1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
3 // Purpose: wxWindows thread sample
4 // Author: Julian Smart(minimal)/Guilhem Lavaux(thread test)
8 // Copyright: (c) Julian Smart, Markus Holzem, Guilhem Lavaux
9 // Licence: wxWindows license
10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
13 TODO: use worker threads to update progress controls instead of writing
14 messages - it will be more visual
18 #pragma implementation "test.cpp"
19 #pragma interface "test.cpp"
22 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
23 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
34 #error "This sample requires thread support!"
35 #endif // wxUSE_THREADS
37 #include "wx/thread.h"
38 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
42 WX_DEFINE_ARRAY(wxThread
*, wxArrayThread
);
44 // Define a new application type
45 class MyApp
: public wxApp
48 virtual bool OnInit();
51 // all the threads currently alive - as soon as the thread terminates, it's
52 // removed from the array
53 wxArrayThread m_threads
;
55 // crit section protects access to all of the arrays below
56 wxCriticalSection m_critsect
;
59 // Create a new application object
62 // Define a new frame type
63 class MyFrame
: public wxFrame
67 MyFrame(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
& title
, int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
);
70 void WriteText(const wxString
& text
) { m_txtctrl
->WriteText(text
); }
73 void OnQuit(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
74 void OnAbout(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
75 void OnClear(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
77 void OnStartThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
78 void OnStartThreads(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
79 void OnStopThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
80 void OnPauseThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
81 void OnResumeThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
83 void OnStartWorker(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
84 void OnWorkerEvent(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
86 void OnIdle(wxIdleEvent
&event
);
89 // helper function - creates a new thread (but doesn't run it)
90 MyThread
*CreateThread();
92 // just some place to put our messages in
93 wxTextCtrl
*m_txtctrl
;
95 // remember the number of running threads and total number of threads
96 size_t m_nRunning
, m_nCount
;
101 // ID for the menu commands
108 TEST_START_THREAD
= 201,
114 WORKER_EVENT
// this one gets sent from the worker thread
117 //--------------------------------------------------
119 //--------------------------------------------------
121 class MyThread
: public wxThread
124 MyThread(MyFrame
*frame
);
126 // thread execution starts here
127 virtual void *Entry();
129 // called when the thread exits - whether it terminates normally or is
130 // stopped with Delete() (but not when it is Kill()ed!)
131 virtual void OnExit();
133 // write something to the text control
134 void WriteText(const wxString
& text
);
141 MyThread::MyThread(MyFrame
*frame
)
148 void MyThread::WriteText(const wxString
& text
)
152 // before doing any GUI calls we must ensure that this thread is the only
159 m_frame
->WriteText(msg
);
164 void MyThread::OnExit()
166 wxCriticalSectionLocker
locker(wxGetApp().m_critsect
);
168 wxGetApp().m_threads
.Remove(this);
171 void *MyThread::Entry()
175 text
.Printf("Thread 0x%x started (priority = %d).\n",
176 GetId(), GetPriority());
179 for ( m_count
= 0; m_count
< 10; m_count
++ )
181 // check if we were asked to exit
185 text
.Printf("[%u] Thread 0x%x here.\n", m_count
, GetId());
188 // wxSleep() can't be called from non-GUI thread!
189 wxThread::Sleep(1000);
192 text
.Printf("Thread 0x%x finished.\n", GetId());
198 //--------------------------------------------------
200 //--------------------------------------------------
202 class MyWorkerThread
: public wxThread
205 MyWorkerThread(MyFrame
*frame
);
207 // thread execution starts here
208 virtual void *Entry();
210 // called when the thread exits - whether it terminates normally or is
211 // stopped with Delete() (but not when it is Kill()ed!)
