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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
      3  * Copyright (C) 2007 Justin Haygood (jhaygood (at) reaktix.com)
      4  *
      5  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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     29 
     30 #ifndef MainThread_h
     31 #define MainThread_h
     32 
     33 namespace WTF {
     34 
     35 class Mutex;
     36 
     37 typedef void MainThreadFunction(void*);
     38 
     39 void callOnMainThread(MainThreadFunction*, void* context);
     40 
     41 // Blocks the thread until the call finishes on the main thread. Misusing this can easily cause deadlocks.
     42 void callOnMainThreadAndWait(MainThreadFunction*, void* context);
     43 
     44 void setMainThreadCallbacksPaused(bool paused);
     45 
     46 // Must be called from the main thread (Darwin is an exception to this rule).
     47 void initializeMainThread();
     48 
     49 // These functions are internal to the callOnMainThread implementation.
     50 void initializeMainThreadPlatform();
     51 void scheduleDispatchFunctionsOnMainThread();
     52 Mutex& mainThreadFunctionQueueMutex();
     53 void dispatchFunctionsFromMainThread();
     54 
     55 } // namespace WTF
     56 
     57 using WTF::callOnMainThread;
     58 using WTF::callOnMainThreadAndWait;
     59 using WTF::setMainThreadCallbacksPaused;
     60 
     61 #endif // MainThread_h
     62