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00001 /*
00002  * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
00003  *
00004  * Copyright (C) 2007-2008, Dwayne M. Hubbard 
00005  *
00006  * Dwayne M. Hubbard <dhubbard@digium.com>
00007  *
00008  * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
00009  * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
00010  * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
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00014  * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
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00016  * at the top of the source tree.
00017  */
00018 #include "asterisk.h"
00019 #include "asterisk/lock.h"
00020 #include "asterisk/linkedlists.h"
00021 #include "asterisk/utils.h"
00022 #include "asterisk/options.h"
00023 
00024 #ifndef __taskprocessor_h__
00025 #define __taskprocessor_h__
00026 
00027 /*!
00028  * \file taskprocessor.h
00029  * \brief An API for managing task processing threads that can be shared across modules
00030  *
00031  * \author Dwayne M. Hubbard <dhubbard@digium.com>
00032  *
00033  * \note A taskprocessor is a named singleton containing a processing thread and
00034  * a task queue that serializes tasks pushed into it by [a] module(s) that reference the taskprocessor.  
00035  * A taskprocessor is created the first time its name is requested via the ast_taskprocessor_get()
00036  * function and destroyed when the taskprocessor reference count reaches zero.
00037  *
00038  * Modules that obtain a reference to a taskprocessor can queue tasks into the taskprocessor
00039  * to be processed by the singleton processing thread when the task is popped off the front 
00040  * of the queue.  A task is a wrapper around a task-handling function pointer and a data
00041  * pointer.  It is the responsibility of the task handling function to free memory allocated for
00042  * the task data pointer.  A task is pushed into a taskprocessor queue using the 
00043  * ast_taskprocessor_push(taskprocessor, taskhandler, taskdata) function and freed by the
00044  * taskprocessor after the task handling function returns.  A module releases its reference to a
00045  * taskprocessor using the ast_taskprocessor_unreference() function which may result in the
00046  * destruction of the taskprocessor if the taskprocessor's reference count reaches zero.  Tasks waiting
00047  * to be processed in the taskprocessor queue when the taskprocessor reference count reaches zero
00048  * will be purged and released from the taskprocessor queue without being processed.
00049  */
00050 struct ast_taskprocessor;
00051 
00052 /*! \brief ast_tps_options for specification of taskprocessor options
00053  *
00054  * Specify whether a taskprocessor should be created via ast_taskprocessor_get() if the taskprocessor 
00055  * does not already exist.  The default behavior is to create a taskprocessor if it does not already exist 
00056  * and provide its reference to the calling function.  To only return a reference to a taskprocessor if 
00057  * and only if it exists, use the TPS_REF_IF_EXISTS option in ast_taskprocessor_get(). */
00058 enum ast_tps_options {
00059    /*! \brief return a reference to a taskprocessor, create one if it does not exist */
00060    TPS_REF_DEFAULT = 0,
00061    /*! \brief return a reference to a taskprocessor ONLY if it already exists */
00062    TPS_REF_IF_EXISTS = (1 << 0),
00063 };
00064 
00065 /*! \brief Get a reference to a taskprocessor with the specified name and create the taskprocessor if necessary
00066  *
00067  * The default behavior of instantiating a taskprocessor if one does not already exist can be
00068  * disabled by specifying the TPS_REF_IF_EXISTS ast_tps_options as the second argument to ast_taskprocessor_get().
00069  * \param name The name of the taskprocessor
00070  * \param create Use 0 by default or specify TPS_REF_IF_EXISTS to return NULL if the taskprocessor does 
00071  * not already exist
00072  * return A pointer to a reference counted taskprocessor under normal conditions, or NULL if the
00073  * TPS_REF_IF_EXISTS reference type is specified and the taskprocessor does not exist
00074  * \since 1.6.1
00075  */
00076 struct ast_taskprocessor *ast_taskprocessor_get(char *name, enum ast_tps_options create);
00077 
00078 /*! \brief Unreference the specified taskprocessor and its reference count will decrement.
00079  *
00080  * Taskprocessors use astobj2 and will unlink from the taskprocessor singleton container and destroy
00081  * themself when the taskprocessor reference count reaches zero.
00082  * \param tps taskprocessor to unreference
00083  * \return NULL
00084  * \since 1.6.1
00085  */
00086 void *ast_taskprocessor_unreference(struct ast_taskprocessor *tps);
00087 
00088 /*! \brief Push a task into the specified taskprocessor queue and signal the taskprocessor thread
00089  * \param tps The taskprocessor structure
00090  * \param task_exe The task handling function to push into the taskprocessor queue
00091  * \param datap The data to be used by the task handling function
00092  * \return zero on success, -1 on failure
00093  * \since 1.6.1
00094  */
00095 int ast_taskprocessor_push(struct ast_taskprocessor *tps, int (*task_exe)(void *datap), void *datap);
00096 
00097 /*! \brief Return the name of the taskprocessor singleton
00098  * \since 1.6.1
00099  */
00100 const char *ast_taskprocessor_name(struct ast_taskprocessor *tps);
00101 #endif
00102 

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