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.. method:: BaseServer.serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request. Polls for
- shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds.
+ shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. It also calls
+ :meth:`service_actions` which may be used by a subclass or Mixin to provide
+ various cleanup actions. For e.g. ForkingMixin class uses
+ :meth:`service_actions` to cleanup the zombie child processes.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+ Added service_actions call to the serve_forever method.
+
+
+.. method:: BaseServer.service_actions()
+
+ This is called by the serve_forever loop. This method is can be overridden
+ by Mixin's to add cleanup or service specific actions.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.3
.. method:: BaseServer.shutdown()