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ThreadQueue Class Referenceabstract

Somewhat generic queue processing class to establish a producer consumer queue. More...

#include <buffer.h>

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Data Structures

struct  _data
 

Public Types

enum  Throw { throwNothing, throwObject, throwException }
 How to raise error. More...
 
typedef enum Thread::Throw Throw
 How to raise error. More...
 
enum  Cancel {
  cancelInitial =0, cancelDeferred =1, cancelImmediate, cancelDisabled,
  cancelManual, cancelDefault =cancelDeferred
}
 How work cancellation. More...
 
typedef enum Thread::Cancel Cancel
 How work cancellation. More...
 
enum  Suspend { suspendEnable, suspendDisable }
 How work suspend. More...
 
typedef enum Thread::Suspend Suspend
 How work suspend. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 ThreadQueue (const char *id, int pri, size_t stack=0)
 Create instance of our queue and give it a process priority. More...
 
virtual ~ThreadQueue ()
 Destroy the queue. More...
 
void setTimer (timeout_t timeout)
 Set the queue timeout. More...
 
void post (const void *data, unsigned len)
 Put some unspecified data into this queue. More...
 
void nameMutex (const char *name)
 Enable setting of mutex name for deadlock debug. More...
 
void enterMutex (void)
 Entering a Mutex locks the mutex for the current thread. More...
 
void enter (void)
 Future abi will use enter/leave/test members. More...
 
void leave (void)
 Future abi will use enter/leave/test members. More...
 
bool test (void)
 Future abi will use enter/leave/test members. More...
 
bool tryEnterMutex (void)
 Tries to lock the mutex for the current thread. More...
 
void leaveMutex (void)
 Leaving a mutex frees that mutex for use by another thread. More...
 
int start (Semaphore *start=0)
 When a new thread is created, it does not begin immediate execution. More...
 
int detach (Semaphore *start=0)
 Start a new thread as "detached". More...
 
ThreadgetParent (void)
 Gets the pointer to the Thread class which created the current thread object. More...
 
void suspend (void)
 Suspends execution of the selected thread. More...
 
void resume (void)
 Resumes execution of the selected thread. More...
 
Cancel getCancel (void)
 Used to retrieve the cancellation mode in effect for the selected thread. More...
 
bool isRunning (void) const
 Verifies if the thread is still running or has already been terminated but not yet deleted. More...
 
bool isDetached (void) const
 Check if this thread is detached. More...
 
void join (void)
 Blocking call which unlocks when thread terminates. More...
 
bool isThread (void) const
 Tests to see if the current execution context is the same as the specified thread object. More...
 
cctid_t getId (void) const
 Get system thread numeric identifier. More...
 
const char * getName (void) const
 Get the name string for this thread, to use in debug messages. More...
 
bool wait (timeout_t timeout=0)
 Wait is used to keep a thread held until the semaphore counter is greater than 0. More...
 
void post (void)
 Posting to a semaphore increments its current value and releases the first thread waiting for the semaphore if it is currently at 0. More...
 
void force_unlock_after_cancellation ()
 Call it after a deferred cancellation to avoid deadlocks. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static void setDebug (bool mode)
 Enable or disable deadlock debugging. More...
 
static Threadget (void)
 
static void setStack (size_t size=0)
 Set base stack limit before manual stack sizes have effect. More...
 
static void sleep (timeout_t msec)
 A thread-safe sleep call. More...
 
static void yield (void)
 Yields the current thread's CPU time slice to allow another thread to begin immediate execution. More...
 
static Throw getException (void)
 Get exception mode of the current thread. More...
 
static void setException (Throw mode)
 Set exception mode of the current thread. More...
 
static Cancel enterCancel (void)
 This is used to help build wrapper functions in libraries around system calls that should behave as cancellation points but don't. More...
 
static void exitCancel (Cancel cancel)
 This is used to restore a cancel block. More...
 

