1 | /* -*- C++ -*- |
2 | This file is part of ThreadWeaver. It declares the Thread class. |
3 | |
4 | SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004-2013 Mirko Boehm <mirko@kde.org> |
5 | |
6 | SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later |
7 | */ |
8 | |
9 | #ifndef THREADWEAVER_THREAD_H |
10 | #define THREADWEAVER_THREAD_H |
11 | |
12 | #include <QMutex> |
13 | #include <QThread> |
14 | |
15 | #include "jobpointer.h" |
16 | #include "threadweaver_export.h" |
17 | |
18 | namespace ThreadWeaver |
19 | { |
20 | class Job; |
21 | class Weaver; |
22 | |
23 | /** @brief Thread represents a worker thread in a Queue's inventory. |
24 | * |
25 | * Threads are created and managed by queues on demand. A Thread will try to retrieve and process |
26 | * jobs from the queue until it is told to exit. */ |
27 | class THREADWEAVER_EXPORT Thread : public QThread |
28 | { |
29 | Q_OBJECT |
30 | public: |
31 | /** @brief Create a thread. |
32 | * |
33 | * @param parent the parent Weaver |
34 | */ |
35 | explicit Thread(Weaver *parent = nullptr); |
36 | |
37 | /** The destructor. */ |
38 | ~Thread() override; |
39 | |
40 | /** @brief The run method is reimplemented to execute jobs from the queue. |
41 | * |
42 | * Whenever the thread is idle, it will ask its Weaver parent for a Job to do. The Weaver will either return a Job or a null |
43 | * pointer. When a null pointer is returned, it tells the thread to exit. |
44 | */ |
45 | void run() override; |
46 | |
47 | /** @brief Returns the thread id. |
48 | * |
49 | * This id marks the respective Thread object, and must therefore not be confused with, e.g., the pthread thread ID. |
50 | * The way threads are implemented and identified is platform specific. id() is the only way to uniquely identify a thread |
51 | * within ThreadWeaver. |
52 | */ |
53 | unsigned int id() const; |
54 | |
55 | /** @brief Request the abortion of the job that is processed currently. |
56 | * |
57 | * If there is no current job, this method will do nothing, but can safely be called. It forwards the request to the |
58 | * current Job. |
59 | */ |
60 | void requestAbort(); |
61 | |
62 | private: |
63 | class Private; |
64 | Private *const d; |
65 | }; |
66 | |
67 | } |
68 | |
69 | #endif |
70 | |