Add auto start parameter to socket server

mrjoes · Oct 23, 2011 · c364054 · c364054
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commit c364054
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/tornadio/server.py b/tornadio/server.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class SocketServer(HTTPServer):
 
     def __init__(self, application,
                  no_keep_alive=False, io_loop=None,
-                 xheaders=False, ssl_options=None
+                 xheaders=False, ssl_options=None, 
+                 auto_start=True
                  ):
         """Initializes the server with the given request callback.
 
@@ -67,5 +68,9 @@ def __init__(self, application,
             except Exception, ex:
                 logging.error('Failed to start Flash policy server: %s', ex)
 
-        logging.info('Entering IOLoop...')
+        # Set auto_start to False in order to have opportunities 
-        io_loop.start()
+        # to work with server object and/or perform some actions 
+        # after server already created but before ioloop will start 
+        if auto_start:
+            logging.info('Entering IOLoop...')
+            io_loop.start()