Protected Types

typedef struct ThreadQueue::_data data_t
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void final ()
 A thread that is self terminating, either by invoking exit() or leaving it's run(), will have this method called. More...
 
virtual void startQueue (void)
 Start of dequeing. More...
 
virtual void stopQueue (void)
 End of dequeing, we expect the queue is empty for now. More...
 
virtual void onTimer (void)
 A derivable method to call when the timout is expired. More...
 
virtual void runQueue (void *data)=0
 Virtual callback method to handle processing of a queued data items. More...
 
void setName (const char *text)
 Set the name of the current thread. More...
 
virtual void initial (void)
 The initial method is called by a newly created thread when it starts execution. More...
 
virtual void * getExtended (void)
 Since getParent() and getThread() only refer to an object of the Thread "base" type, this virtual method can be replaced in a derived class with something that returns data specific to the derived class that can still be accessed through the pointer returned by getParent() and getThread(). More...
 
virtual void notify (Thread *)
 When a thread terminates, it now sends a notification message to the parent thread which created it. More...
 
void exit (void)
 Used to properly exit from a Thread derived run() or initial() method. More...
 
void sync (void)
 Used to wait for a join or cancel, in place of explicit exit. More...
 
bool testCancel (void)
 test a cancellation point for deferred thread cancellation. More...
 
void setCancel (Cancel mode)
 Sets thread cancellation mode. More...
 
void setSuspend (Suspend mode)
 Sets the thread's ability to be suspended from execution. More...
 
void terminate (void)
 Used by another thread to terminate the current thread. More...
 
void clrParent (void)
 clear parent thread relationship. More...
 

Protected Attributes

timeout_t timeout
 
bool started
 
data_tfirst
 
data_tlast
 
String name
 

Private Member Functions

void run (void)
 All threads execute by deriving the Run method of Thread. More...
 

Detailed Description

Somewhat generic queue processing class to establish a producer consumer queue.

This may be used to buffer cdr records, or for other purposes where an in-memory queue is needed for rapid posting. This class is derived from Mutex and maintains a linked list. A thread is used to dequeue data and pass it to a callback method that is used in place of "run" for each item present on the queue. The conditional is used to signal the run thread when new data is posted.

This class was changed by Angelo Naselli to have a timeout on the queue

in memory data queue interface.

Author
David Sugar dyfet.nosp@m.@ost.nosp@m.el.co.nosp@m.m

Definition at line 261 of file buffer.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef enum Thread::Cancel Thread::Cancel
inherited

How work cancellation.

typedef struct ThreadQueue::_data ThreadQueue::data_t
protected
typedef enum Thread::Suspend Thread::Suspend
inherited

How work suspend.

typedef enum Thread::Throw Thread::Throw
inherited

How to raise error.

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum Thread::Cancel
inherited

How work cancellation.

Enumerator
cancelInitial 

used internally, do not use

cancelDeferred 

exit thread on cancellation pointsuch as yield

cancelImmediate 

exit befor cancellation

cancelDisabled 

ignore cancellation

cancelManual 

unimplemented (working in progress)

Todo:
implement
cancelDefault 

default you should use this for compatibility instead of deferred

Definition at line 1108 of file thread.h.

enum Thread::Suspend
inherited

How work suspend.

Enumerator
suspendEnable 

suspend enabled

suspendDisable 

suspend disabled, Suspend do nothing

Definition at line 1122 of file thread.h.

enum Thread::Throw
inherited

How to raise error.

Enumerator
throwNothing 

continue without throwing error

throwObject 

throw object that cause error (throw this)

throwException 

throw an object relative to error

Definition at line 1099 of file thread.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ThreadQueue::ThreadQueue ( const char *  id,
int  pri,
size_t  stack = 0 
)

Create instance of our queue and give it a process priority.

Parameters
idqueue ID.
priprocess priority.
stackstack size.
virtual ThreadQueue::~ThreadQueue ( )
virtual

Destroy the queue.

