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1///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: wx/thread.h
3// Purpose: Message queues for inter-thread communication
4// Author: Evgeniy Tarassov
5// Created: 2007-10-31
6// RCS-ID: $Id$
7// Copyright: (C) 2007 TT-Solutions SARL
8// Licence: wxWindows licence
9///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
10
11#ifndef _WX_MSGQUEUE_H_
12#define _WX_MSGQUEUE_H_
13
14// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
15// headers
16// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
17
18#include "wx/thread.h"
19
20#if wxUSE_THREADS
21
22#include "wx/beforestd.h"
23#include <queue>
24#include "wx/afterstd.h"
25
26enum wxMessageQueueError
27{
28 wxMSGQUEUE_NO_ERROR = 0, // operation completed successfully
29 wxMSGQUEUE_TIMEOUT, // no messages received before timeout expired
30 wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR // some unexpected (and fatal) error has occurred
31};
32
33// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
34// Message queue allows passing message between threads.
35//
36// This class is typically used for communicating between the main and worker
37// threads. The main thread calls Post() and the worker thread calls Receive().
38//
39// For this class a message is an object of arbitrary type T. Notice that
40// typically there must be some special message indicating that the thread
41// should terminate as there is no other way to gracefully shutdown a thread
42// waiting on the message queue.
43// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
44template <typename T>
45class wxMessageQueue
46{
47public:
48 // The type of the messages transported by this queue
49 typedef T Message;
50
51 // Default ctor creates an initially empty queue
52 wxMessageQueue()
53 : m_conditionNotEmpty(m_mutex)
54 {
55 }
56
57 // Add a message to this queue and signal the threads waiting for messages.
58 //
59 // This method is safe to call from multiple threads in parallel.
60 wxMessageQueueError Post(const Message& msg)
61 {
62 wxMutexLocker locker(m_mutex);
63
64 wxCHECK( locker.IsOk(), wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
65
66 m_messages.push(msg);
67
68 m_conditionNotEmpty.Signal();
69
70 return wxMSGQUEUE_NO_ERROR;
71 }
72
73 // Wait no more than timeout milliseconds until a message becomes available.
74 //
75 // Setting timeout to 0 is equivalent to an infinite timeout. See Receive().
76 wxMessageQueueError ReceiveTimeout(long timeout, T& msg)
77 {
78 wxCHECK( IsOk(), wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
79
80 wxMutexLocker locker(m_mutex);
81
82 wxCHECK( locker.IsOk(), wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
83
84 const wxMilliClock_t waitUntil = wxGetLocalTimeMillis() + timeout;
85 while ( m_messages.empty() )
86 {
87 wxCondError result = m_conditionNotEmpty.WaitTimeout(timeout);
88
89 if ( result == wxCOND_NO_ERROR )
90 continue;
91
92 wxCHECK( result == wxCOND_TIMEOUT, wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
93
94 const wxMilliClock_t now = wxGetLocalTimeMillis();
95
96 if ( now >= waitUntil )
97 return wxMSGQUEUE_TIMEOUT;
98
99 timeout = (waitUntil - now).ToLong();
100 wxASSERT(timeout > 0);
101 }
102
103 msg = m_messages.front();
104 m_messages.pop();
105
106 return wxMSGQUEUE_NO_ERROR;
107 }
108
109 // Same as ReceiveTimeout() but waits for as long as it takes for a message
110 // to become available (so it can't return wxMSGQUEUE_TIMEOUT)
111 wxMessageQueueError Receive(T& msg)
112 {
113 wxCHECK( IsOk(), wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
114
115 wxMutexLocker locker(m_mutex);
116
117 wxCHECK( locker.IsOk(), wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
118
119 while ( m_messages.empty() )
120 {
121 wxCondError result = m_conditionNotEmpty.Wait();
122
123 wxCHECK( result == wxCOND_NO_ERROR, wxMSGQUEUE_MISC_ERROR );
124 }
125
126 msg = m_messages.front();
127 m_messages.pop();
128
129 return wxMSGQUEUE_NO_ERROR;
130 }
131
132 // Return false only if there was a fatal error in ctor
133 bool IsOk() const
134 {
135 return m_conditionNotEmpty.IsOk();
136 }
137
138private:
139 // Disable copy ctor and assignment operator
140 wxMessageQueue(const wxMessageQueue<T>& rhs);
141 wxMessageQueue<T>& operator=(const wxMessageQueue<T>& rhs);
142
143 mutable wxMutex m_mutex;
144 wxCondition m_conditionNotEmpty;
145
146 std::queue<T> m_messages;
147};
148
149#endif // wxUSE_THREADS
150
151#endif // _WX_MSGQUEUE_H_