Source code for spinnman.connections.abstract_classes.listenable
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from spinn_utilities.abstract_base import AbstractBase, abstractmethod
# Should inherit from Connection, but doesn't for MRO reasons
[docs]class Listenable(object, metaclass=AbstractBase):
"""
An interface for connections that can listen for incoming messages.
Implementing this interface means that the connection can be used with
:py:class:`ConnectionListener`.
"""
__slots__ = ()
[docs] @abstractmethod
def get_receive_method(self):
"""
Get the method that receives for this connection.
"""
[docs] @abstractmethod
def is_ready_to_receive(self, timeout=0):
"""
Determines if there is an SCP packet to be read without blocking.
:param int timeout:
The time to wait before returning if the connection is not ready
:return: True if there is an SCP packet to be read
:rtype: bool
"""