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/* A simple event-driven programming library. Originally I wrote this code
 * for the Jim's event-loop (Jim is a Tcl interpreter) but later translated
 * it in form of a library for easy reuse.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2009, Salvatore Sanfilippo <antirez at gmail dot com>
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 *
 *   * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
 *     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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 *   * Neither the name of Redis nor the names of its contributors may be used
 *     to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
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 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
 * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
 * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
 * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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 * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 */

#ifndef __AE_H__
#define __AE_H__

struct aeEventLoop;

/* Types and data structures */
typedef void aeFileProc(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, void *clientData, int mask);
typedef int aeTimeProc(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id, void *clientData);
typedef void aeEventFinalizerProc(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, void *clientData);

/* File event structure */
typedef struct aeFileEvent {
    int fd;
    int mask; /* one of AE_(READABLE|WRITABLE|EXCEPTION) */
    aeFileProc *fileProc;
    aeEventFinalizerProc *finalizerProc;
    void *clientData;
    struct aeFileEvent *next;
} aeFileEvent;

/* Time event structure */
typedef struct aeTimeEvent {
    long long id; /* time event identifier. */
    long when_sec; /* seconds */
    long when_ms; /* milliseconds */
    aeTimeProc *timeProc;
    aeEventFinalizerProc *finalizerProc;
    void *clientData;
    struct aeTimeEvent *next;
} aeTimeEvent;

/* State of an event based program */
typedef struct aeEventLoop {
    long long timeEventNextId;
    aeFileEvent *fileEventHead;
    aeTimeEvent *timeEventHead;
    int stop;
} aeEventLoop;

/* Defines */
#define AE_OK 0
#define AE_ERR -1

#define AE_READABLE 1
#define AE_WRITABLE 2
#define AE_EXCEPTION 4

#define AE_FILE_EVENTS 1
#define AE_TIME_EVENTS 2
#define AE_ALL_EVENTS (AE_FILE_EVENTS|AE_TIME_EVENTS)
#define AE_DONT_WAIT 4

#define AE_NOMORE -1

/* Macros */
#define AE_NOTUSED(V) ((void) V)

/* Prototypes */
aeEventLoop *aeCreateEventLoop(void);
void aeDeleteEventLoop(aeEventLoop *eventLoop);
void aeStop(aeEventLoop *eventLoop);
int aeCreateFileEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int mask,
        aeFileProc *proc, void *clientData,
        aeEventFinalizerProc *finalizerProc);
void aeDeleteFileEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int mask);
long long aeCreateTimeEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long milliseconds,
        aeTimeProc *proc, void *clientData,
        aeEventFinalizerProc *finalizerProc);
int aeDeleteTimeEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, long long id);
int aeProcessEvents(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int flags);
int aeWait(int fd, int mask, long long milliseconds);
void aeMain(aeEventLoop *eventLoop);

#endif