//------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /* This file is part of Beast: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast Copyright 2013, Vinnie Falco Portions of this file are from JUCE. Copyright (c) 2013 - Raw Material Software Ltd. Please visit http://www.juce.com Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL , DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. */ //============================================================================== #ifndef BEAST_THREADS_THREAD_H_INCLUDED #define BEAST_THREADS_THREAD_H_INCLUDED #include #include #include #include namespace beast { //============================================================================== /** Encapsulates a thread. Subclasses derive from Thread and implement the run() method, in which they do their business. The thread can then be started with the startThread() method and controlled with various other methods. @see CriticalSection, WaitableEvent, Process, ThreadWithProgressWindow, MessageManagerLock */ class Thread : LeakChecked { public: //============================================================================== /** Creates a thread. When first created, the thread is not running. Use the startThread() method to start it. */ explicit Thread (std::string const& threadName); Thread (Thread const&) = delete; Thread& operator= (Thread const&) = delete; /** Destructor. If the thread has not been stopped first, this will generate a fatal error. */ virtual ~Thread(); //============================================================================== /** Must be implemented to perform the thread's actual code. Remember that the thread must regularly check the threadShouldExit() method whilst running, and if this returns true it should return from the run() method as soon as possible to avoid being forcibly killed. @see threadShouldExit, startThread */ virtual void run() = 0; //============================================================================== // Thread control functions.. /** Starts the thread running. This will start the thread's run() method. (if it's already started, startThread() won't do anything). @see stopThread */ void startThread(); /** Attempts to stop the thread running. This method will cause the threadShouldExit() method to return true and call notify() in case the thread is currently waiting. */ void stopThread (); /** Stop the thread without blocking. This calls signalThreadShouldExit followed by notify. */ void stopThreadAsync (); //============================================================================== /** Returns true if the thread is currently active */ bool isThreadRunning() const; /** Sets a flag to tell the thread it should stop. Calling this means that the threadShouldExit() method will then return true. The thread should be regularly checking this to see whether it should exit. If your thread makes use of wait(), you might want to call notify() after calling this method, to interrupt any waits that might be in progress, and allow it to reach a point where it can exit. @see threadShouldExit @see waitForThreadToExit */ void signalThreadShouldExit(); /** Checks whether the thread has been told to stop running. Threads need to check this regularly, and if it returns true, they should return from their run() method at the first possible opportunity. @see signalThreadShouldExit */ inline bool threadShouldExit() const { return shouldExit; } /** Waits for the thread to stop. This will waits until isThreadRunning() is false. */ void waitForThreadToExit () const; //============================================================================== /** Makes the thread wait for a notification. This puts the thread to sleep until either the timeout period expires, or another thread calls the notify() method to wake it up. A negative time-out value means that the method will wait indefinitely. @returns true if the event has been signalled, false if the timeout expires. */ bool wait (int timeOutMilliseconds = -1) const; /** Wakes up the thread. If the thread has called the wait() method, this will wake it up. @see wait */ void notify() const; //============================================================================== /** Returns the name of the thread. This is the name that gets set in the constructor. */ std::string const& getThreadName() const { return threadName; } /** Changes the name of the caller thread. Different OSes may place different length or content limits on this name. */ static void setCurrentThreadName (std::string const& newThreadName); private: //============================================================================== std::string const threadName; void* volatile threadHandle; RecursiveMutex startStopLock; WaitableEvent startSuspensionEvent, defaultEvent; bool volatile shouldExit; #ifndef DOXYGEN friend void beast_threadEntryPoint (void*); #endif void launchThread(); void closeThreadHandle(); void threadEntryPoint(); }; } #endif