optionally start asyncore loop in thread in tcp client/server start

mysocket/TcpClient.py

@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ class TcpClient(asyncore.dispatcher):
             self.send(data)
         self.queue = []
 
-    def start(self):
+    def start(self, thread=True):
         self.create_socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         self.connect(self.address)
+        if thread:
             self.thread = threading.Thread(target=asyncore.loop, kwargs = {'timeout': 1})
             self.thread.start()
 
     def stop(self):
         self.close()
+        if self.thread:
             self.thread.join()
 
     def write(self, data):

mysocket/TcpServer.py

@@ -16,17 +16,20 @@ class TcpServer(asyncore.dispatcher):
         print 'Connected from', address
         self.clients.append(TcpServerClient(self, mysocket, self.bufferSize))
 
-    def start(self):
+    def start(self, thread=True):
         self.create_socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
         self.bind(self.address)
         self.listen(5)
-        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=asyncore.loop, kwargs = {'timeout': 0.5})
+        if thread:
+            self.thread = threading.Thread(target=asyncore.loop, kwargs = {'timeout': 1})
             self.thread.start()
 
     def stop(self):
         self.close()
+        if self.thread:
             self.thread.join()
 
+
     def write(self, message):
         for client in self.clients:
             client.write(message)

socketserver/TcpThreaded.py

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-import socket
-import threading
-import SocketServer
-
-class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
-
-    def handle(self):
-        data = self.request.recv(1024)
-        cur_thread = threading.current_thread()
-        response = "{}: {}".format(cur_thread.name, data)
-        self.request.sendall(response)
-
-class ThreadedTCPServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn, SocketServer.TCPServer):
-    pass
-
-def client(ip, port, message):
-    sock = socket.mysocket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-    sock.connect((ip, port))
-    try:
-        sock.sendall(message)
-        response = sock.recv(1024)
-        print "Received: {}".format(response)
-    finally:
-        sock.close()
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # Port 0 means to select an arbitrary unused port
-    HOST, PORT = "localhost", 0
-
-    server = ThreadedTCPServer((HOST, PORT), ThreadedTCPRequestHandler)
-    ip, port = server.server_address
-
-    # Start a thread with the server -- that thread will then start one
-    # more thread for each request
-    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
-    # Exit the server thread when the main thread terminates
-    server_thread.daemon = True
-    server_thread.start()
-    print "Server loop running in thread:", server_thread.name
-
-    client(ip, port, "Hello World 1")
-    client(ip, port, "Hello World 2")
-    client(ip, port, "Hello World 3")
-
-    server.shutdown()