/*
* Copyright (c) 2008 - 2009
* Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
*
* All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of libobjfw. It may be distributed under the terms of the
* Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE included in
* the packaging of this file.
*/
#import "OFObject.h"
#import "threading.h"
/**
* A Thread Local Storage key.
*/
@interface OFTLSKey: OFObject
{
@public
of_tlskey_t key;
}
/**
* \return A new autoreleased Thread Local Storage key
*/
+ tlsKey;
/**
* \param destructor A destructor that is called when the thread is terminated
* \return A new autoreleased Thread Local Storage key
*/
+ tlsKeyWithDestructor: (void(*)(id))destructor;
/**
* \return An initialized Thread Local Storage key
*/
- init;
/**
* \param destructor A destructor that is called when the thread is terminated
* \return An initialized Thread Local Storage key
*/
- initWithDestructor: (void(*)(id))destructor;
@end
/**
* The OFThread class provides portable threads.
*
* To use it, you should create a new class derived from it and reimplement
* main.
*/
@interface OFThread: OFObject
{
id object;
of_thread_t thread;
@public
id retval;
}
/**
* \param obj An object that is passed to the main method as a copy or nil
* \return A new autoreleased thread
*/
+ threadWithObject: (id)obj;
/**
* Sets the Thread Local Storage for the specified key.
*
* The specified object is first retained and then the object stored before is
* released. You can specify nil as object if you want the old object to be
* released and don't want any new object for the TLS key.
*
* \param key The Thread Local Storage key
* \param obj The object the Thread Local Storage key will be set to
*/
+ setObject: (id)obj
forTLSKey: (OFTLSKey*)key;
/**
* Returns the object for the specified Thread Local Storage key.
*
* \param key The Thread Local Storage key
*/
+ (id)objectForTLSKey: (OFTLSKey*)key;
/**
* \param obj An object that is passed to the main method as a copy or nil
* \return An initialized OFThread.
*/
- initWithObject: (id)obj;
/**
* The main routine of the thread. You need to reimplement this!
*
* It can access the object passed to the threadWithObject or initWithObject
* method using the instance variable named object.
*
* \return The object the join method should return when called for this thread
*/
- (id)main;
/**
* Joins a thread.
*
* \return The object returned by the main method of the thread.
*/
- join;
@end
/**
* A class for creating mutual exclusions.
*/
@interface OFMutex: OFObject
{
of_mutex_t mutex;
}
/**
* \return A new autoreleased mutex.
*/
+ mutex;
/**
* Locks the mutex.
*/
- lock;
/**
* Unlocks the mutex.
*/
- unlock;
@end