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ml::BackgroundTaskManager Class Reference

the BackgroundTaskManager is the central singleton that manages running background tasks More...

#include <mlBackgroundTaskManager.h>

Classes

class  Observer
 abstract interface to observe the BackgroundTaskManager More...
 

Public Member Functions

BackgroundTaskHandle runTask (BackgroundTask *task)
 run the given task, the ownership of the task is transfered to the task manager (do NOT delete the task yourself!) (only call from GUI thread!) More...
 
int totalTaskCount ()
 returns the number of queued and running tasks (only valid in GUI thread) More...
 
void getStatusInformation (std::vector< BackgroundTaskStatusInformation > &infos)
 get a snapshot of the state of all background tasks (which will represent that consistent status at the time of calling this function) More...
 
void sendMessageToGUI (BackgroundTaskMessage *message)
 sends the given message asynchronously to the to the GUI thread, the message ownership is passed to the manager, do NOT delete it youself! More...
 
void sendMessageToTask (BackgroundTask *task, BackgroundTaskMessage *message)
 sends the given message asynchronously to the worker thread of the task, the message ownership is passed to the manager, do NOT delete it youself! More...
 
bool hasSynchronousTask () const
 returns true if the manager is currently processing a synchronous task More...
 
bool processPendingMessages ()
 processes all pending messages (will not block and may only be called from the GUI thread, typically from an idle timer). More...
 
void cancelPendingRequestsForTask (BackgroundTask *task)
 cancel pending requests for a given task More...
 
void removeMessagesForReceiver (BackgroundTaskMessageReceiver *receiver)
 remove all messages for receiver from the GUI message queue. More...
 
void addObserver (Observer *observer)
 add an observer (the ownership stays with the caller) More...
 
void removeObserver (Observer *observer)
 remove an observer (the ownership stays with the caller) More...
 
PageRequestProcessorgetPageRequestProcessor ()
 get instance of the page request processor (TODO: this will probably move into the ML host!) More...
 
void setBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB (BackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB *cb, void *userData)
 Set the callback that will be called from any worker thread when a call of processPendingMessages() on the GUI thread is required. More...
 
void getBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB (BackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB **cb, void **userData)
 Get the currently set callback. More...
 
bool supportsAsynchronousTasks ()
 Returns if asynchronous tasks are supported (which is the case if setBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB was called with a non-NULL callback. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static BackgroundTaskManagerself ()
 get the global singleton More...
 
static void init ()
 initialize the background task manager More...
 
static void cleanup ()
 cleanup the background task manager More...
 
static bool ensureGUIThread ()
 returns true if the current thread is the GUI thread More...
 
static bool ensureWorkerThread ()
 returns true if the current thread is not the GUI thread (and thus a worker thread) NOTE: in synchronous mode, this will always return true, don't use it to decide on the code path, use ensureGUIThread instead. More...
 

Protected Member Functions

MLuint32 getUniqueTaskId ()
 get new unique id of a task (threadsafe) More...
 
void sendTaskAdded (BackgroundTask *task)
 send task added to observers More...
 
void sendTaskRemoved (BackgroundTask *task)
 send task removed to observers More...
 
void sendTaskStatusUpdated ()
 send task status updated to observers More...
 
void removeTaskFromQueueAndSendTaskFinished (BackgroundTask *task)
 remove a task if it was queued More...
 
BackgroundTaskwaitForTask ()
 waits for a new task, returns the new task from the queue More...
 
void sendTaskFinishedMessage (BackgroundTask *task)
 called by worker threads when a task is finished More...
 

Friends

struct BackgroundTaskManagerWorkerFunc
 
class BackgroundTaskFinishedMessage
 
class BackgroundTask
 
class BackgroundTaskManagerPrivate
 

Detailed Description

the BackgroundTaskManager is the central singleton that manages running background tasks

Definition at line 53 of file mlBackgroundTaskManager.h.

Member Function Documentation

◆ addObserver()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::addObserver ( Observer observer)

add an observer (the ownership stays with the caller)

◆ cancelPendingRequestsForTask()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::cancelPendingRequestsForTask ( BackgroundTask task)

cancel pending requests for a given task

◆ cleanup()

static void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::cleanup ( )
static

cleanup the background task manager

◆ ensureGUIThread()

static bool ml::BackgroundTaskManager::ensureGUIThread ( )
static

returns true if the current thread is the GUI thread

◆ ensureWorkerThread()

static bool ml::BackgroundTaskManager::ensureWorkerThread ( )
static

returns true if the current thread is not the GUI thread (and thus a worker thread) NOTE: in synchronous mode, this will always return true, don't use it to decide on the code path, use ensureGUIThread instead.

