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'''
Clock object
============

The :class:`Clock` object allows you to schedule a function call in the
future; once or repeatedly at specified intervals. You can get the time
elapsed between the scheduling and the calling of the callback via the
`dt` argument::

    # dt means delta-time
    def my_callback(dt):
        pass

    # call my_callback every 0.5 seconds
    Clock.schedule_interval(my_callback, 0.5)

    # call my_callback in 5 seconds
    Clock.schedule_once(my_callback, 5)

    # call my_callback as soon as possible (usually next frame.)
    Clock.schedule_once(my_callback)

.. note::

    If the callback returns False, the schedule will be removed.

If you want to schedule a function to call with default arguments, you can use
the `functools.partial
<http://docs.python.org/library/functools.html#functools.partial>`_ python
module::

    from functools import partial

    def my_callback(value, key, *largs):
        pass

    Clock.schedule_interval(partial(my_callback, 'my value', 'my key'), 0.5)

Conversely, if you want to schedule a function that doesn't accept the dt
argument, you can use a `lambda
<http://docs.python.org/2/reference/expressions.html#lambda>`_ expression
to write a short function that does accept dt. For Example::

    def no_args_func():
        print("I accept no arguments, so don't schedule me in the clock")

    Clock.schedule_once(lambda dt: no_args_func(), 0.5)

.. note::

    You cannot unschedule an anonymous function unless you keep a
    reference to it. It's better to add \*args to your function
    definition so that it can be called with an arbitrary number of
    parameters.

.. important::

    The callback is weak-referenced: you are responsible for keeping a
    reference to your original object/callback. If you don't keep a
    reference, the ClockBase will never execute your callback. For
    example::

        class Foo(object):
            def start(self):
                Clock.schedule_interval(self.callback, 0.5)

            def callback(self, dt):
                print('In callback')

        # A Foo object is created and the method start is called.
        # Because no reference is kept to the instance returned from Foo(),
        # the object will be collected by the Python Garbage Collector and
        # your callback will be never called.
        Foo().start()

        # So you should do the following and keep a reference to the instance
        # of foo until you don't need it anymore!
        foo = Foo()
        foo.start()


.. _schedule-before-frame:

Schedule before frame
---------------------

.. versionadded:: 1.0.5

Sometimes you need to schedule a callback BEFORE the next frame. Starting
from 1.0.5, you can use a timeout of -1::

    Clock.schedule_once(my_callback, 0) # call after the next frame
    Clock.schedule_once(my_callback, -1) # call before the next frame

The Clock will execute all the callbacks with a timeout of -1 before the
next frame even if you add a new callback with -1 from a running
callback. However, :class:`Clock` has an iteration limit for these
callbacks: it defaults to 10.

If you schedule a callback that schedules a callback that schedules a .. etc
more than 10 times, it will leave the loop and send a warning to the console,
then continue after the next frame. This is implemented to prevent bugs from
hanging or crashing the application.

If you need to increase the limit, set the :attr:`max_iteration` property::

    from kivy.clock import Clock
    Clock.max_iteration = 20

.. _triggered-events:

Triggered Events
----------------

.. versionadded:: 1.0.5

A triggered event is a way to defer a callback exactly like schedule_once(),
but with some added convenience. The callback will only be scheduled once per
frame even if you call the trigger twice (or more). This is not the case
with :meth:`Clock.schedule_once`::

    # will run the callback twice before the next frame
    Clock.schedule_once(my_callback)
    Clock.schedule_once(my_callback)

    # will run the callback once before the next frame
    t = Clock.create_trigger(my_callback)
    t()
    t()

Before triggered events, you may have used this approach in a widget::

    def trigger_callback(self, *largs):
        Clock.unschedule(self.callback)
        Clock.schedule_once(self.callback)

As soon as you call `trigger_callback()`, it will correctly schedule the
callback once in the next frame. It is more convenient to create and bind to
the triggered event than using :meth:`Clock.schedule_once` in a function::

    from kivy.clock import Clock
    from kivy.uix.widget import Widget

    class Sample(Widget):
        def __init__(self, **kwargs):
            self._trigger = Clock.create_trigger(self.cb)
            super(Sample, self).__init__(**kwargs)
            self.bind(x=self._trigger, y=self._trigger)

        def cb(self, *largs):
            pass

Even if x and y changes within one frame, the callback is only run once.

.. note::

    :meth:`ClockBase.create_trigger` also has a timeout parameter that
    behaves exactly like :meth:`ClockBase.schedule_once`.

Threading
----------

.. versionadded:: 1.9.0

Often, other threads are used to schedule callbacks with kivy's main thread
using :class:`ClockBase`. Therefore, it's important to know what is thread safe
and what isn't.

