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      1 /*
      2  *  Copyright (c) 2012 The WebRTC project authors. All Rights Reserved.
      3  *
      4  *  Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license
      5  *  that can be found in the LICENSE file in the root of the source
      6  *  tree. An additional intellectual property rights grant can be found
      7  *  in the file PATENTS.  All contributing project authors may
      8  *  be found in the AUTHORS file in the root of the source tree.
      9  */
     10 
     11 #ifndef WEBRTC_MODULES_INCLUDE_MODULE_H_
     12 #define WEBRTC_MODULES_INCLUDE_MODULE_H_
     13 
     14 #include "webrtc/typedefs.h"
     15 
     16 namespace webrtc {
     17 
     18 class ProcessThread;
     19 
     20 class Module {
     21  public:
     22   // Returns the number of milliseconds until the module wants a worker
     23   // thread to call Process.
     24   // This method is called on the same worker thread as Process will
     25   // be called on.
     26   // TODO(tommi): Almost all implementations of this function, need to know
     27   // the current tick count.  Consider passing it as an argument.  It could
     28   // also improve the accuracy of when the next callback occurs since the
     29   // thread that calls Process() will also have it's tick count reference
     30   // which might not match with what the implementations use.
     31   virtual int64_t TimeUntilNextProcess() = 0;
     32 
     33   // Process any pending tasks such as timeouts.
     34   // Called on a worker thread.
     35   virtual int32_t Process() = 0;
     36 
     37   // This method is called when the module is attached to a *running* process
     38   // thread or detached from one.  In the case of detaching, |process_thread|
     39   // will be nullptr.
     40   //
     41   // This method will be called in the following cases:
     42   //
     43   // * Non-null process_thread:
     44   //   * ProcessThread::RegisterModule() is called while the thread is running.
     45   //   * ProcessThread::Start() is called and RegisterModule has previously
     46   //     been called.  The thread will be started immediately after notifying
     47   //     all modules.
     48   //
     49   // * Null process_thread:
     50   //   * ProcessThread::DeRegisterModule() is called while the thread is
     51   //     running.
     52   //   * ProcessThread::Stop() was called and the thread has been stopped.
     53   //
     54   // NOTE: This method is not called from the worker thread itself, but from
     55   //       the thread that registers/deregisters the module or calls Start/Stop.
     56   virtual void ProcessThreadAttached(ProcessThread* process_thread) {}
     57 
     58  protected:
     59   virtual ~Module() {}
     60 };
     61 
     62 // Reference counted version of the Module interface.
     63 class RefCountedModule : public Module {
     64  public:
     65   // Increase the reference count by one.
     66   // Returns the incremented reference count.
     67   virtual int32_t AddRef() const = 0;
     68 
     69   // Decrease the reference count by one.
     70   // Returns the decreased reference count.
     71   // Returns 0 if the last reference was just released.
     72   // When the reference count reaches 0 the object will self-destruct.
     73   virtual int32_t Release() const = 0;
     74 
     75  protected:
     76   ~RefCountedModule() override = default;
     77 };
     78 
     79 }  // namespace webrtc
     80 
     81 #endif  // WEBRTC_MODULES_INCLUDE_MODULE_H_
     82