namespace senf {
-/** \brief Visible scheduler interface
+/** \brief The Scheduler interface
- The %scheduler singleton manages access to the %scheduler library. It provides access to
- several event dispatchers:
- \li File descriptor notifications
- \li Timeouts
- \li UNIX Signals
+ The %scheduler API is comprised of two parts:
- The %scheduler is entered by calling it's process() member. This call will continue to run as
- long as there is something to do, or until one of the handlers calls terminate(). The
- %scheduler has 'something to do' as long as there is any file descriptor or timeout active.
+ \li Specific event classes, one for each type of event.
+ \li Some generic functions implemented in the \ref senf::scheduler namespace.
- The %scheduler only provides low level primitive scheduling capability. Additional helpers
- are defined on top of this functionality (e.g. ReadHelper or WriteHelper or the interval
- timers of the PPI).
+ Events are registered via the respective event class. The (global) functions are used to enter
+ the application main-loop or query for global information.
\section sched_handlers Specifying handlers
- All handlers are passed as generic <a
- href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html">Boost.Function</a> objects. This allows
- to pass any callable as a handler. Depending on the type of handler, some additional
- arguments may be passed to the handler by the %scheduler.
+ All handlers are specified as generic <a
+ href="http://www.boost.org/doc/html/function.html">Boost.Function</a> objects. This allows to
+ pass any callable as a handler. Depending on the type of handler, some additional arguments may
+ be passed to the handler by the %scheduler.
If you need to pass additional information to your handler, use <a
href="http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html">Boost.Bind</a>:
// Handle callback function
void callback(UDPv4ClientSocketHandle handle, senf::Scheduler::EventId event) {..}
// Pass 'handle' as additional first argument to callback()
- Scheduler::instance().add(handle, boost::bind(&callback, handle, _1), EV_READ)
+ senf::scheduler::FdEvent event ("name", boost::bind(&callback, handle, _1),
+ handle, senf::scheduler::FdEvent::EV_READ);
// Timeout function
void timeout( int n) {..}
// Call timeout() handler with argument 'n'
- Scheduler::instance().timeout(boost::bind(&timeout, n))
+ senf::scheduler::TimerEvent timer ("name", boost::bind(&timeout, n),
+ senf::ClockService::now() + senf::ClockService::seconds(1));
\endcode
To use member-functions as callbacks, use either <a
href="http://www.boost.org/libs/bind/bind.html">Boost.Bind</a> or senf::membind()
\code
// e.g. in Foo::Foo() constructor:
- Scheduler::instance().add(handle_, senf::membind(&Foo::callback, this)), EV_READ)
+ Foo::Foo()
+ : handle_ (...),
+ readevent_ ("Foo read", senf::membind(&Foo::callback, this),
+ handle_, senf::scheduler::FdEvent::EV_READ)
+ { ... }
\endcode
- The handler can also be identified by an arbitrary, user specified name. This name is used
- in error messages to identify the failing handler.
+ The handler is identified by an arbitrary, user specified name. This name is used in error
+ messages to identify the failing handler.
- \section sched_fd Registering file descriptors
-
- File descriptors are managed using add() or remove()
- \code
- Scheduler::instance().add(handle, &callback, EV_ALL);
- Scheduler::instance().remove(handle);
- \endcode
-
- The callback will be called with one additional argument. This argument is the event mask of
- type EventId. This mask will tell, which of the registered events are signaled. The
- additional flags EV_HUP or EV_ERR (on hangup or error condition) may be set additionally.
-
- Only a single handler may be registered for any combination of file descriptor and event
- (registering multiple callbacks for a single fd and event does not make sense).
-
- The %scheduler will accept any object as \a handle argument as long as retrieve_filehandle()
- may be called on that object
- \code
- int fd = retrieve_filehandle(handle);
- \endcode
- to fetch the file handle given some abstract handle type. retrieve_filehandle() will be
- found using ADL depending on the argument namespace. A default implementation is provided
- for \c int arguments (file descriptors)
+ \section sched_fd Registering events
+ Events are registered by allocating an instance of the corresponding event class:
- \section sched_timers Registering timers
-
- The %scheduler has very simple timer support. There is only one type of timer: A single-shot
- deadline timer. More complex timers are built based on this. Timers are managed using
- timeout() and cancelTimeout()
- \code
- int id = Scheduler::instance().timeout(Scheduler::instance().eventTime() + ClockService::milliseconds(100),
- &callback);
- Scheduler::instance().cancelTimeout(id);
- \endcode
- Timing is based on the ClockService, which provides a high resolution and strictly
- monotonous time source which again is based on POSIX timers. Registering a timeout will fire
- the callback when the target time is reached. The timer may be canceled by passing the
- returned \a id to cancelTimeout().
+ \li senf::scheduler::FdEvent for file descriptor events
+ \li senf::scheduler::TimerEvent for single-shot deadline timer events
+ \li senf::scheduler::SignalEvent for UNIX signal events
-
- \section sched_signals Registering POSIX/UNIX signals
-
- The %scheduler also incorporates standard POSIX/UNIX signals. Signals registered with the
- %scheduler will be handled \e synchronously within the event loop.
- \code
- Scheduler::instance().registerSignal(SIGUSR1, &callback);
- Scheduler::instance().unregisterSignal(SIGUSR1);
- \endcode
- When registering a signal with the %scheduler, that signal will automatically be blocked so
- it can be handled within the %scheduler.
-
- A registered signal does \e not count as 'something to do'. It is therefore not possible to
- wait for signals \e only.
-
- \todo Change the Scheduler API to use RAII. Additionally, this will remove all dynamic
- memory allocations from the scheduler.
+ The destructor of each of these classes will ensure, that the event will be properly
+ unregistered. The registration can be enabled, disabled or changed using appropriate
+ members. See the event class for details on a specific type of event.
+
\todo Fix the file support to use threads (?) fork (?) and a pipe so it works reliably even
over e.g. NFS.
*/
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