Create Thread on Class Method

Question

How can I call thread on a class method passing it 'self'? I have a class defined as follows and want to call class method in new thread with self as argument. I tried following but self is not passed as argument

cust_obj = Customer()
thread.start_new_thread(cust_obj.process, ())  

class Customer():
    def __init__(self):
        pass
    def process(self):
        self.fetch_data()
        self.serialize_data()
    def fetch_data(self):
        # Fetch data logic
        pass
    def serialize_data(self):
        # Serialize fetched data
        pass

Ought to work (keyword: bound method). What's the error message? — user395760
– user395760, Commented Dec 29, 2012 at 13:53
That ought to work. Anyway, a simple workaround could be: thread.start_new_thread((lambda: Customer().process()), ()) — Bakuriu
– Bakuriu, Commented Dec 29, 2012 at 14:04
unrelated to your current issue but you should use threading module instead of obsolete thread. — jfs
– jfs, Commented Dec 29, 2012 at 15:01

jinghli · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-29 14:14:54Z

2

I believe you should put the class definition before the instance creating. Then it will work.

class Customer():
    ...
cust_obj = Customer()
thread.start_new_thread(cust_obj.process, ())

answered Dec 29, 2012 at 14:14

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