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+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+# ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+
+"""periodically callback"""
+
+from threading import Event, Thread
+
+
+class StepTimer(Thread):
+    """call on_time after interval number of seconds, then wait to continue"""
+    def __init__(self, name, interval, on_time, *args, **kwargs):
+        Thread.__init__(self, name=name)
+        self._interval = interval
+        self._on_time = on_time
+        self._args = args
+        self._kwargs = kwargs
+
+        self._timeout = Event()
+        self._paused = Event()
+        self._continue = Event()
+        self._finished = Event()
+
+    def next(self):
+        """continue with the next timeout"""
+        self._paused.clear()
+        self._continue.set()
+
+    def pause(self):
+        """pause the timer"""
+        self._paused.set()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """stop the timer if it hasn't finished yet"""
+        self._finished.set()
+        self._timeout.set()
+        self._continue.set()
+
+    def run(self):
+        """loop until stopped=finished"""
+        while True:
+            self._timeout.wait(self._interval)
+            if self._finished.is_set():
+                break
+            self._timeout.clear()
+            self._continue.clear()
+            if not self._paused.is_set():
+                self._on_time(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
+            self._continue.wait()