From f4c20290509d7ed3a8fd5304577e7a4cc0b9d974 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Buland <eichlan@xagasoft.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 03:49:53 +0000
Subject: Ok, no code is left in src, it's all in src/old.  We'll gradually
 move code back into src as it's fixed and re-org'd.  This includes tests,
 which, I may write a unit test system into libbu++ just to make my life
 easier.

---
 src/old/programlink.h | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/old/programlink.h

(limited to 'src/old/programlink.h')

diff --git a/src/old/programlink.h b/src/old/programlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f93edcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/old/programlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#ifndef PROGRAMLINK_H
+#define PROGRAMLINK_H
+
+class ProgramLink;
+#include "queue.h"
+#include "linkmessage.h"
+#include "programchain.h"
+
+/**
+ * Program Link is the base class for any object that will be a piece of the
+ * main program chain loop.
+ *@author Mike Buland
+ */
+class ProgramLink
+{
+friend class ProgramChain;
+public:
+	/**
+	 * Construct a program link.
+	 */
+	ProgramLink();
+
+	/**
+	 * Deconstruct.
+	 */
+	virtual ~ProgramLink();
+
+	/**
+	 * Initialization code required for a link that wasn't performed in the
+	 * constructor.
+	 *@returns true if initialization was successful.  A false value will halt
+	 * the chain.
+	 */
+	virtual bool init()=0;
+
+	/**
+	 * DeInitialization code that should happen, but doesn't belong in the
+	 * destructor.
+	 *@returns true means everything worked, false means failure, but is
+	 * meaningless.
+	 */
+	virtual bool deInit()=0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Executed once per link per chain pass.  Contains the guts of the program.
+	 *@returns true if everything went well.  A false value will halt the chain.
+	 */
+	virtual bool timeSlice()=0;
+
+	/**
+	 * This must be handled in order to process Instant Response Messages.
+     * This function should return null on all messages that it doesn't
+     * understand how to handle, and construct new messages to return to sender
+	 * in the cases where it does understand.
+	 *@param pMsgIn The message that must be processed.
+	 *@returns Either a new message in cases where a response is required,
+	 * or null if nothing needs to be done by this link.
+	 */
+	virtual LinkMessage *processIRM( LinkMessage *pMsgIn ) = 0;
+
+	/**
+	 * Broadcast a LinkMessage to all other links in the system.  Each other
+	 * link will get a call of their processIRM function.  If the message gets
+	 * a response then you will regain control immediately, otherwise the system
+	 * will give all other Links a chance to respond before returning NULL.
+	 *@param pMsgOut The message to broadcast.
+	 *@returns The message response, or NULL if no Link understood your message.
+	 */
+	LinkMessage *sendIRM( LinkMessage *pMsgOut );
+
+private:
+	/**
+	 * Set which chain we're assosiated with.  This is how IRM messages make
+	 * it out to the rest of the world.
+	 *@param pNewChain A pointer to the containing program chain.
+	 */
+	void setChain( class ProgramChain *pNewChain );
+
+	/**
+	 * The pointer to the containing chain.
+	 */
+	class ProgramChain *pChain;
+/*
+	void postMessage( LinkMessage *pMsg, int nLvl );
+	LinkMessage *getMessage( int nLvl );
+
+	enum
+	{
+		msgToChain,
+		msgToLink
+	};
+
+private:
+	Queue qMsgToChain;
+	Queue qMsgToLink;
+*/
+};
+
+#endif
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