slacm.instance module

Created on Sep 19, 2020

@author: esdev

class slacm.instance.Instance(parent, model)

Bases: object

Class to represent a component instance

finalize()

Executhe the ‘finalize’ phase of component initialization by instructing the component thread.

getActor()

Returns the parent actor object

get_netInfo()

Returns the network information object

get_next_index()

Returns the next port index

is_local(message)

Returns True if the message is ‘host local’ for the parent actor.

load()

Load the component implementation code, or retrieve it from the cache.

property modules

Dictionary to maintain the loaded modules.

recvResp()

Receive response from the component thread

sendCommand(arg)

Send a command to the component thread

setup()

Execute the ‘setup’ phase of component initialization. Create command socket, launch component thread, and instruct it to execute the ‘setup’.

start()

Instruct the component thread to run user code.

stop()

Instruct the component thread to stop running user code and terminate.