212 virtual void OnExit();
219 MyWorkerThread::MyWorkerThread(MyFrame
*frame
)
226 void MyWorkerThread::OnExit()
230 void *MyWorkerThread::Entry()
232 for ( m_count
= 0; m_count
< 10; m_count
++ )
234 // check if we were asked to exit
239 text
.Printf("[%u] Thread 0x%x here!!", m_count
, GetId());
241 // create any type of command event here
242 wxCommandEvent
event( wxEVT_COMMAND_MENU_SELECTED
, WORKER_EVENT
);
243 event
.SetInt( WORKER_EVENT
);
244 event
.SetString( text
);
246 // send in a thread-safe way
247 wxPostEvent( m_frame
, event
);
250 // m_frame->AddPendingEvent( event );
252 // wxSleep() can't be called from non-main thread!
253 wxThread::Sleep(1000);
259 //--------------------------------------------------
261 //--------------------------------------------------
263 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame
, wxFrame
)
264 EVT_MENU(TEST_QUIT
, MyFrame::OnQuit
)
265 EVT_MENU(TEST_ABOUT
, MyFrame::OnAbout
)
266 EVT_MENU(TEST_CLEAR
, MyFrame::OnClear
)
267 EVT_MENU(TEST_START_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnStartThread
)
268 EVT_MENU(TEST_START_THREADS
, MyFrame::OnStartThreads
)
269 EVT_MENU(TEST_STOP_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnStopThread
)
270 EVT_MENU(TEST_PAUSE_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnPauseThread
)
271 EVT_MENU(TEST_RESUME_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnResumeThread
)
273 EVT_MENU(TEST_START_WORKER
, MyFrame::OnStartWorker
)
274 EVT_MENU(WORKER_EVENT
, MyFrame::OnWorkerEvent
)
276 EVT_IDLE(MyFrame::OnIdle
)
279 // `Main program' equivalent, creating windows and returning main app frame
282 // Create the main frame window
283 MyFrame
*frame
= new MyFrame((wxFrame
*)NULL
, "wxWindows threads sample",
287 wxMenu
*file_menu
= new wxMenu
;
289 file_menu
->Append(TEST_CLEAR
, "&Clear log\tCtrl-L");
290 file_menu
->AppendSeparator();
291 file_menu
->Append(TEST_ABOUT
, "&About");
292 file_menu
->AppendSeparator();
293 file_menu
->Append(TEST_QUIT
, "E&xit\tAlt-X");
294 wxMenuBar
*menu_bar
= new wxMenuBar
;
295 menu_bar
->Append(file_menu
, "&File");
297 wxMenu
*thread_menu
= new wxMenu
;
298 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_START_THREAD
, "&Start a new thread\tCtrl-N");
299 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_START_THREADS
, "Start &many threads at once");
300 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_STOP_THREAD
, "S&top a running thread\tCtrl-S");
301 thread_menu
->AppendSeparator();
302 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_PAUSE_THREAD
, "&Pause a running thread\tCtrl-P");
303 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_RESUME_THREAD
, "&Resume suspended thread\tCtrl-R");
304 thread_menu
->AppendSeparator();
305 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_START_WORKER
, "Start &worker thread\tCtrl-W");
307 menu_bar
->Append(thread_menu
, "&Thread");
308 frame
->SetMenuBar(menu_bar
);
318 // My frame constructor
319 MyFrame::MyFrame(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
& title
,
320 int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
)
321 : wxFrame(frame
, -1, title
, wxPoint(x
, y
), wxSize(w
, h
))
323 m_nRunning
= m_nCount
= 0;
327 m_txtctrl
= new wxTextCtrl(this, -1, "", wxPoint(0, 0), wxSize(0, 0),
328 wxTE_MULTILINE
| wxTE_READONLY
);
332 MyThread
*MyFrame::CreateThread()
334 MyThread
*thread
= new MyThread(this);
336 if ( thread
->Create() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR
)
338 wxLogError("Can't create thread!");
341 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect
);
342 wxGetApp().m_threads
.Add(thread
);
347 void MyFrame::OnStartThreads(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
349 static long s_num
= 10;
351 s_num
= wxGetNumberFromUser("How many threads to start: ", "",
352 "wxThread sample", s_num
, 1, 10000, this);
360 size_t count
= (size_t)s_num
, n
;
362 wxArrayThread threads
;
364 // first create them all...
