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#ifndef PROGRAMCHAIN_H
#define PROGRAMCHAIN_H
#include "linkedlist.h"
#include "multilog.h"
#include "programlink.h"
/** The Program Chain links together program "chunks" to more easily facilitate
* a generalized program loop with modular extensions.
*@author Mike Buland
*/
class ProgramChain
{
public:
/**
* Construct an empty chain.
*/
ProgramChain();
/**
* Destroy your chain.
*/
~ProgramChain();
/** Adds a link to the end of the chain.
*@param pLink A pointer to the link to add to the chain.
*@returns True if adding the link was successful, otherwise false
*@author Mike Buland
*/
bool addLink( ProgramLink *pLink );
/** Gets a link by name.
*@param lpName The name of the link you're looking for. Every link has a
* name, apparently.
*@returns A pointer to the specified ProgramLink, or NULL if none were found
* matching your criteria.
*@author Mike Buland
*/
class ProgramLink *getLink( const char *lpName );
/** Gets the very first link in the chain.
*@returns A pointer to the first link in the chain.
*@author Mike Buland
*/
class ProgramLink *getBaseLink();
/** Runs through the chain once. Useful if you want to have more control over
* the operation of the chain.
*@returns true if every link returned true. If at least one link returns false,
* then returns false.
*@author Mike Buland
*/
bool execChainOnce();
/** Enters the master chain loop, looping over the entire chain and executing
* every link's TimeSlice routine in order, over and over, until a link returns
* a false value.
*@returns False, always. It returns true unless a link returned false, but loops
* until a link does return false.
*@author Mike Buland
**/
bool enterChainLoop();
/** Broadcasts an Immediate Response Message to all active links, save the
* sender. Whatever link first responds with a non-null response message
* will have it's messages sent back to the broadcasting link as the returns
* of this function call. Therefore it is very important that all message
* processing code is handled in a fairly timely fasion.
*@param pMsgOut The message to broadcast in hopes of a response.
*@param pSender The message that sent out the message and doesn't want to
* receive it's own message. This should always just be "this".
*@returns The message that was returned by the first link to return a
* non-null response. If all messages return null responses then this also
* returns null. Please note that whoever calls this will be responsible
* for deleting the message returned by it, if non-null.
*/
class LinkMessage *broadcastIRM( LinkMessage *pMsgOut, ProgramLink *pSender );
private:
/**
* Shuts down all operation no matter what point in the operation we were.
*/
void emergencyShutdown();
MultiLog *pLog; /**< A pointer to a log. */
LinkedList lLink; /**< The linked list that contains all of the links. */
};
#endif
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