added stopthread

stopthread.py

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+'''
+Created on Mar 30, 2015
+
+@author: Alice
+'''
+import threading
+class StopThread(threading.Thread):
+    '''
+    classdocs
+    '''
+
+
+    def __init__(self, some_lambda_function):
+        super(StopThread, self).__init__()
+        self._stop = threading.Event()
+        self.job = some_lambda_function
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self._stop.set()
+
+    def stopped(self):
+        return self._stop.isSet()
+
+
+    def run(self):
+        while not self._stop.isSet():
+            self.job()
+        print "thread executed"