Member Function Documentation

void Thread::clrParent ( void  )
inlineprotectedinherited

clear parent thread relationship.

Definition at line 1295 of file thread.h.

int Thread::detach ( Semaphore start = 0)
inherited

Start a new thread as "detached".

This is an alternative start() method that resolves some issues with later glibc implimentations which incorrectly impliment self-detach.

Returns
error code if execution fails.
Parameters
startoptional starting semaphore to alternately use.
void Mutex::enter ( void  )
inlineinherited

Future abi will use enter/leave/test members.

Definition at line 263 of file thread.h.

static Cancel Thread::enterCancel ( void  )
staticinherited

This is used to help build wrapper functions in libraries around system calls that should behave as cancellation points but don't.

Returns
saved cancel type.
void Mutex::enterMutex ( void  )
inherited

Entering a Mutex locks the mutex for the current thread.

This also can be done using the ENTER_CRITICAL macro or by using the ++ operator on a mutex.

See Also
leaveMutex
void Thread::exit ( void  )
protectedinherited

Used to properly exit from a Thread derived run() or initial() method.

Terminates execution of the current thread and calls the derived classes final() method.

static void Thread::exitCancel ( Cancel  cancel)
staticinherited

This is used to restore a cancel block.

Parameters
canceltype that was saved.
virtual void ThreadQueue::final ( )
protectedvirtual

A thread that is self terminating, either by invoking exit() or leaving it's run(), will have this method called.

It can be used to self delete the current object assuming the object was created with new on the heap rather than stack local, hence one may often see final defined as "delete this" in a derived thread class. A final method, while running, cannot be terminated or cancelled by another thread. Final is called for all cancellation type (even immediate).

You can safe delete thread ("delete this") class on final, but you should exit ASAP (or do not try to call CommonC++ methods...)

Note
A thread cannot delete its own context or join itself. To make a thread that is a self running object that self-deletes, one has to detach the thread by using detach() instead of start().
See Also
exit
run

Reimplemented from Thread.

void Semaphore::force_unlock_after_cancellation ( )
inherited

Call it after a deferred cancellation to avoid deadlocks.

From PTHREAD_COND_TIMEDWAIT(3P): A condition wait (whether timed or not) is a cancellation point. When the cancelability enable state of a thread is set to PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED, a side effect of acting upon a cancellation request while in a condition wait is that the mutex is (in effect) re-acquired before calling the first cancellation cleanup handler.

static Thread* Thread::get ( void  )
staticinherited
Cancel Thread::getCancel ( void  )
inlineinherited

Used to retrieve the cancellation mode in effect for the selected thread.

Returns
cancellation mode constant.

Definition at line 1419 of file thread.h.

static Throw Thread::getException ( void  )
staticinherited

Get exception mode of the current thread.

Returns
exception mode.
virtual void* Thread::getExtended ( void  )
protectedvirtualinherited

Since getParent() and getThread() only refer to an object of the Thread "base" type, this virtual method can be replaced in a derived class with something that returns data specific to the derived class that can still be accessed through the pointer returned by getParent() and getThread().

Returns
pointer to derived class specific data.
cctid_t Thread::getId ( void  ) const
inherited

Get system thread numeric identifier.

Returns
numeric identifier of this thread.
const char* Thread::getName ( void  ) const
inlineinherited

Get the name string for this thread, to use in debug messages.

Returns
debug name.

Definition at line 1463 of file thread.h.

Thread* Thread::getParent ( void  )
inlineinherited

Gets the pointer to the Thread class which created the current thread object.

Returns
a Thread *, or "(Thread *)this" if no parent.

Definition at line 1397 of file thread.h.

virtual void Thread::initial ( void  )
protectedvirtualinherited

The initial method is called by a newly created thread when it starts execution.

This method is ran with deferred cancellation disabled by default. The Initial method is given a separate handler so that it can create temporary objects on it's own stack frame, rather than having objects created on run() that are only needed by startup and yet continue to consume stack space.