All the :class:`ClockBase` and :class:`ClockEvent` methods are safe with
respect to kivy's thread. That is, it's always safe to call these methods
from a single thread that is not the kivy thread. However, there are no
guarantees as to the order in which these callbacks will be executed.

Calling a previously created trigger from two different threads (even if one
of them is the kivy thread), or calling the trigger and its
:meth:`ClockEvent.cancel` method from two different threads at the same time is
not safe. That is, although no exception will be raised, there no guarantees
that calling the trigger from two different threads will not result in the
callback being executed twice, or not executed at all. Similarly, such issues
might arise when calling the trigger and canceling it with
:meth:`ClockBase.unschedule` or :meth:`ClockEvent.cancel` from two threads
simultaneously.

Therefore, it is safe to call :meth:`ClockBase.create_trigger`,
:meth:`ClockBase.schedule_once`, :meth:`ClockBase.schedule_interval`, or
call or cancel a previously created trigger from an external thread.
The following code, though, is not safe because it calls or cancels
from two threads simultaneously without any locking mechanism::

    event = Clock.create_trigger(func)

    # in thread 1
    event()
    # in thread 2
    event()
    # now, the event may be scheduled twice or once

    # the following is also unsafe
    # in thread 1
    event()
    # in thread 2
    event.cancel()
    # now, the event may or may not be scheduled and a subsequent call
    # may schedule it twice

Note, in the code above, thread 1 or thread 2 could be the kivy thread, not
just an external thread.
'''

__all__ = ('Clock', 'ClockBase', 'ClockEvent', 'mainthread')

from sys import platform
from os import environ
from functools import wraps, partial
from kivy.context import register_context
from kivy.weakmethod import WeakMethod
from kivy.config import Config
from kivy.logger import Logger
import time

try:
    import ctypes
    if platform in ('win32', 'cygwin'):
        # Win32 Sleep function is only 10-millisecond resolution, so
        # instead use a waitable timer object, which has up to
        # 100-nanosecond resolution (hardware and implementation
        # dependent, of course).

        _kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32

        class _ClockBase(object):
            def __init__(self):
                self._timer = _kernel32.CreateWaitableTimerA(None, True, None)

            def usleep(self, microseconds):
                delay = ctypes.c_longlong(int(-microseconds * 10))
                _kernel32.SetWaitableTimer(
                    self._timer, ctypes.byref(delay), 0,
                    ctypes.c_void_p(), ctypes.c_void_p(), False)
                _kernel32.WaitForSingleObject(self._timer, 0xffffffff)

        _default_time = time.clock
    else:
        if platform == 'darwin':
            _libc = ctypes.CDLL('libc.dylib')
            _default_time = time.time
        else:
            from ctypes.util import find_library
            _libc = ctypes.CDLL(find_library('c'), use_errno=True)

            def _libc_clock_gettime_wrapper():
                from os import strerror

                class struct_tv(ctypes.Structure):
                    _fields_ = [('tv_sec', ctypes.c_long),
                                ('tv_usec', ctypes.c_long)]

                _clock_gettime = _libc.clock_gettime
                _clock_gettime.argtypes = [ctypes.c_long,
                                           ctypes.POINTER(struct_tv)]

                if 'linux' in platform:
                    _clockid = 4  # CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW (Linux specific)
                else:
                    _clockid = 1  # CLOCK_MONOTONIC

                tv = struct_tv()

                def _time():
                    if _clock_gettime(ctypes.c_long(_clockid),
                                      ctypes.pointer(tv)) != 0:
                        _ernno = ctypes.get_errno()
                        raise OSError(_ernno, strerror(_ernno))
                    return tv.tv_sec + (tv.tv_usec * 0.000000001)

                return _time

            _default_time = _libc_clock_gettime_wrapper()

        _libc.usleep.argtypes = [ctypes.c_ulong]
        _libc_usleep = _libc.usleep

        class _ClockBase(object):
            def usleep(self, microseconds):
                _libc_usleep(int(microseconds))

except (OSError, ImportError, AttributeError):
    # ImportError: ctypes is not available on python-for-android.
    # AttributeError: ctypes is now available on python-for-android, but
    #   "undefined symbol: clock_gettime". CF #3797
    # OSError: if the libc cannot be readed (like with buildbot: invalid ELF
    # header)

    _default_time = time.time
    _default_sleep = time.sleep

    class _ClockBase(object):
        def usleep(self, microseconds):
            _default_sleep(microseconds / 1000000.)


def _hash(cb):
    if hasattr(cb, '__self__') and cb.__self__ is not None:
        return (id(cb.__self__) & 0xFF00) >> 8
    return (id(cb) & 0xFF00) >> 8


