Module pyinotify :: Class _ProcessEvent
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Class _ProcessEvent

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Abstract processing event class.

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bool
__call__(self, event)
To behave like a functor the object must be callable.
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__call__(self, event)
(Call operator)

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To behave like a functor the object must be callable. This method is a dispatch method. Its lookup order is:

  1. process_MASKNAME method
  2. process_FAMILY_NAME method
  3. otherwise calls process_default
Parameters:
  • event (Event object) - Event to be processed.
Returns: bool
By convention when used from the ProcessEvent class:
  • Returning False or None (default value) means keep on executing next chained functors (see chain.py example).
  • Returning True instead means do not execute next processing functions.
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