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 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
15 1. show how SetPriority() works.
16 2. use worker threads to update progress controls instead of writing
17 messages - it will be more visual
21 #pragma implementation "test.cpp"
22 #pragma interface "test.cpp"
25 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
26 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
37 #error "This sample requires thread support!"
38 #endif // wxUSE_THREADS
40 #include "wx/thread.h"
41 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
44 // Define a new application type
45 class MyApp
: public wxApp
52 WX_DEFINE_ARRAY(wxThread
*, wxArrayThread
);
54 // Define a new frame type
55 class MyFrame
: public wxFrame
59 MyFrame(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
& title
, int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
);
62 void WriteText(const wxString
& text
) { m_txtctrl
->WriteText(text
); }
65 void OnQuit(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
66 void OnAbout(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
67 void OnClear(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
69 void OnStartThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
70 void OnStartThreads(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
71 void OnStopThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
72 void OnPauseThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
73 void OnResumeThread(wxCommandEvent
& event
);
75 void OnIdle(wxIdleEvent
&event
);
77 // called by dying thread _in_that_thread_context_
78 void OnThreadExit(wxThread
*thread
);
81 // helper function - creates a new thread (but doesn't run it)
82 MyThread
*CreateThread();
84 // crit section protects access to all of the arrays below
85 wxCriticalSection m_critsect
;
87 // all the threads currently alive - as soon as the thread terminates, it's
88 // removed from the array
89 wxArrayThread m_threads
;
91 // just some place to put our messages in
92 wxTextCtrl
*m_txtctrl
;
94 // remember the number of running threads and total number of threads
95 size_t m_nRunning
, m_nCount
;
100 class MyThread
: public wxThread
103 MyThread(MyFrame
*frame
);
105 // thread execution starts here
106 virtual void *Entry();
108 // called when the thread exits - whether it terminates normally or is
109 // stopped with Delete() (but not when it is Kill()ed!)
110 virtual void OnExit();
112 // write something to the text control
113 void WriteText(const wxString
& text
);
120 MyThread::MyThread(MyFrame
*frame
)
127 void MyThread::WriteText(const wxString
& text
)
131 // before doing any GUI calls we must ensure that this thread is the only
133 wxMutexGuiLocker guiLocker
;
134 msg
<< wxTime().FormatTime() << ": " << text
;
136 m_frame
->WriteText(msg
);
139 void MyThread::OnExit()
141 m_frame
->OnThreadExit(this);
144 void *MyThread::Entry()
148 text
.Printf("Thread 0x%x started.\n", GetID());
151 for ( m_count
= 0; m_count
< 10; m_count
++ )
153 // check if we were asked to exit
157 text
.Printf("[%u] Thread 0x%x here.\n", m_count
, GetID());
160 // wxSleep() can't be called from non-GUI thread!
161 wxThread::Sleep(1000);
164 text
.Printf("Thread 0x%x finished.\n", GetID());
170 // ID for the menu commands
177 TEST_START_THREAD
= 201,
184 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame
, wxFrame
)
185 EVT_MENU(TEST_QUIT
, MyFrame::OnQuit
)
186 EVT_MENU(TEST_ABOUT
, MyFrame::OnAbout
)
187 EVT_MENU(TEST_CLEAR
, MyFrame::OnClear
)
188 EVT_MENU(TEST_START_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnStartThread
)
189 EVT_MENU(TEST_START_THREADS
, MyFrame::OnStartThreads
)
190 EVT_MENU(TEST_STOP_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnStopThread
)
191 EVT_MENU(TEST_PAUSE_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnPauseThread
)
192 EVT_MENU(TEST_RESUME_THREAD
, MyFrame::OnResumeThread
)
194 EVT_IDLE(MyFrame::OnIdle
)
197 // Create a new application object
198 IMPLEMENT_APP (MyApp
)
200 // `Main program' equivalent, creating windows and returning main app frame
203 // Create the main frame window
204 MyFrame
*frame
= new MyFrame((wxFrame
*)NULL
, "wxWindows threads sample",
208 wxMenu
*file_menu
= new wxMenu
;
210 file_menu
->Append(TEST_CLEAR
, "&Clear log");
211 file_menu
->AppendSeparator();
212 file_menu
->Append(TEST_ABOUT
, "&About");
213 file_menu
->AppendSeparator();
214 file_menu
->Append(TEST_QUIT
, "E&xit");
215 wxMenuBar
*menu_bar
= new wxMenuBar
;
216 menu_bar
->Append(file_menu
, "&File");