[docs]class ClockEvent(object): ''' A class that describes a callback scheduled with kivy's :attr:`Clock`. This class is never created by the user; instead, kivy creates and returns an instance of this class when scheduling a callback. .. warning:: Most of the methods of this class are internal and can change without notice. The only exception are the :meth:`cancel` and :meth:`__call__` methods. ''' def __init__(self, clock, loop, callback, timeout, starttime, cid, trigger=False): self.clock = clock self.cid = cid self.loop = loop self.weak_callback = None self.callback = callback self.timeout = timeout self._is_triggered = trigger self._last_dt = starttime self._dt = 0. if trigger: clock._events[cid].append(self) def __call__(self, *largs): ''' Schedules the callback associated with this instance. If the callback is already scheduled, it will not be scheduled again. ''' # if the event is not yet triggered, do it ! if self._is_triggered is False: self._is_triggered = True # update starttime self._last_dt = self.clock._last_tick self.clock._events[self.cid].append(self) return True def get_callback(self): callback = self.callback if callback is not None: return callback callback = self.weak_callback if callback.is_dead(): return None return callback() @property def is_triggered(self): return self._is_triggered
[docs] def cancel(self): ''' Cancels the callback if it was scheduled to be called. ''' if self._is_triggered: self._is_triggered = False try: self.clock._events[self.cid].remove(self) except ValueError: pass
def release(self): self.weak_callback = WeakMethod(self.callback) self.callback = None def tick(self, curtime, remove): # timeout happened ? (check also if we would miss from 5ms) this # 5ms increase the accuracy if the timing of animation for # example. if curtime - self._last_dt < self.timeout - 0.005: return True # calculate current timediff for this event self._dt = curtime - self._last_dt self._last_dt = curtime loop = self.loop # get the callback callback = self.get_callback() if callback is None: self._is_triggered = False try: remove(self) except ValueError: pass return False # if it's a trigger, allow to retrigger inside the callback # we have to remove event here, otherwise, if we remove later, the user # might have canceled in the callback and then re-triggered. That'd # result in the removal of the re-trigger if not loop: self._is_triggered = False try: remove(self) except ValueError: pass # call the callback ret = callback(self._dt) # if the user returns False explicitly, remove the event if loop and ret is False: self._is_triggered = False try: remove(self) except ValueError: pass return False return loop def __repr__(self): return '<ClockEvent callback=%r>' % self.get_callback()
[docs]class ClockBase(_ClockBase): '''A clock object with event support. ''' __slots__ = ('_dt', '_last_fps_tick', '_last_tick', '_fps', '_rfps', '_start_tick', '_fps_counter', '_rfps_counter', '_events', '_frames', '_frames_displayed', '_max_fps', 'max_iteration') MIN_SLEEP = 0.005 SLEEP_UNDERSHOOT = MIN_SLEEP - 0.001 def __init__(self): super(ClockBase, self).__init__() self._dt = 0.0001 self._start_tick = self._last_tick = self.time() self._fps = 0 self._rfps = 0 self._fps_counter = 0 self._rfps_counter = 0 self._last_fps_tick = None self._frames = 0 self._frames_displayed = 0 self._events = [[] for i in range(256)] self._max_fps = float(Config.getint('graphics', 'maxfps')) #: .. versionadded:: 1.0.5 #: When a schedule_once is used with -1, you can add a limit on #: how iteration will be allowed. That is here to prevent too much #: relayout. self.max_iteration = 10 @property def frametime(self): '''Time spent between the last frame and the current frame (in seconds). .. versionadded:: 1.8.0 ''' return self._dt @property def frames(self): '''Number of internal frames (not necesseraly drawed) from the start of the clock. .. versionadded:: 1.8.0 ''' return self._frames @property def frames_displayed(self): '''Number of displayed frames from the start of the clock. ''' return self._frames_displayed
[docs] def tick(self): '''Advance the clock to the next step. Must be called every frame. The default clock has a tick() function called by the core Kivy framework.''' self._release_references() # do we need to sleep ? if self._max_fps > 0: min_sleep = self.MIN_SLEEP sleep_undershoot = self.SLEEP_UNDERSHOOT fps = self._max_fps usleep = self.usleep sleeptime = 1 / fps - (self.time() - self._last_tick) while sleeptime - sleep_undershoot > min_sleep: usleep(1000000 * (sleeptime - sleep_undershoot)) sleeptime = 1 / fps - (self.time() - self._last_tick) # tick the current time current = self.time() self._dt = current - self._last_tick self._frames += 1 self._fps_counter += 1 self._last_tick = current # calculate fps things if self._last_fps_tick is None: self._last_fps_tick = current elif current - self._last_fps_tick > 1: d = float(current - self._last_fps_tick) self._fps = self._fps_counter / d self._rfps = self._rfps_counter self._last_fps_tick = current self._fps_counter = 0 self._rfps_counter = 0 # process event self._process_events() return self._dt
