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<h2 class="class">Class LoopingCall</h2>
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Call a function repeatedly.
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<td><code><a name="__init__"></a><span class="summary-sig"><span class="summary-sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
<span class=summary-sig-arg>f</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-vararg">*a</span>,
<span class="summary-sig-kwarg">**kw</span>)</span></code>
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<td><code><a name="_loop"></a><span class="summary-sig"><span class="summary-sig-name">_loop</span>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#start" class="summary-sig-name"><code>start</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
<span class=summary-sig-arg>interval</span>)</span></code>
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Start running function every interval seconds.</td></tr>
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<td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#stop" class="summary-sig-name"><code>stop</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
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Stop running function.</td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#a"><code>a</code></a></b>: A tuple of arguments to pass the function.</td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#f"><code>f</code></a></b>: The function to call.</td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#kw"><code>kw</code></a></b>: A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the function.</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>NoneType</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#call"><code>call</code></a></b> = <span title="None">None </span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>NoneType</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#count"><code>count</code></a></b> = <span title="None">None </span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>NoneType</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#deferred"><code>deferred</code></a></b> = <span title="None">None </span></td></tr>
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<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#interval"><code>interval</code></a></b> = <span title="None">None </span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>int</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#running"><code>running</code></a></b> = <span title="0">0 </span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1"><code>NoneType</code></font></td>
<td><b><a href="twisted.internet.task.LoopingCall.html#starttime"><code>starttime</code></a></b> = <span title="None">None </span></td></tr>
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">start</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
<span class=sig-arg>interval</span>)</span>
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Start running function every interval seconds.
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<dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
<dd><code><b>interval</b></code> -
The number of seconds between calls. May be less than one.
Precision will depend on the underlying platform, the available
hardware, and the load on the system.
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<dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
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A Deferred whose callback will be invoked with
<code>self</code> when <code>self.stop</code> is called, or whose
errback will be invoked if the function raises an exception.
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<h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">stop</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
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Stop running function.
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<h3>a</h3>
A tuple of arguments to pass the function.
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<h3>f</h3>
The function to call.
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<h3>kw</h3>
A dictionary of keyword arguments to pass to the function.
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<h3>call</h3>
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<dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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<code>NoneType</code>
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<span title="None"> <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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None </pre>
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<h3>count</h3>
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<dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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<code>NoneType</code>
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<span title="None"> <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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None </pre>
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<h3>deferred</h3>
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<dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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<code>NoneType</code>
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<span title="None"> <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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None </pre>
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<h3>interval</h3>
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<dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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<code>NoneType</code>
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<span title="None"> <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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None </pre>
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<h3>running</h3>
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<dt><b>Type:</b></dt>
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<code>int</code>
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<span title="0"> <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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0 </pre>
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<h3>starttime</h3>
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<code>NoneType</code>
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<span title="None"> <dt><b>Value:</b></dt>
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None </pre>
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