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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. |
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2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be |
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3 // found in the LICENSE file. |
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4 |
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5 #ifndef BASE_TASK_RUNNER_H_ |
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6 #define BASE_TASK_RUNNER_H_ |
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7 |
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8 #include "base/base_export.h" |
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9 #include "base/basictypes.h" |
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10 #include "base/callback_forward.h" |
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11 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h" |
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12 #include "base/time/time.h" |
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13 |
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14 namespace tracked_objects { |
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15 class Location; |
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16 } // namespace tracked_objects |
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17 |
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18 namespace base { |
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19 |
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20 struct TaskRunnerTraits; |
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21 |
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22 // A TaskRunner is an object that runs posted tasks (in the form of |
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23 // Closure objects). The TaskRunner interface provides a way of |
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24 // decoupling task posting from the mechanics of how each task will be |
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25 // run. TaskRunner provides very weak guarantees as to how posted |
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26 // tasks are run (or if they're run at all). In particular, it only |
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27 // guarantees: |
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28 // |
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29 // - Posting a task will not run it synchronously. That is, no |
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30 // Post*Task method will call task.Run() directly. |
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31 // |
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32 // - Increasing the delay can only delay when the task gets run. |
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33 // That is, increasing the delay may not affect when the task gets |
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34 // run, or it could make it run later than it normally would, but |
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35 // it won't make it run earlier than it normally would. |
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36 // |
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37 // TaskRunner does not guarantee the order in which posted tasks are |
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38 // run, whether tasks overlap, or whether they're run on a particular |
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39 // thread. Also it does not guarantee a memory model for shared data |
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40 // between tasks. (In other words, you should use your own |
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41 // synchronization/locking primitives if you need to share data |
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42 // between tasks.) |
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43 // |
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44 // Implementations of TaskRunner should be thread-safe in that all |
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45 // methods must be safe to call on any thread. Ownership semantics |
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46 // for TaskRunners are in general not clear, which is why the |
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47 // interface itself is RefCountedThreadSafe. |
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48 // |
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49 // Some theoretical implementations of TaskRunner: |
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50 // |
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51 // - A TaskRunner that uses a thread pool to run posted tasks. |
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52 // |
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53 // - A TaskRunner that, for each task, spawns a non-joinable thread |
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54 // to run that task and immediately quit. |
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55 // |
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56 // - A TaskRunner that stores the list of posted tasks and has a |
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57 // method Run() that runs each runnable task in random order. |
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58 class BASE_EXPORT TaskRunner |
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59 : public RefCountedThreadSafe<TaskRunner, TaskRunnerTraits> { |
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60 public: |
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61 // Posts the given task to be run. Returns true if the task may be |
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62 // run at some point in the future, and false if the task definitely |
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63 // will not be run. |
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64 // |
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65 // Equivalent to PostDelayedTask(from_here, task, 0). |
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66 bool PostTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, |
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67 const Closure& task); |
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68 |
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69 // Like PostTask, but tries to run the posted task only after |
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70 // |delay_ms| has passed. |
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71 // |
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72 // It is valid for an implementation to ignore |delay_ms|; that is, |
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73 // to have PostDelayedTask behave the same as PostTask. |
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74 virtual bool PostDelayedTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, |
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75 const Closure& task, |
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76 base::TimeDelta delay) = 0; |
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77 |
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78 // Returns true if the current thread is a thread on which a task |
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79 // may be run, and false if no task will be run on the current |
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80 // thread. |
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81 // |
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82 // It is valid for an implementation to always return true, or in |
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83 // general to use 'true' as a default value. |
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84 virtual bool RunsTasksOnCurrentThread() const = 0; |
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85 |
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86 // Posts |task| on the current TaskRunner. On completion, |reply| |
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87 // is posted to the thread that called PostTaskAndReply(). Both |
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88 // |task| and |reply| are guaranteed to be deleted on the thread |
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89 // from which PostTaskAndReply() is invoked. This allows objects |
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90 // that must be deleted on the originating thread to be bound into |
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91 // the |task| and |reply| Closures. In particular, it can be useful |
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92 // to use WeakPtr<> in the |reply| Closure so that the reply |
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93 // operation can be canceled. See the following pseudo-code: |
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94 // |
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95 // class DataBuffer : public RefCountedThreadSafe<DataBuffer> { |
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96 // public: |
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97 // // Called to add data into a buffer. |
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98 // void AddData(void* buf, size_t length); |
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99 // ... |
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100 // }; |
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101 // |
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102 // |
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103 // class DataLoader : public SupportsWeakPtr<DataLoader> { |
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104 // public: |
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105 // void GetData() { |
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106 // scoped_refptr<DataBuffer> buffer = new DataBuffer(); |
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107 // target_thread_.message_loop_proxy()->PostTaskAndReply( |
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108 // FROM_HERE, |
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109 // base::Bind(&DataBuffer::AddData, buffer), |
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110 // base::Bind(&DataLoader::OnDataReceived, AsWeakPtr(), buffer)); |
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111 // } |
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112 // |
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113 // private: |
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114 // void OnDataReceived(scoped_refptr<DataBuffer> buffer) { |
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115 // // Do something with buffer. |
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116 // } |
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117 // }; |
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118 // |
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119 // |
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120 // Things to notice: |
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121 // * Results of |task| are shared with |reply| by binding a shared argument |
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122 // (a DataBuffer instance). |
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123 // * The DataLoader object has no special thread safety. |
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124 // * The DataLoader object can be deleted while |task| is still running, |
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125 // and the reply will cancel itself safely because it is bound to a |
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126 // WeakPtr<>. |
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127 bool PostTaskAndReply(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, |
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128 const Closure& task, |
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129 const Closure& reply); |
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130 |
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131 protected: |
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132 friend struct TaskRunnerTraits; |
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133 |
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134 // Only the Windows debug build seems to need this: see |
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135 // http://crbug.com/112250. |
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136 friend class RefCountedThreadSafe<TaskRunner, TaskRunnerTraits>; |
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137 |
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138 TaskRunner(); |
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139 virtual ~TaskRunner(); |
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140 |
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141 // Called when this object should be destroyed. By default simply |
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142 // deletes |this|, but can be overridden to do something else, like |
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143 // delete on a certain thread. |
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144 virtual void OnDestruct() const; |
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145 }; |
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146 |
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147 struct BASE_EXPORT TaskRunnerTraits { |
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148 static void Destruct(const TaskRunner* task_runner); |
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149 }; |
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150 |
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151 } // namespace base |
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152 |
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153 #endif // BASE_TASK_RUNNER_H_ |