/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Name: thread.cpp
// Purpose: wxWindows thread sample
-// Author: Julian Smart(minimal)/Guilhem Lavaux(thread test)
+// Author: Guilhem Lavaux, Vadim Zeitlin
// Modified by:
// Created: 06/16/98
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Copyright: (c) Julian Smart, Markus Holzem, Guilhem Lavaux
+// Copyright: (c) 1998-2002 wxWindows team
// Licence: wxWindows license
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-/*
- TODO: use worker threads to update progress controls instead of writing
- messages - it will be more visual
- */
-
// For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
#include "wx/wxprec.h"
#include "wx/progdlg.h"
+// define this to use wxExecute in the exec tests, otherwise just use system
#define USE_EXECUTE
+
#ifdef USE_EXECUTE
#define EXEC(cmd) wxExecute((cmd), wxEXEC_SYNC)
#else
class MyApp : public wxApp
{
public:
+ MyApp();
+ virtual ~MyApp();
+
virtual bool OnInit();
public:
// crit section protects access to all of the arrays below
wxCriticalSection m_critsect;
+
+ // the (mutex, condition) pair used to wait for the threads to exit, see
+ // MyFrame::OnQuit()
+ wxMutex m_mutexAllDone;
+ wxCondition m_condAllDone;
+
+ // the last exiting thread should signal m_condAllDone if this is true
+ // (protected by the same m_critsect)
+ bool m_waitingUntilAllDone;
};
// Create a new application object
// accessors for MyWorkerThread (called in its context!)
bool Cancelled();
+protected:
// callbacks
void OnQuit(wxCommandEvent& event);
void OnClear(wxCommandEvent& event);
{
wxCriticalSectionLocker locker(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
- wxGetApp().m_threads.Remove(this);
+ wxArrayThread& threads = wxGetApp().m_threads;
+ threads.Remove(this);
+
+ if ( threads.IsEmpty() )
+ {
+ // signal the main thread that there are no more threads left if it is
+ // waiting for us
+ if ( wxGetApp().m_waitingUntilAllDone )
+ {
+ wxGetApp().m_waitingUntilAllDone = FALSE;
+
+ wxMutexLocker lock(wxGetApp().m_mutexAllDone);
+ wxGetApp().m_condAllDone.Signal();
+ }
+ }
}
void *MyThread::Entry()
EVT_IDLE(MyFrame::OnIdle)
END_EVENT_TABLE()
+MyApp::MyApp()
+ : m_condAllDone(m_mutexAllDone)
+{
+ // the mutex associated with a condition must be initially locked, it will
+ // only be unlocked when we call Wait()
+ m_mutexAllDone.Lock();
+
+ m_waitingUntilAllDone = FALSE;
+}
+
+MyApp::~MyApp()
+{
+ // the mutex must be unlocked before being destroyed
+ m_mutexAllDone.Unlock();
+}
+
// `Main program' equivalent, creating windows and returning main app frame
bool MyApp::OnInit()
{
// set the frame title indicating the current number of threads
void MyFrame::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent &event)
{
+ wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
+
// update the counts of running/total threads
size_t nRunning = 0,
nCount = wxGetApp().m_threads.Count();
void MyFrame::OnQuit(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
{
- const wxArrayThread& threads = wxGetApp().m_threads;
- while ( !threads.IsEmpty() )
+ // NB: although the OS will terminate all the threads anyhow when the main
+ // one exits, it's good practice to do it ourselves -- even if it's not
+ // completely trivial in this example
+
+ // tell all the threads to terminate: note that they can't terminate while
+ // we're deleting them because they will block in their OnExit() -- this is
+ // important as otherwise we might access invalid array elements
{
- threads[0]->Delete();
+ wxGetApp().m_critsect.Enter();
+
+ // check if we have any threads running first
+ const wxArrayThread& threads = wxGetApp().m_threads;
+ size_t count = threads.GetCount();
+
+ if ( count )
+ {
+ // we do, ask them to stop
+ for ( size_t n = 0; n < count; n++ )
+ {
+ threads[n]->Delete();
+ }
+
+ // set the flag for MyThread::OnExit()
+ wxGetApp().m_waitingUntilAllDone = TRUE;
+ }
+
+ wxGetApp().m_critsect.Leave();
+
+ if ( count )
+ {
+ // now wait for them to really terminate but leave the GUI mutex
+ // before doing it as otherwise we might dead lock
+ wxMutexGuiLeave();
+
+ wxGetApp().m_condAllDone.Wait();
+
+ wxMutexGuiEnter();
+ }
+ //else: no threads to terminate, no condition to wait for
}
Close(TRUE);