Code in eigenem Thread ausführen und mit einer Referenz zum Ursprungsthread arbeiten

gistfile1.py

def updateConfig(clientId):
	with self._updateThreadsLock:
		if clientId not in self._updateThreads:
			command = u'update %s' % clientId

			class UpdateThread(threading.Thread):
				def __init__(self, opsiPXEConfdBackend, clientId, command):
					threading.Thread.__init__(self)
					self._opsiPXEConfdBackend = opsiPXEConfdBackend
					self._clientId = clientId
					self._command = command
					self._delay = 3.0

				def run(self):
					while self._delay > 0:
						try:
							time.sleep(0.2)
						except:
							pass
						self._delay -= 0.2

					with self._opsiPXEConfdBackend._updateThreadsLock:
						logger.debug('Updating config...')
						# Doing some stuff...

						del self._opsiPXEConfdBackend._updateThreads[self._clientId]

				def delay(self):
					self._delay = 3.0

			self._updateThreads[clientId] = UpdateThread(self, clientId, command)
			self._updateThreads[clientId].start()
		else:
			self._updateThreads[clientId].delay()