michael@0: // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
michael@0: // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
michael@0: // found in the LICENSE file.
michael@0: 
michael@0: #ifndef BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_
michael@0: #define BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_
michael@0: 
michael@0: #include "base/tracked.h"
michael@0: 
michael@0: class Task;
michael@0: 
michael@0: // This is a facility that runs tasks that don't require a specific thread or
michael@0: // a message loop.
michael@0: class WorkerPool {
michael@0:  public:
michael@0:   // This function posts |task| to run on a worker thread.  |task_is_slow|
michael@0:   // should be used for tasks that will take a long time to execute.  Returns
michael@0:   // false if |task| could not be posted to a worker thread.  Regardless of
michael@0:   // return value, ownership of |task| is transferred to the worker pool.
michael@0:   static bool PostTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here,
michael@0:                        Task* task, bool task_is_slow);
michael@0: };
michael@0: 
michael@0: #endif  // BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_