On 08/08/13 17:23, SM wrote:
I am defining multiple classes (some of them are threads)
I have been writing Python programs for a few months, but never faced
this issue so far unless I am doing something different inadvertently.
The only difference I see is that I am calling the methods belonging to
other classes, from a class which is also a thread.
Your main issue is that you are trying to program using classes not objects.
The normal usage of classes is to create an object from the class and
then call the methods via the objects. You can pass objects around as
arguments to the methods etc.
So if you have two classes A and B you can create objects
from those called, say, a and b:
class A:
def f(self):
print 'in A.f'
class B:
def g(self):
print 'in B.g'
def h(self,anObject)
anObject.f() #cxall method of the object passed in
#create the object instances
a = A()
b = B()
a2 = A() # a second object of class A.
#Now we can call the methods using the objects
a.f() #-> print "in A.f"
b.g() #-> print "in B.g"
a2.f() #-> print "in A.f" again
# pass object a into object B's h() method
b.h(a) # use a from b to print "in A.f"
b.h(a2) # and again using a2 this time
So by creating objects within your threads you
can access the methods of your classes. You can even access
global level objects from multiple threads and share state
- but be careful about synchronising and locking issues.
Finally you need to make sure your classes are visibnle in the threads
that use them. So if you define a master class per thread and keep each
in its own module then each module will need to import the other class
modules before it can use them.
I'm going out soon and typed that in a hurry. I hope it makes sense and
doesn't have too many mistakes(all untested!).
HTH
--
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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