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- // -*- c++ -*-
- #ifndef _GLIBMM_THREADPOOL_H
- #define _GLIBMM_THREADPOOL_H
-
- /* $Id: threadpool.h,v 1.2 2004/02/10 14:26:04 murrayc Exp $ */
-
- /* Copyright (C) 2002 The gtkmm Development Team
- *
- * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- * Library General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
- * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- */
-
- #include <glibmm/thread.h>
-
- extern "C" { typedef struct _GThreadPool GThreadPool; }
-
-
- namespace Glib
- {
-
- /** @defgroup ThreadPools Thread Pools
- * Pools of threads to execute work concurrently.
- * @{
- */
-
- /** A pool of threads to execute work concurrently.
- */
- class ThreadPool
- {
- public:
- /** Constructs a new thread pool.
- * Whenever you call ThreadPool::push(), either a new thread is created or an
- * unused one is reused. At most @a max_threads threads are running
- * concurrently for this thread pool. @a max_threads = -1 allows
- * unlimited threads to be created for this thread pool.
- *
- * The parameter @a exclusive determines, whether the thread pool owns all
- * threads exclusive or whether the threads are shared globally. If @a
- * exclusive is <tt>true</tt>, @a max_threads threads are started immediately
- * and they will run exclusively for this thread pool until it is destroyed
- * by ~ThreadPool(). If @a exclusive is <tt>false</tt>, threads are created
- * when needed and shared between all non-exclusive thread pools. This
- * implies that @a max_threads may not be -1 for exclusive thread pools.
- *
- * @param max_threads The maximal number of threads to execute concurrently
- * in the new thread pool, -1 means no limit.
- * @param exclusive Should this thread pool be exclusive?
- * @throw Glib::ThreadError An error can only occur when @a exclusive is
- * set to <tt>true</tt> and not all @a max_threads threads could be created.
- */
- explicit ThreadPool(int max_threads = -1, bool exclusive = false);
- virtual ~ThreadPool();
-
- /** Inserts @a slot into the list of tasks to be executed by the pool.
- * When the number of currently running threads is lower than the maximal
- * allowed number of threads, a new thread is started (or reused). Otherwise
- * @a slot stays in the queue until a thread in this pool finishes its
- * previous task and processes @a slot.
- * @param slot A new task for the thread pool.
- * @throw Glib::ThreadError An error can only occur when a new thread
- * couldn't be created. In that case @a slot is simply appended to the
- * queue of work to do.
- */
- void push(const sigc::slot<void>& slot);
-
- /** Sets the maximal allowed number of threads for the pool.
- * A value of -1 means that the maximal number of threads is unlimited.
- * Setting @a max_threads to 0 means stopping all work for pool. It is
- * effectively frozen until @a max_threads is set to a non-zero value again.
- *
- * A thread is never terminated while it is still running. Instead the
- * maximal number of threads only has effect for the allocation of new
- * threads in ThreadPool::push(). A new thread is allocated whenever the
- * number of currently running threads in the pool is smaller than the
- * maximal number.
- *
- * @param max_threads A new maximal number of threads for the pool.
- * @throw Glib::ThreadError An error can only occur when a new thread
- * couldn't be created.
- */
- void set_max_threads(int max_threads);
-
- /** Returns the maximal number of threads for the pool.
- * @return The maximal number of threads.
- */
- int get_max_threads() const;
-
- /** Returns the number of threads currently running in the pool.
- * @return The number of threads currently running.
- */
- unsigned int get_num_threads() const;
-
- /** Returns the number of tasks still unprocessed in the pool.
- * @return The number of unprocessed tasks.
- */
- unsigned int unprocessed() const;
-
- /** Returns whether all threads are exclusive to this pool.
- * @return Whether all threads are exclusive to this pool.
- */
- bool get_exclusive() const;
-
- /** Frees all resources allocated for the pool.
- * If @a immediately is <tt>true</tt>, no new task is processed. Otherwise the
- * pool is not freed before the last task is processed. Note however, that no
- * thread of this pool is interrupted while processing a task. Instead at least
- * all still running threads can finish their tasks before the pool is freed.
- *
- * This method does not return before all tasks to be processed (dependent on
- * @a immediately, whether all or only the currently running) are ready.
- * After calling shutdown() the pool must not be used anymore.
- *
- * @param immediately Should the pool shut down immediately?
- */
- void shutdown(bool immediately = false);
-
- /** Sets the maximal number of unused threads to @a max_threads.
- * If @a max_threads is -1, no limit is imposed on the number of unused threads.
- * @param max_threads Maximal number of unused threads.
- */
- static void set_max_unused_threads(int max_threads);
-
- /** Returns the maximal allowed number of unused threads.
- * @return The maximal number of unused threads.
- */
- static int get_max_unused_threads();
-
- /** Returns the number of currently unused threads.
- * @return The number of currently unused threads.
- */
- static unsigned int get_num_unused_threads();
-
- /** Stops all currently unused threads.
- * This does not change the maximal number of unused threads. This function can
- * be used to regularly stop all unused threads e.g. from Glib::signal_timeout().
- */
- static void stop_unused_threads();
-
- GThreadPool* gobj() { return gobject_; }
- const GThreadPool* gobj() const { return gobject_; }
-
- #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
- class SlotList;
- #endif
-
- private:
- GThreadPool* gobject_;
- SlotList* slot_list_;
-
- ThreadPool(const ThreadPool&);
- ThreadPool& operator=(const ThreadPool&);
- };
-
- /** @} group ThreadPools */
-
-
- /***************************************************************************/
- /* inline implementation */
- /***************************************************************************/
-
- #ifndef DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS
-
- /**** Glib::Private ********************************************************/
-
-
- #endif /* DOXYGEN_SHOULD_SKIP_THIS */
-
- } // namespace Glib
-
-
- #endif /* _GLIBMM_THREADPOOL_H */
-
-