RTJob Class Reference

An object associated with a thread which captures its current state and implements its behavior. More...

#include <RTJob.h>

Inheritance diagram for RTJob:

Public Types
enum	Phase { created , running , finished }

Public Member Functions
virtual const char *	name (void) const =0
Phase	phase (void) const
virtual void	mainLoop (void)=0
virtual void	kill (void)=0

Protected Member Functions
void	enter (Phase)

Protected Attributes
RTMutex *	_mutex

Detailed Description

An object associated with a thread which captures its current state and implements its behavior.

When more than one thread of control exists, we need to identify stages in the life of a thread, so that interactions between jobs may be adjusted according to their phases. The class RTJob embodies this abstraction. When a thread is created, it is given an instance of a concrete subclass of RTJob to execute. The new thread signals the completion of its initialization by moving to the running phase. When the job is done, the phase becomes finished which should terminate mainLoop. The thread destructor invokes the kill method to coordinate shutdown.

Example:

RTJob * job = new RTSpecialJob; // some class derived from RTJob RTThread * thread = new RTThread( job, stack_size, priority );

... // other interactions with job

delete thread; delete job;

Member Function Documentation

kill()

virtual void RTJob::kill ( void  )

pure virtual

Implemented in RTController.

name()

virtual const char * RTJob::name ( void  ) const

pure virtual

Implemented in RTController.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• RTJob.h
• RTJob.inl