskManager-againDoLater',
sentArgs = [task, task.name, task.id])
def doMethodLater(self, delayTime, funcOrTask, name, extraArgs=None,
priority=0, uponDeath=None, appendTask=False):
if delayTime < 0:
self.notify.warning('doMethodLater: added task: %s with negative delay: %s' % (name, delayTime))
if isinstance(funcOrTask, Task):
task = funcOrTask
elif callable(funcOrTask):
task = Task(funcOrTask, priority)
else:
self.notify.error('doMethodLater: Tried to add a task that was not a Task or a func')
task.setPriority(priority)
task.name = name
if extraArgs == None:
extraArgs = []
appendTask = True
# if told to, append the task object to the extra args list so the
# method called will be able to access any properties on the task
if appendTask:
extraArgs.append(task)
task.extraArgs = extraArgs
if uponDeath:
task.uponDeath = uponDeath
# TaskManager.notify.debug('spawning doLater: %s' % (task))
# Add this task to the nameDict
nameList = self.nameDict.get(name)
if nameList:
nameList.append(task)
else:
self.nameDict[name] = [task]
currentTime = self.__getTime()
# Cache the time we should wake up for easier sorting
task.delayTime = delayTime
task.wakeTime = currentTime + delayTime
# Push this onto the doLaterList. The heap maintains the sorting.
heappush(self.__doLaterList, task)
if self.fVerbose:
# Alert the world, a new task is born!
messenger.send('TaskManager-spawnDoLater',
sentArgs = [task, task.name, task.id])
return task