[docs] def tick_draw(self): '''Tick the drawing counter. ''' self._process_events_before_frame() self._rfps_counter += 1 self._frames_displayed += 1
[docs] def get_fps(self): '''Get the current average FPS calculated by the clock. ''' return self._fps
[docs] def get_rfps(self): '''Get the current "real" FPS calculated by the clock. This counter reflects the real framerate displayed on the screen. In contrast to get_fps(), this function returns a counter of the number of frames, not the average of frames per second. ''' return self._rfps
[docs] def get_time(self): '''Get the last tick made by the clock.''' return self._last_tick
[docs] def get_boottime(self): '''Get the time in seconds from the application start.''' return self._last_tick - self._start_tick
[docs] def create_trigger(self, callback, timeout=0): '''Create a Trigger event. Check module documentation for more information. :returns: A :class:`ClockEvent` instance. To schedule the callback of this instance, you can call it. .. versionadded:: 1.0.5 ''' ev = ClockEvent(self, False, callback, timeout, 0, _hash(callback)) ev.release() return ev
[docs] def schedule_once(self, callback, timeout=0): '''Schedule an event in <timeout> seconds. If <timeout> is unspecified or 0, the callback will be called after the next frame is rendered. :returns: A :class:`ClockEvent` instance. As opposed to :meth:`create_trigger` which only creates the trigger event, this method also schedules it. .. versionchanged:: 1.0.5 If the timeout is -1, the callback will be called before the next frame (at :meth:`tick_draw`). ''' if not callable(callback): raise ValueError('callback must be a callable, got %s' % callback) event = ClockEvent( self, False, callback, timeout, self._last_tick, _hash(callback), True) return event
[docs] def schedule_interval(self, callback, timeout): '''Schedule an event to be called every <timeout> seconds. :returns: A :class:`ClockEvent` instance. As opposed to :meth:`create_trigger` which only creates the trigger event, this method also schedules it. ''' if not callable(callback): raise ValueError('callback must be a callable, got %s' % callback) event = ClockEvent( self, True, callback, timeout, self._last_tick, _hash(callback), True) return event
[docs] def unschedule(self, callback, all=True): '''Remove a previously scheduled event. :parameters: `callback`: :class:`ClockEvent` or a callable. If it's a :class:`ClockEvent` instance, then the callback associated with this event will be canceled if it is scheduled. If it's a callable, then the callable will be unscheduled if it is scheduled. `all`: bool If True and if `callback` is a callable, all instances of this callable will be unscheduled (i.e. if this callable was scheduled multiple times). Defaults to `True`. .. versionchanged:: 1.9.0 The all parameter was added. Before, it behaved as if `all` was `True`. ''' if isinstance(callback, ClockEvent): callback.cancel() else: if all: for ev in self._events[_hash(callback)][:]: if ev.get_callback() == callback: ev.cancel() else: for ev in self._events[_hash(callback)][:]: if ev.get_callback() == callback: ev.cancel() break
def _release_references(self): # call that function to release all the direct reference to any # callback and replace it with a weakref events = self._events for events in self._events: for event in events[:]: if event.callback is not None: event.release() def _process_events(self): for events in self._events: remove = events.remove for event in events[:]: # event may be already removed from original list if event in events: event.tick(self._last_tick, remove) def _process_events_before_frame(self): found = True count = self.max_iteration events = self._events while found: count -= 1 if count == -1: Logger.critical( 'Clock: Warning, too much iteration done before' ' the next frame. Check your code, or increase' ' the Clock.max_iteration attribute') break # search event that have timeout = -1 found = False for events in self._events: remove = events.remove for event in events[:]: if event.timeout != -1: continue found = True # event may be already removed from original list if event in events: event.tick(self._last_tick, remove) time = staticmethod(partial(_default_time))
ClockBase.time.__doc__ = '''Proxy method for time.time() or time.clock(), whichever is more suitable for the running OS'''
[docs]def mainthread(func): '''Decorator that will schedule the call of the function for the next available frame in the mainthread. It can be useful when you use :class:`~kivy.network.urlrequest.UrlRequest` or when you do Thread programming: you cannot do any OpenGL-related work in a thread. Please note that this method will return directly and no result can be returned:: @mainthread def callback(self, *args): print('The request succedded!', 'This callback is called in the main thread.') self.req = UrlRequest(url='http://...', on_success=callback) .. versionadded:: 1.8.0 ''' @wraps(func) def delayed_func(*args, **kwargs): def callback_func(dt): func(*args, **kwargs) Clock.schedule_once(callback_func, 0) return delayed_func
if 'KIVY_DOC_INCLUDE' in environ: #: Instance of :class:`ClockBase`. Clock = None else: Clock = register_context('Clock', ClockBase)