remove acquire() and release() functions and run the threads as deamons for easier cleanups

aman/AMAN.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class AMAN:
 
     def __init__(self):
         # default initialization of members
+        configPath = AMAN.findConfigPath()
         self.SystemConfig = None
         self.AircraftPerformance = None
         self.Receiver = None
@@ -37,15 +38,6 @@ class AMAN:
         self.WebUi = None
         self.Workers = []
 
-        # initialize the random number generator
-        random.seed(time.time())
-
-    def __del__(self):
-        self.release()
-
-    def aquire(self):
-        configPath = AMAN.findConfigPath()
-
         # read all system relevant configuration files
         self.SystemConfig = System(os.path.join(configPath, 'System.ini'))
         print('Parsed System.ini')
@@ -58,13 +50,10 @@ class AMAN:
         else:
             print('Parsed PerformanceData.ini. Extracted ' + str(len(self.AircraftPerformance.Aircrafts)) + ' aircrafts')
 
-        self.Weather = Weather()
-        self.Weather.acquire(self.SystemConfig.Weather)
-        self.WebUi = WebUI()
-        self.WebUi.acquire(self.SystemConfig.Server, self)
+        # create the communication syb
+        self.Weather = Weather(self.SystemConfig.Weather)
+        self.Receiver = Euroscope(configPath, self.SystemConfig.Server, self)
 
-        # create the EuroScope receiver
-        self.Receiver = Euroscope()
 
         # find the airport configurations and create the workers
         airportsPath = os.path.join(os.path.join(configPath, 'airports'), '*.ini')
@@ -75,31 +64,13 @@ class AMAN:
             airportConfig = Airport(file, icao)
 
             # initialize the worker thread
-            worker = Worker()
-            worker.acquire(icao, airportConfig, self.Weather, self.AircraftPerformance, self.WebUi, self.Receiver)
+            worker = Worker(icao, airportConfig, self.Weather, self.AircraftPerformance, self.Receiver)
             self.Workers.append(worker)
             print('Started worker for ' + icao)
 
-        # initialize the receiver
-        self.Receiver.acquire(configPath, self.SystemConfig.Server, self)
 
-    def release(self):
-        if None != self.Workers:
-            for worker in self.Workers:
-                worker.release()
-        self.Workers = None
 
-        if None != self.Receiver:
-            self.Receiver.release()
-        self.Receiver = None
 
-        if None != self.Weather:
-            self.Weather.release()
-        self.Weather = None
-
-        if None != self.WebUi:
-            self.WebUi.release()
-        self.WebUi = None
 
     def updateAircraftReport(self, report : AircraftReport_pb2.AircraftReport):
         # find the correct worker for the inbound