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In case custom checks are required, the following classes have to be subclassed.

class autosuspend.checks.Activity(name=None)

Base class for activity checks.

Subclasses must call this class’ __init__ method.

check()

Determine if system activity exists that prevents suspending.

Return type:

typing.Optional[str]

Returns:

A string describing which condition currently prevents sleep, else None.

Raises:
  • TemporaryCheckError – Check execution currently fails but might recover later
  • SevereCheckError – Check executions fails severely
classmethod create(name, config)

Create a new check instance from the provided configuration.

Parameters:
  • name (str) – user-defined name for the check
  • config (configparser.SectionProxy) – config parser section with the configuration for this check
Raises:

ConfigurationError – Configuration for this check is inappropriate

Return type:

autosuspend.checks.Check

options()

Return the configured options as a mapping.

This is used for debugging purposes only.

Return type:typing.Mapping[str, typing.Any]
class autosuspend.checks.Wakeup(name=None)

Represents a check for potential wake up points.

check(timestamp)

Indicate if a wakeup has to be scheduled for this check.

Parameters:

timestamp (datetime.datetime) – the time at which the call to the wakeup check is made

Return type:

typing.Optional[datetime.datetime]

Returns:

a datetime describing when the system needs to be running again or None if no wakeup is required. Use timezone aware datetimes.

Raises:
  • TemporaryCheckError – Check execution currently fails but might recover later
  • SevereCheckError – Check executions fails severely
classmethod create(name, config)

Create a new check instance from the provided configuration.

Parameters:
  • name (str) – user-defined name for the check
  • config (configparser.SectionProxy) – config parser section with the configuration for this check
Raises:

ConfigurationError – Configuration for this check is inappropriate

Return type:

autosuspend.checks.Check

options()

Return the configured options as a mapping.

This is used for debugging purposes only.

Return type:typing.Mapping[str, typing.Any]