talk/base/thread.h

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#ifndef TALK_BASE_THREAD_H_
#define TALK_BASE_THREAD_H_

#include <algorithm>
#include <list>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#ifdef POSIX
#include <pthread.h>
#endif

#include "talk/base/messagequeue.h"

#ifdef WIN32
#include "talk/base/win32.h"
#endif

namespace talk_base {

class Thread;

class ThreadManager {
public:
  ThreadManager();
  ~ThreadManager();

  static Thread *CurrentThread();
  static void SetCurrent(Thread *thread);
  void Add(Thread *thread);
  void Remove(Thread *thread);

  // Returns a thread object with its thread_ ivar set
  // to whatever the OS uses to represent the thread.
  // If there already *is* a Thread object corresponding to this thread,
  // this method will return that.  Otherwise it creates a new Thread
  // object whose wrapped() method will return true, and whose
  // handle will, on Win32, be opened with only synchronization privileges -
  // if you need more privilegs, rather than changing this method, please
  // write additional code to adjust the privileges, or call a different
  // factory method of your own devising, because this one gets used in
  // unexpected contexts (like inside browser plugins) and it would be a
  // shame to break it.  It is also conceivable on Win32 that we won't even
  // be able to get synchronization privileges, in which case the result
  // will have a NULL handle.
  static Thread *WrapCurrentThread();
  static void UnwrapCurrentThread();

  static void StopAllThreads_();  // Experimental

private:
  Thread *main_thread_;
  std::vector<Thread *> threads_;
  CriticalSection crit_;

#ifdef POSIX
  static pthread_key_t key_;
#endif

#ifdef WIN32
  static DWORD key_;
#endif
};

class Thread;

struct _SendMessage {
  _SendMessage() {}
  Thread *thread;
  Message msg;
  bool *ready;
};

enum ThreadPriority {
  PRIORITY_HIGH,
  PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL,
  PRIORITY_NORMAL,
  PRIORITY_IDLE,
};

class Runnable {
 public:
  virtual ~Runnable() {}
  virtual void Run(Thread* thread) = 0;
};

class Thread : public MessageQueue {
public:
  Thread(SocketServer* ss = NULL);
  virtual ~Thread();

  static inline Thread* Current() {
    return ThreadManager::CurrentThread();
  }

  bool IsCurrent() const {
    return (ThreadManager::CurrentThread() == this);
  }

  // Sleeps the calling thread for the specified number of milliseconds, during
  // which time no processing is performed. Returns false if sleeping was
  // interrupted by a signal (POSIX only).
  static bool SleepMs(int millis);

  // Sets the thread's name, for debugging. Must be called before Start().
  // If |obj| is non-NULL, its value is appended to |name|.
  const std::string& name() const { return name_; }
  bool SetName(const std::string& name, const void* obj);

  // Sets the thread's priority. Must be called before Start().
  ThreadPriority priority() const { return priority_; }
  bool SetPriority(ThreadPriority priority);

  // Starts the execution of the thread.
  bool started() const { return started_; }
  bool Start(Runnable* runnable = NULL);

  // Tells the thread to stop and waits until it is joined.
  // Never call Stop on the current thread.  Instead use the inherited Quit
  // function which will exit the base MessageQueue without terminating the
  // underlying OS thread.
  virtual void Stop();

  // By default, Thread::Run() calls ProcessMessages(kForever).  To do other
  // work, override Run().  To receive and dispatch messages, call
  // ProcessMessages occasionally.
  virtual void Run();

  virtual void Send(MessageHandler *phandler, uint32 id = 0,
      MessageData *pdata = NULL);

  // From MessageQueue
  virtual void Clear(MessageHandler *phandler, uint32 id = MQID_ANY,
                     MessageList* removed = NULL);
  virtual void ReceiveSends();

  // ProcessMessages will process I/O and dispatch messages until:
  //  1) cms milliseconds have elapsed (returns true)
  //  2) Stop() is called (returns false)
  bool ProcessMessages(int cms);

  // Returns true if this is a thread that we created using the standard
  // constructor, false if it was created by a call to
  // ThreadManager::WrapCurrentThread().  The main thread of an application
  // is generally not owned, since the OS representation of the thread
  // obviously exists before we can get to it.
  // You cannot call Start on non-owned threads.
  bool IsOwned();

#ifdef WIN32
  HANDLE GetHandle() {
    return thread_;
  }
#elif POSIX
  pthread_t GetPThread() {
    return thread_;
  }
#endif

private:
  static void *PreRun(void *pv);
  // Blocks the calling thread until this thread has terminated.
  void Join();

  std::list<_SendMessage> sendlist_;
  std::string name_;
  ThreadPriority priority_;
  bool started_;
  bool has_sends_;

#ifdef POSIX
  pthread_t thread_;
#endif

#ifdef WIN32
  HANDLE thread_;
#endif

  bool owned_;

  friend class ThreadManager;
};

// AutoThread automatically installs itself at construction
// uninstalls at destruction, if a Thread object is
// _not already_ associated with the current OS thread.

class AutoThread : public Thread {
public:
  AutoThread(SocketServer* ss = 0);
  virtual ~AutoThread();
};

// Win32 extension for threads that need to use COM
#ifdef WIN32
class ComThread : public Thread {
 protected:
  virtual void Run();
};
#endif

// Provides an easy way to install/uninstall a socketserver on a thread.
class SocketServerScope {
 public:
  explicit SocketServerScope(SocketServer* ss) {
    old_ss_ = Thread::Current()->socketserver();
    Thread::Current()->set_socketserver(ss);
  }
  ~SocketServerScope() {
    Thread::Current()->set_socketserver(old_ss_);
  }
 private:
  SocketServer* old_ss_;
};

}  // namespace talk_base

#endif  // TALK_BASE_THREAD_H_