PosixThreadFactory.h

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#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_
#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1

#include <thrift/concurrency/Thread.h>

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace apache {
namespace thrift {
namespace concurrency {

/**
 * A thread factory to create posix threads
 *
 * @version $Id:$
 */
class PosixThreadFactory : public ThreadFactory {

public:
  /**
   * POSIX Thread scheduler policies
   */
  enum POLICY { OTHER, FIFO, ROUND_ROBIN };

  /**
   * POSIX Thread scheduler relative priorities,
   *
   * Absolute priority is determined by scheduler policy and OS. This
   * enumeration specifies relative priorities such that one can specify a
   * priority within a giving scheduler policy without knowing the absolute
   * value of the priority.
   */
  enum PRIORITY {
    LOWEST = 0,
    LOWER = 1,
    LOW = 2,
    NORMAL = 3,
    HIGH = 4,
    HIGHER = 5,
    HIGHEST = 6,
    INCREMENT = 7,
    DECREMENT = 8
  };

  /**
   * Posix thread (pthread) factory.  All threads created by a factory are reference-counted
   * via boost::shared_ptr and boost::weak_ptr.  The factory guarantees that threads and
   * the Runnable tasks they host will be properly cleaned up once the last strong reference
   * to both is given up.
   *
   * Threads are created with the specified policy, priority, stack-size and detachable-mode
   * detached means the thread is free-running and will release all system resources the
   * when it completes.  A detachable thread is not joinable.  The join method
   * of a detachable thread will return immediately with no error.
   *
   * By default threads are not joinable.
   */

  PosixThreadFactory(POLICY policy = ROUND_ROBIN,
                     PRIORITY priority = NORMAL,
                     int stackSize = 1,
                     bool detached = true);

  // From ThreadFactory;
  boost::shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(boost::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const;

  // From ThreadFactory;
  Thread::id_t getCurrentThreadId() const;

  /**
   * Gets stack size for created threads
   *
   * @return int size in megabytes
   */
  virtual int getStackSize() const;

  /**
   * Sets stack size for created threads
   *
   * @param value size in megabytes
   */
  virtual void setStackSize(int value);

  /**
   * Gets priority relative to current policy
   */
  virtual PRIORITY getPriority() const;

  /**
   * Sets priority relative to current policy
   */
  virtual void setPriority(PRIORITY priority);

  /**
   * Sets detached mode of threads
   */
  virtual void setDetached(bool detached);

  /**
   * Gets current detached mode
   */
  virtual bool isDetached() const;

private:
  class Impl;
  boost::shared_ptr<Impl> impl_;
};
}
}
} // apache::thrift::concurrency

#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_