app_thread.hpp

/*
    Copyright (c) 2007-2010 iMatix Corporation

    This file is part of 0MQ.

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#ifndef __ZMQ_APP_THREAD_HPP_INCLUDED__
#define __ZMQ_APP_THREAD_HPP_INCLUDED__

#include <vector>

#include "stdint.hpp"
#include "object.hpp"
#include "yarray.hpp"

namespace zmq
{

    class app_thread_t : public object_t
    {
    public:

        app_thread_t (class dispatcher_t *dispatcher_, int thread_slot_,
            int flags_);

        ~app_thread_t ();

        //  Returns signaler associated with this application thread.
        struct i_signaler *get_signaler ();

        //  Processes commands sent to this thread (if any). If 'block' is
        //  set to true, returns only after at least one command was processed.
        //  If throttle argument is true, commands are processed at most once
        //  in a predefined time period.
        void process_commands (bool block_, bool throttle_);

        //  Create a socket of a specified type.
        class socket_base_t *create_socket (int type_);

        //  Unregister the socket from the app_thread (called by socket itself).
        void remove_socket (class socket_base_t *socket_);

    private:

        //  All the sockets created from this application thread.
        typedef yarray_t <socket_base_t> sockets_t;
        sockets_t sockets;

        //  App thread's signaler object.
        struct i_signaler *signaler;

        //  Timestamp of when commands were processed the last time.
        uint64_t last_processing_time;

        app_thread_t (const app_thread_t&);
        void operator = (const app_thread_t&);
    };

}

#endif