See Also
run
final

Reimplemented in TCPSession, and UnixSession.

bool Thread::isDetached ( void  ) const
inherited

Check if this thread is detached.

Returns
true if the thread is detached.
bool Thread::isRunning ( void  ) const
inherited

Verifies if the thread is still running or has already been terminated but not yet deleted.

Returns
true if the thread is still executing.
bool Thread::isThread ( void  ) const
inherited

Tests to see if the current execution context is the same as the specified thread object.

Returns
true if the current context is this object.
void Thread::join ( void  )
inherited

Blocking call which unlocks when thread terminates.

void Mutex::leave ( void  )
inlineinherited

Future abi will use enter/leave/test members.

Definition at line 269 of file thread.h.

void Mutex::leaveMutex ( void  )
inherited

Leaving a mutex frees that mutex for use by another thread.

If the mutex has been entered (invoked) multiple times (recursivily) by the same thread, then it will need to be exited the same number of instances before it is free for re-use. This operation can also be done using the LEAVE_CRITICAL macro or by the – operator on a mutex.

See Also
enterMutex
void Mutex::nameMutex ( const char *  name)
inlineinherited

Enable setting of mutex name for deadlock debug.

Parameters
namefor mutex.

Definition at line 248 of file thread.h.

virtual void Thread::notify ( Thread )
protectedvirtualinherited

When a thread terminates, it now sends a notification message to the parent thread which created it.

The actual use of this notification is left to be defined in a derived class.

Parameters
-the thread that has terminated.
virtual void ThreadQueue::onTimer ( void  )
protectedvirtual

A derivable method to call when the timout is expired.

void ThreadQueue::post ( const void *  data,
unsigned  len 
)

Put some unspecified data into this queue.

A new qd structure is created and sized to contain a copy of the actual content.

Parameters
datapointer to data.
lensize of data.
void Semaphore::post ( void  )
inherited

Posting to a semaphore increments its current value and releases the first thread waiting for the semaphore if it is currently at 0.

Interestingly, there is no support to increment a semaphore by any value greater than 1 to release multiple waiting threads in either pthread or the win32 API. Hence, if one wants to release a semaphore to enable multiple threads to execute, one must perform multiple post operations.

See Also
wait
void Thread::resume ( void  )
inherited

Resumes execution of the selected thread.

void ThreadQueue::run ( void  )
privatevirtual

All threads execute by deriving the Run method of Thread.

This method is called after Initial to begin normal operation of the thread. If the method terminates, then the thread will also terminate after notifying it's parent and calling it's Final() method.

See Also
Initial

Implements Thread.

virtual void ThreadQueue::runQueue ( void *  data)
protectedpure virtual

Virtual callback method to handle processing of a queued data items.

After the item is processed, it is deleted from memory. We can call multiple instances of runQueue in order if multiple items are waiting.

Parameters
dataitem being dequed.
void Thread::setCancel ( Cancel  mode)
protectedinherited

Sets thread cancellation mode.

Threads can either be set immune to termination (cancelDisabled), can be set to terminate when reaching specific "thread cancellation points" (cancelDeferred) or immediately when Terminate is requested (cancelImmediate).

Parameters
modefor cancellation of the current thread.
static void Mutex::setDebug ( bool  mode)
inlinestaticinherited

Enable or disable deadlock debugging.

Parameters
modedebug mode.

Definition at line 240 of file thread.h.

static void Thread::setException ( Throw  mode)
staticinherited

Set exception mode of the current thread.

Returns
exception mode.
void Thread::setName ( const char *  text)
protectedinherited

Set the name of the current thread.

If the name is passed as NULL, then the default name is set (usually object pointer).

Parameters
textname to use.
static void Thread::setStack ( size_t  size = 0)
inlinestaticinherited

Set base stack limit before manual stack sizes have effect.

Parameters
sizestack size to set, or use 0 to clear autostack.

