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#ifndef ITO_QUEUE_H
#define ITO_QUEUE_H

#include <pthread.h>

#include "itomutex.h"
#include "itocondition.h"

namespace Bu
{
	/**
	 * A thread-safe queue class.  This class is a very simple queue with some cool
	 * extra functionality for use with the Ito system.  The main extra that it
	 * provides is the option to either dequeue without blocking, with infinite
	 * blocking, or with timed blocking, which will return a value if something is
	 * enqueued within the specified time limit, or NULL if the time limit is
	 * exceded.
	 *@author Mike Buland
	 */
	template <class T>
	class ItoQueue
	{
	private:
		/**
		 * Helper struct.  Keeps track of linked-list items for the queue data.
		 */
		typedef struct Item
		{
			T pData;
			Item *pNext;
		} Item;

	public:
		/**
		 * Construct an empty queue.
		 */
		ItoQueue() :
			pStart( NULL ),
			pEnd( NULL ),
			nSize( 0 )
		{
		}
		
		/**
		 * Destroy the queue.  This function will simply free all contained
		 * structures.  If you stored pointers in the queue, this will lose the
		 * pointers without cleaning up the memory they pointed to.  Make sure
		 * you're queue is empty before allowing it to be destroyed!
		 */
		~ItoQueue()
		{
			Item *pCur = pStart;
			while( pCur )
			{
				Item *pTmp = pCur->pNext;
				delete pCur;
				pCur = pTmp;
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Enqueue a pieces of data.  The new data will go at the end of the queue,
		 * and unless another piece of data is enqueued, will be the last piece of
		 * data to be dequeued.
		 *@param pData The data to enqueue.  If this is not a primitive data type
		 * it's probably best to use a pointer type.
		 */
		void enqueue( T pData )
		{
			mOperate.lock();

			if( pStart == NULL )
			{
				pStart = pEnd = new Item;
				pStart->pData = pData;
				pStart->pNext = NULL;
				nSize++;
			}
			else
			{
				pEnd->pNext = new Item;
				pEnd = pEnd->pNext;
				pEnd->pData = pData;
				pEnd->pNext = NULL;
				nSize++;
			}

			cBlock.signal();
		
			mOperate.unlock();
		}

		/**
		 * Dequeue the first item from the queue.  This function can operate in two
		 * different modes, blocking and non-blocking.  In non-blocking mode it will
		 * return immediately weather there was data in the queue or not.  If there
		 * was data it will remove it from the queue and return it to the caller.
		 * In blocking mode it will block forever wating for data to be enqueued.
		 * When data finally is enqueued this function will return immediately with
		 * the new data.  The only way this function should ever return a null in
		 * blocking mode is if the calling thread was cancelled.  It's probably a
		 * good idea to check for NULL return values even if you use blocking, just
		 * to be on the safe side.
		 *@param bBlock Set to true to enable blocking, leave as false to work in
		 * non-blocking mode.
		 *@returns The next piece of data in the queue, or NULL if no data was in
		 * the queue.
		 */
		T dequeue( bool bBlock=false )
		{
			mOperate.lock();
			if( pStart == NULL )
			{
				mOperate.unlock();

				if( bBlock )
				{
					cBlock.lock();

					while( pStart == NULL )
						cBlock.wait();
				
					T tmp = dequeue( false );
					
					cBlock.unlock();
					return tmp;

				}

				return NULL;
			}
			else
			{
				T pTmp = pStart->pData;
				Item *pDel = pStart;
				pStart = pStart->pNext;
				delete pDel;
				nSize--;
			
				mOperate.unlock();
				return pTmp;
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Operates just like the other dequeue function in blocking mode with one
		 * twist.  This function will block for at most nSec seconds and nUSec
		 * micro-seconds.  If the timer is up and no data is available, this will
		 * just return NULL.  If data is enqueued before the timeout expires, it
		 * will dequeue and exit immediately.
		 *@param nSec The number of seconds to wait, max.
		 *@param nUSec The number of micro-seconds to wait, max.
		 *@returns The next piece of data in the queue, or NULL if the timeout was
		 * exceeded.
		 */
		T dequeue( int nSec, int nUSec )
		{
			mOperate.lock();
			if( pStart == NULL )
			{
				mOperate.unlock();

				cBlock.lock();
				
				cBlock.wait( nSec, nUSec );

				if( pStart == NULL )
				{
					cBlock.unlock();
					return NULL;
				}
			
				mOperate.lock();
				T pTmp = pStart->pData;
				Item *pDel = pStart;
				pStart = pStart->pNext;
				delete pDel;
				nSize--;
				mOperate.unlock();
					
				cBlock.unlock();
				return pTmp;
			}
			else
			{
				T pTmp = pStart->pData;
				Item *pDel = pStart;
				pStart = pStart->pNext;
				delete pDel;
				nSize--;
			
				mOperate.unlock();
				return pTmp;
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Checks to see if the queue has data in it or not.  Note that there is no
		 * function to determine the length of the queue.  This data isn't kept
		 * track of.  If you really need to know, fix this.
		 *@returns True if the queue is empty, false if it has data in it.
		 */
		bool isEmpty()
		{
			mOperate.lock();
			bool bEmpty = (pStart == NULL );
			mOperate.unlock();

			return bEmpty;
		}

		long getSize()
		{
			mOperate.lock();
			long nRet = nSize;
			mOperate.unlock();

			return nRet;
		}

	private:
		Item *pStart;	/**< The start of the queue, the next element to dequeue. */
		Item *pEnd;		/**< The end of the queue, the last element to dequeue. */
		long nSize;		/**< The number of items in the queue. */

		ItoMutex mOperate;	/**< The master mutex, used on all operations. */
		ItoCondition cBlock;	/**< The condition for blocking dequeues. */
	};
}

#endif