aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorNeo2003 <none@none>2008-10-02 16:23:55 -0500
committerNeo2003 <none@none>2008-10-02 16:23:55 -0500
commit9b1c0e006f20091f28f3f468cfcab1feb51286bd (patch)
treeb5d1ba94a656e6679f8737f9ea6bed1239b73b14 /dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h
[svn] * Proper SVN structureinit
--HG-- branch : trunk
Diffstat (limited to 'dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h')
-rw-r--r--dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h86
1 files changed, 86 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h b/dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9151ec8dd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dep/include/zthread/Cancelable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, Eric Crahen
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
+ * to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ZTCANCELABLE_H__
+#define __ZTCANCELABLE_H__
+
+#include "zthread/Exceptions.h"
+
+namespace ZThread {
+
+ /**
+ * @class Cancelable
+ *
+ * @author Eric Crahen <http://www.code-foo.com>
+ * @date <2003-07-16T09:28:46-0400>
+ * @version 2.3.0
+ *
+ * The Cancelable interface defines a common method of adding general <i>disable-and-exit</i>
+ * semantics to some object. By cancel()ing a Cancelable object, a request is
+ * made to disable that object.
+ *
+ * <b>Disabling</b>
+ *
+ * A cancel()ed object may not necessarily abort it work immediately. Often, it much more
+ * elegant for a cancel()ed object to complete handling whatever responsibilities have
+ * been assigned to it, but it will <i>not</i> take on any new responsibility.
+ *
+ * <b>Exiting</b>
+ *
+ * A cancel()ed should complete its responsibilities as soon as possible.
+ * Canceling is not only a request to stop taking on new responsibility, and to
+ * complete its current responsibility. Its also a request to complete dealing with its
+ * current responsibilities, quickly when possible.
+ */
+ class Cancelable {
+ public:
+
+ //! Destroy a Cancelable object.
+ virtual ~Cancelable() {}
+
+ /**
+ * Canceling a Cancelable object makes a request to disable that object.
+ * This entails refusing to take on any new responsibility, and completing
+ * its current responsibilities quickly.
+ *
+ * Canceling an object more than once has no effect.
+ *
+ * @post The Cancelable object will have permanently transitioned to a
+ * disabled state; it will now refuse to accept new responsibility.
+ */
+ virtual void cancel() = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Determine if a Cancelable object has been canceled.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * - <em>true</em> if cancel() was called prior to this function.
+ * - <em>false</em> otherwise.
+ */
+ virtual bool isCanceled() = 0;
+
+ }; /* Cancelable */
+
+
+} // namespace ZThread
+
+#endif // __ZTCANCELABLE_H__