Kamaelia.Util.Splitter.PlugSplitter

class PlugSplitter(Axon.AdaptiveCommsComponent.AdaptiveCommsComponent)

PlugSplitter([sourceComponent]) -> new PlugSplitter component.

Splits incoming data out to multiple destinations. Send addsink(...) and removesink(...) messages to the 'configuration' inbox to add and remove destinations.

Keyword arguments: - sourceComponent -- None, or component to act as data source

Inboxes

control : Shutdown signalling, and signalling to be fanned out.
_control : Internal inbox for receiving from the child source component (if it exists)
configuration : addsink(...) and removesink(...) request messages
inbox : Data items to be fanned out.
_inbox : Internal inbox for receiving from the child source component (if it exists)

Outboxes

outbox : Data items received on 'inbox' inbox.
signal : Shutdown signalling, and data items received on 'control' inbox.

Methods defined here

Warning!

You should be using the inbox/outbox interface, not these methods (except construction). This documentation is designed as a roadmap as to their functionalilty for maintainers and new component developers.

init(self, sourceComponent)

x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

_addSink(self, sink, sinkinbox, sinkcontrol)

Add a new destination for data.

Specify target component (sink), and target inbox (sinkinbox) and/or target shutdown signalling inbox (sinkcontrol).

_delSink(self, sink, sinkinbox, sinkcontrol)

Remove a destination for data.

Specify target component (sink), and target inbox (sinkinbox) and/or target shutdown signalling inbox (sinkcontrol).

childrenDone(self)

Unplugs any children that have terminated, and returns true if there are no running child components left (ie. their microproceses have finished)

main(self)

Main loop.

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