lib/cpp/src/concurrency/FunctionRunner.h

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#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_FUNCTION_RUNNER_H
#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_FUNCTION_RUNNER_H 1

#include <tr1/functional>
#include "thrift/lib/cpp/concurrency/Thread.h"

namespace apache { namespace thrift { namespace concurrency {

/**
 * Convenient implementation of Runnable that will execute arbitrary callbacks.
 * Interfaces are provided to accept both a generic 'void(void)' callback, and
 * a 'void* (void*)' pthread_create-style callback.
 *
 * Example use:
 *  void* my_thread_main(void* arg);
 *  shared_ptr<ThreadFactory> factory = ...;
 *  // To create a thread that executes my_thread_main once:
 *  shared_ptr<Thread> thread =
 *    factory->newThread(shared_ptr<FunctionRunner>(
 *      new FunctionRunner(my_thread_main, some_argument)));
 *  thread->start();
 *
 *  bool A::foo();
 *  A* a = new A();
 *  // To create a thread that executes a.foo() every 100 milliseconds:
 *  factory->newThread(shared_ptr<FunctionRunner>(
 *    new FunctionRunner(std::tr1::bind(&A::foo, a), 100)))->start();
 *
 */

class FunctionRunner : public Runnable {
 public:
  // This is the type of callback 'pthread_create()' expects.
  typedef void* (*PthreadFuncPtr)(void *arg);
  // This a fully-generic void(void) callback for custom bindings.
  typedef std::tr1::function<void()> VoidFunc;

  typedef std::tr1::function<bool()> BoolFunc;

  /**
   * Given a 'pthread_create' style callback, this FunctionRunner will
   * execute the given callback.  Note that the 'void*' return value is ignored.
   */
  FunctionRunner(PthreadFuncPtr func, void* arg)
   : func_(std::tr1::bind(func, arg)), repFunc_(0)
  { }

  /**
   * Given a generic callback, this FunctionRunner will execute it.
   */
  FunctionRunner(const VoidFunc& cob)
   : func_(cob), repFunc_(0)
  { }

  /**
   * Given a bool foo(...) type callback, FunctionRunner will execute
   * the callback repeatedly with 'intervalMs' milliseconds between the calls,
   * until it returns false. Note that the actual interval between calls will
   * be intervalMs plus execution time of the callback.
   */
  FunctionRunner(const BoolFunc& cob, int intervalMs)
   : func_(0), repFunc_(cob), intervalMs_(intervalMs)
  { }

  void run() {
    if (repFunc_) {
      while(repFunc_()) {
        usleep(intervalMs_*1000);
      }
    } else {
      func_();
    }
  }

 private:
  VoidFunc func_;
  BoolFunc repFunc_;
  int intervalMs_;
};

}}} // apache::thrift::concurrency

#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_FUNCTION_RUNNER_H