218 wxMenu
*thread_menu
= new wxMenu
;
219 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_START_THREAD
, "&Start a new thread");
220 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_START_THREADS
, "Start &many threads at once");
221 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_STOP_THREAD
, "S&top a running thread");
222 thread_menu
->AppendSeparator();
223 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_PAUSE_THREAD
, "&Pause a running thread");
224 thread_menu
->Append(TEST_RESUME_THREAD
, "&Resume suspended thread");
225 menu_bar
->Append(thread_menu
, "&Thread");
226 frame
->SetMenuBar(menu_bar
);
236 // My frame constructor
237 MyFrame::MyFrame(wxFrame
*frame
, const wxString
& title
,
238 int x
, int y
, int w
, int h
)
239 : wxFrame(frame
, -1, title
, wxPoint(x
, y
), wxSize(w
, h
))
241 m_nRunning
= m_nCount
= 0;
245 m_txtctrl
= new wxTextCtrl(this, -1, "", wxPoint(0, 0), wxSize(0, 0),
246 wxTE_MULTILINE
| wxTE_READONLY
);
250 MyThread
*MyFrame::CreateThread()
252 MyThread
*thread
= new MyThread(this);
254 if ( thread
->Create() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR
)
256 wxLogError("Can't create thread!");
259 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(m_critsect
);
260 m_threads
.Add(thread
);
265 void MyFrame::OnStartThreads(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
267 static wxString s_str
;
268 s_str
= wxGetTextFromUser("How many threads to start: ",
271 if ( s_str
.IsEmpty() )
275 sscanf(s_str
, "%u", &count
);
279 wxArrayThread threads
;
281 // first create them all...
282 for ( n
= 0; n
< count
; n
++ )
284 threads
.Add(CreateThread());
288 msg
.Printf("%d new threads created.", count
);
289 SetStatusText(msg
, 1);
291 // ...and then start them
292 for ( n
= 0; n
< count
; n
++ )
298 void MyFrame::OnStartThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
300 MyThread
*thread
= CreateThread();
302 if ( thread
->Run() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR
)
304 wxLogError("Can't start thread!");
307 SetStatusText("New thread started.", 1);
310 void MyFrame::OnStopThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
312 // stop the last thread
313 if ( m_threads
.IsEmpty() )
315 wxLogError("No thread to stop!");
321 wxThread
*thread
= m_threads
.Last();
323 // it's important to leave critical section before calling Delete()
324 // because delete will (implicitly) call OnThreadExit() which also tries
325 // to enter the same crit section - would dead lock.
330 SetStatusText("Thread stopped.", 1);
334 void MyFrame::OnResumeThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
336 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(m_critsect
);
338 // resume first suspended thread
339 size_t n
= 0, count
= m_threads
.Count();
340 while ( n
< count
&& !m_threads
[n
]->IsPaused() )
345 wxLogError("No thread to resume!");
349 m_threads
[n
]->Resume();
351 SetStatusText("Thread resumed.", 1);
355 void MyFrame::OnPauseThread(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
357 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(m_critsect
);
359 // pause last running thread
360 int n
= m_threads
.Count() - 1;
361 while ( n
>= 0 && !m_threads
[n
]->IsRunning() )
366 wxLogError("No thread to pause!");
370 m_threads
[n
]->Pause();
372 SetStatusText("Thread paused.", 1);
376 // set the frame title indicating the current number of threads
377 void MyFrame::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent
&event
)
379 // update the counts of running/total threads
381 nCount
= m_threads
.Count();
382 for ( size_t n
= 0; n
< nCount
; n
++ )
384 if ( m_threads
[n
]->IsRunning() )
388 if ( nCount
!= m_nCount
|| nRunning
!= m_nRunning
)
390 m_nRunning
= nRunning
;
393 wxLogStatus(this, "%u threads total, %u running.", nCount
, nRunning
);
395 //else: avoid flicker - don't print anything
398 void MyFrame::OnQuit(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
400 size_t count
= m_threads
.Count();
401 for ( size_t i
= 0; i
< count
; i
++ )
403 m_threads
[i
]->Delete();
409 void MyFrame::OnAbout(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
) )
411 wxMessageDialog
dialog(this, "wxWindows multithreaded application sample\n"
412 "(c) 1998 Julian Smart, Guilhem Lavaux\n"
413 "(c) 1999 Vadim Zeitlin",
414 "About wxThread sample",
415 wxOK
| wxICON_INFORMATION
);
420 void MyFrame::OnClear(wxCommandEvent
& WXUNUSED(event
))
425 void MyFrame::OnThreadExit(wxThread
*thread
)
427 wxCriticalSectionLocker
enter(m_critsect
);
429 m_threads
.Remove(thread
);