365 for ( n
= 0; n
< count
; n
++ )
367 wxThread
*thr
= CreateThread();
369 // we want to show the effect of SetPriority(): the first thread will
370 // have the lowest priority, the second - the highest, all the rest
373 thr
->SetPriority(WXTHREAD_MIN_PRIORITY
);
375 thr
->SetPriority(WXTHREAD_MAX_PRIORITY
);
377 thr
->SetPriority(WXTHREAD_DEFAULT_PRIORITY
);
383 msg
.Printf("%d new threads created.", count
);
384 SetStatusText(msg
, 1);
386 // ...and then start them
387 for ( n
= 0; n
< count
; n
++ )
393 void MyFrame::OnStartThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
395 MyThread
*thread
= CreateThread();
397 if ( thread
->Run() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR
)
399 wxLogError("Can't start thread!");
402 SetStatusText("New thread started.", 1);
405 void MyFrame::OnStopThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
407 // stop the last thread
408 if ( wxGetApp().m_threads
.IsEmpty() )
410 wxLogError("No thread to stop!");
414 wxGetApp().m_critsect
.Enter();
416 wxThread
*thread
= wxGetApp().m_threads
.Last();
418 // it's important to leave critical section before calling Delete()
419 // because delete will (implicitly) call OnExit() which also tries
420 // to enter the same crit section - would dead lock.
421 wxGetApp().m_critsect
.Leave();
425 SetStatusText("Thread stopped.", 1);
429 void MyFrame::OnResumeThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
431 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect
);
433 // resume first suspended thread
434 size_t n
= 0, count
= wxGetApp().m_threads
.Count();
435 while ( n
< count
&& !wxGetApp().m_threads
[n
]->IsPaused() )
440 wxLogError("No thread to resume!");
444 wxGetApp().m_threads
[n
]->Resume();
446 SetStatusText("Thread resumed.", 1);
450 void MyFrame::OnPauseThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
452 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect
);
454 // pause last running thread
455 int n
= wxGetApp().m_threads
.Count() - 1;
456 while ( n
>= 0 && !wxGetApp().m_threads
[n
]->IsRunning() )
461 wxLogError("No thread to pause!");
465 wxGetApp().m_threads
[n
]->Pause();
467 SetStatusText("Thread paused.", 1);
471 // set the frame title indicating the current number of threads
472 void MyFrame::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent
&event
)
474 // update the counts of running/total threads
476 nCount
= wxGetApp().m_threads
.Count();
477 for ( size_t n
= 0; n
< nCount
; n
++ )
479 if ( wxGetApp().m_threads
[n
]->IsRunning() )
483 if ( nCount
!= m_nCount
|| nRunning
!= m_nRunning
)
485 m_nRunning
= nRunning
;
488 wxLogStatus(this, "%u threads total, %u running.", nCount
, nRunning
);
490 //else: avoid flicker - don't print anything
493 void MyFrame::OnQuit(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
495 size_t count
= wxGetApp().m_threads
.Count();
496 for ( size_t i
= 0; i
< count
; i
++ )
498 wxGetApp().m_threads
[0]->Delete();
504 void MyFrame::OnAbout(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
506 wxMessageDialog
dialog(this, "wxWindows multithreaded application sample\n"
507 "(c) 1998 Julian Smart, Guilhem Lavaux\n"
508 "(c) 1999 Vadim Zeitlin\n"
509 "(c) 2000 Robert Roebling",
510 "About wxThread sample",
511 wxOK
| wxICON_INFORMATION
);
516 void MyFrame::OnClear(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
))
521 void MyFrame::OnStartWorker(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
))
523 MyWorkerThread
*thread
= new MyWorkerThread(this);
525 if ( thread
->Create() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR
)
527 wxLogError("Can't create thread!");
533 void MyFrame::OnWorkerEvent(wxCommandEvent
& event
)
535 WriteText( "Got message from worker thread: " );
536 WriteText( event
.GetString() );