◆ getBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::getBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB ( BackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB **  cb,
void **  userData 
)

Get the currently set callback.

◆ getPageRequestProcessor()

PageRequestProcessor& ml::BackgroundTaskManager::getPageRequestProcessor ( )

get instance of the page request processor (TODO: this will probably move into the ML host!)

◆ getStatusInformation()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::getStatusInformation ( std::vector< BackgroundTaskStatusInformation > &  infos)

get a snapshot of the state of all background tasks (which will represent that consistent status at the time of calling this function)

◆ getUniqueTaskId()

MLuint32 ml::BackgroundTaskManager::getUniqueTaskId ( )
protected

get new unique id of a task (threadsafe)

◆ hasSynchronousTask()

bool ml::BackgroundTaskManager::hasSynchronousTask ( ) const
inline

returns true if the manager is currently processing a synchronous task

Definition at line 91 of file mlBackgroundTaskManager.h.

◆ init()

static void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::init ( )
static

initialize the background task manager

◆ processPendingMessages()

bool ml::BackgroundTaskManager::processPendingMessages ( )

processes all pending messages (will not block and may only be called from the GUI thread, typically from an idle timer).

Returns if more work is available.

◆ removeMessagesForReceiver()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::removeMessagesForReceiver ( BackgroundTaskMessageReceiver receiver)

remove all messages for receiver from the GUI message queue.

◆ removeObserver()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::removeObserver ( Observer observer)

remove an observer (the ownership stays with the caller)

◆ removeTaskFromQueueAndSendTaskFinished()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::removeTaskFromQueueAndSendTaskFinished ( BackgroundTask task)
protected

remove a task if it was queued

◆ runTask()

BackgroundTaskHandle ml::BackgroundTaskManager::runTask ( BackgroundTask task)

run the given task, the ownership of the task is transfered to the task manager (do NOT delete the task yourself!) (only call from GUI thread!)

◆ self()

static BackgroundTaskManager& ml::BackgroundTaskManager::self ( )
static

get the global singleton

◆ sendMessageToGUI()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::sendMessageToGUI ( BackgroundTaskMessage message)

sends the given message asynchronously to the to the GUI thread, the message ownership is passed to the manager, do NOT delete it youself!

◆ sendMessageToTask()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::sendMessageToTask ( BackgroundTask task,
BackgroundTaskMessage message 
)

sends the given message asynchronously to the worker thread of the task, the message ownership is passed to the manager, do NOT delete it youself!

◆ sendTaskAdded()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::sendTaskAdded ( BackgroundTask task)
protected

send task added to observers

◆ sendTaskFinishedMessage()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::sendTaskFinishedMessage ( BackgroundTask task)
protected

called by worker threads when a task is finished

◆ sendTaskRemoved()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::sendTaskRemoved ( BackgroundTask task)
protected

send task removed to observers

◆ sendTaskStatusUpdated()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::sendTaskStatusUpdated ( )
protected

send task status updated to observers

◆ setBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB()

void ml::BackgroundTaskManager::setBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB ( BackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB cb,
void *  userData 
)

Set the callback that will be called from any worker thread when a call of processPendingMessages() on the GUI thread is required.

It needs to be threadsafe and should cause a call to the processPendingMessages() in the GUI thread, best from within an idle timer to not block the GUI. If this callback is not installed, the BackgroundTaskManager will only run synchronous tasks. It should be setup in the early initialization phase of an application. NOTE: you MAY NOT change this while an asynchronous background task is running!!!

◆ supportsAsynchronousTasks()

bool ml::BackgroundTaskManager::supportsAsynchronousTasks ( )

Returns if asynchronous tasks are supported (which is the case if setBackgroundTaskScheduleProcessPendingMessagesCB was called with a non-NULL callback.

◆ totalTaskCount()

int ml::BackgroundTaskManager::totalTaskCount ( )

returns the number of queued and running tasks (only valid in GUI thread)

◆ waitForTask()

BackgroundTask* ml::BackgroundTaskManager::waitForTask ( )
protected

waits for a new task, returns the new task from the queue

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ BackgroundTask

friend class BackgroundTask
friend

Definition at line 157 of file mlBackgroundTaskManager.h.

◆ BackgroundTaskFinishedMessage

friend class BackgroundTaskFinishedMessage
friend

Definition at line 156 of file mlBackgroundTaskManager.h.

◆ BackgroundTaskManagerPrivate

friend class BackgroundTaskManagerPrivate
friend

Definition at line 192 of file mlBackgroundTaskManager.h.

◆ BackgroundTaskManagerWorkerFunc

friend struct BackgroundTaskManagerWorkerFunc
friend

Definition at line 155 of file mlBackgroundTaskManager.h.


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