/* * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Xagasoft, All rights reserved. * * This file is part of the libbu++ library and is released under the * terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE. */ #ifndef BU_ITO_CONDITION_H #define BU_ITO_CONDITION_H #include #include "itomutex.h" namespace Bu { /** * Ito condition. This is a fairly simple condition mechanism. As you may * notice this class inherits from the ItoMutex class, this is because all * conditions must be within a locked block. The standard usage of a * condition is to pause one thread, perhaps indefinately, until another * thread signals that it is alright to procede. *
* Standard usage for the thread that wants to wait is as follows: *
	 * ItoCondition cond;
	 * ... // Perform setup and enter your run loop
	 * cond.lock();
	 * while( !isFinished() ) // Could be anything you're waiting for
	 *     cond.wait();
	 * ...  // Take care of what you have to.
	 * cond.unlock();
	 * 
* The usage for the triggering thread is much simpler, when it needs to * tell the others that it's time to grab some data it calls either signal * or broadcast. See both of those functions for the difference. *@ingroup Threading */ class ItoCondition : public ItoMutex { public: /** * Create a condition. */ ItoCondition(); /** * Destroy a condition. */ ~ItoCondition(); /** * Wait forever, or until signalled. This has to be called from within * a locked section, i.e. before calling this this object's lock * function should be called. */ int wait(); /** * Wait for a maximum of nSec seconds and nUSec micro-seconds or until * signalled. This is a little more friendly function if you want to * perform other operations in the thrad loop that calls this function. * Like the other wait function, this must be inside a locked section. *@param nSec The seconds to wait. *@param nUSec the micro-seconds to wait. */ int wait( int nSec, int nUSec ); /** * Notify the next thread waiting on this condition that they can go * ahead. This only signals one thread, the next one in the condition * queue, that it is safe to procede with whatever operation was being * waited on. */ int signal(); /** * Notify all threads waiting on this condition that they can go ahead * now. This function is slower than signal, but more effective in * certain situations where you may not know how many threads should be * activated. */ int broadcast(); private: pthread_cond_t cond; /**< Internal condition reference. */ }; } #endif