Definition at line 1347 of file thread.h.

void Thread::setSuspend ( Suspend  mode)
protectedinherited

Sets the thread's ability to be suspended from execution.

The thread may either have suspend enabled (suspendEnable) or disabled (suspendDisable).

Parameters
modefor suspend.
void ThreadQueue::setTimer ( timeout_t  timeout)

Set the queue timeout.

When the timer expires, the onTimer() method is called for the thread

Parameters
timeouttimeout in milliseconds.
static void Thread::sleep ( timeout_t  msec)
staticinherited

A thread-safe sleep call.

On most Posix systems, "sleep()" is implimented with SIGALRM making it unusable from multipe threads. Pthread libraries often define an alternate "sleep" handler such as usleep(), nanosleep(), or nap(), that is thread safe, and also offers a higher timer resolution.

Parameters
msectimeout in milliseconds.
int Thread::start ( Semaphore start = 0)
inherited

When a new thread is created, it does not begin immediate execution.

This is because the derived class virtual tables are not properly loaded at the time the C++ object is created within the constructor itself, at least in some compiler/system combinations. The thread can either be told to wait for an external semaphore, or it can be started directly after the constructor completes by calling the start() method.

Returns
error code if execution fails.
Parameters
startoptional starting semaphore to alternately use.
virtual void ThreadQueue::startQueue ( void  )
protectedvirtual

Start of dequeing.

Maybe we need to connect a database or something, so we have a virtual...

virtual void ThreadQueue::stopQueue ( void  )
protectedvirtual

End of dequeing, we expect the queue is empty for now.

Maybe we need to disconnect a database or something, so we have another virtual.

void Thread::suspend ( void  )
inherited

Suspends execution of the selected thread.

Pthreads do not normally support suspendable threads, so the behavior is simulated with signals. On systems such as Linux that define threads as processes, SIGSTOP and SIGCONT may be used.

void Thread::sync ( void  )
protectedinherited

Used to wait for a join or cancel, in place of explicit exit.

void Thread::terminate ( void  )
protectedinherited

Used by another thread to terminate the current thread.

Termination actually occurs based on the current setCancel() mode. When the current thread does terminate, control is returned to the requesting thread. terminate() should always be called at the start of any destructor of a class derived from Thread to assure the remaining part of the destructor is called without the thread still executing.

bool Mutex::test ( void  )
inlineinherited

Future abi will use enter/leave/test members.

Returns
true if entered.

Definition at line 277 of file thread.h.

bool Thread::testCancel ( void  )
protectedinherited

test a cancellation point for deferred thread cancellation.

bool Mutex::tryEnterMutex ( void  )
inherited

Tries to lock the mutex for the current thread.

Behaves like enterMutex , except that it doesn't block the calling thread if the mutex is already locked by another thread.

Returns
true if locking the mutex was succesful otherwise false
See Also
enterMutex
leaveMutex
bool Semaphore::wait ( timeout_t  timeout = 0)
inherited

Wait is used to keep a thread held until the semaphore counter is greater than 0.

If the current thread is held, then another thread must increment the semaphore. Once the thread is accepted, the semaphore is automatically decremented, and the thread continues execution.

The pthread semaphore object does not support a timed "wait", and hence to maintain consistancy, neither the posix nor win32 source trees support "timed" semaphore objects.

Returns
false if timed out
Parameters
timeoutperiod in milliseconds to wait
See Also
post
static void Thread::yield ( void  )
staticinherited

Yields the current thread's CPU time slice to allow another thread to begin immediate execution.

Field Documentation

data_t* ThreadQueue::first
protected

Definition at line 276 of file buffer.h.

data_t * ThreadQueue::last
protected

Definition at line 276 of file buffer.h.

String ThreadQueue::name
protected

Definition at line 278 of file buffer.h.

bool ThreadQueue::started
protected

Definition at line 274 of file buffer.h.

timeout_t ThreadQueue::timeout
protected

Definition at line 273 of file buffer.h.


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