'''
Created on 24.06.2014

@author: volkma_s
'''
from threading import Timer

class mc_timer():
    def __init__(self):
        self.timer = None
        pass
    
    def StartTimer(self, value, EventQueue, Event):
        print("Start Timer {}".format(value))
        self.EventQueue = EventQueue
        self.Event      = Event
        self.timer      = Timer(value,self.expired, args=['WOW'])
        self.timer.start()
    
    def StopTimer(self):
        if self.timer != None:
            self.timer.cancel()
    
    def expired(self, message):
        self.EventQueue.put(self.Event )