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TimeSliceThread Class Reference

A thread that keeps a list of clients, and calls each one in turn, giving them all a chance to run some sort of short task. More...

+ Inheritance diagram for TimeSliceThread:

Public Member Functions

 TimeSliceThread (const String &threadName)
 Creates a TimeSliceThread. More...
 
 ~TimeSliceThread ()
 Destructor. More...
 
void addTimeSliceClient (TimeSliceClient *client, int millisecondsBeforeStarting=0)
 Adds a client to the list. More...
 
void removeTimeSliceClient (TimeSliceClient *client)
 Removes a client from the list. More...
 
void moveToFrontOfQueue (TimeSliceClient *client)
 If the given client is waiting in the queue, it will be moved to the front and given a time-slice as soon as possible. More...
 
int getNumClients () const
 Returns the number of registered clients. More...
 
TimeSliceClientgetClient (int index) const
 Returns one of the registered clients. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Thread
 Thread (const String &threadName, size_t threadStackSize=0)
 Creates a thread. More...
 
virtual ~Thread ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual void run ()=0
 Must be implemented to perform the thread's actual code. More...
 
void startThread ()
 Starts the thread running. More...
 
void startThread (int priority)
 Starts the thread with a given priority. More...
 
bool stopThread (int timeOutMilliseconds)
 Attempts to stop the thread running. More...
 
bool isThreadRunning () const
 Returns true if the thread is currently active. More...
 
void signalThreadShouldExit ()
 Sets a flag to tell the thread it should stop. More...
 
bool threadShouldExit () const
 Checks whether the thread has been told to stop running. More...
 
bool waitForThreadToExit (int timeOutMilliseconds) const
 Waits for the thread to stop. More...
 
bool setPriority (int priority)
 Changes the thread's priority. More...
 
void setAffinityMask (uint32 affinityMask)
 Sets the affinity mask for the thread. More...
 
bool wait (int timeOutMilliseconds) const
 Makes the thread wait for a notification. More...
 
void notify () const
 Wakes up the thread. More...
 
ThreadID getThreadId () const noexcept
 Returns the ID of this thread. More...
 
const StringgetThreadName () const
 Returns the name of the thread. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from Thread
typedef void * ThreadID
 A value type used for thread IDs. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from Thread
static bool currentThreadShouldExit ()
 Checks whether the current thread has been told to stop running. More...
 
static bool setCurrentThreadPriority (int priority)
 Changes the priority of the caller thread. More...
 
static void JUCE_CALLTYPE setCurrentThreadAffinityMask (uint32 affinityMask)
 Changes the affinity mask for the caller thread. More...
 
static void JUCE_CALLTYPE sleep (int milliseconds)
 
static void JUCE_CALLTYPE yield ()
 Yields the calling thread's current time-slot. More...
 
static ThreadID JUCE_CALLTYPE getCurrentThreadId ()
 Returns an id that identifies the caller thread. More...
 
static Thread *JUCE_CALLTYPE getCurrentThread ()
 Finds the thread object that is currently running. More...
 
static void JUCE_CALLTYPE setCurrentThreadName (const String &newThreadName)
 Changes the name of the caller thread. More...
 

Detailed Description

A thread that keeps a list of clients, and calls each one in turn, giving them all a chance to run some sort of short task.

See also
TimeSliceClient, Thread

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

TimeSliceThread::TimeSliceThread ( const String threadName)
explicit

Creates a TimeSliceThread.

When first created, the thread is not running. Use the startThread() method to start it.

TimeSliceThread::~TimeSliceThread ( )

Destructor.

Deleting a Thread object that is running will only give the thread a brief opportunity to stop itself cleanly, so it's recommended that you should always call stopThread() with a decent timeout before deleting, to avoid the thread being forcibly killed (which is a Bad Thing).

Member Function Documentation

void TimeSliceThread::addTimeSliceClient ( TimeSliceClient client,
int  millisecondsBeforeStarting = 0 
)

Adds a client to the list.

The client's callbacks will start after the number of milliseconds specified by millisecondsBeforeStarting (and this may happen before this method has returned).

void TimeSliceThread::removeTimeSliceClient ( TimeSliceClient client)

Removes a client from the list.

This method will make sure that all callbacks to the client have completely finished before the method returns.

void TimeSliceThread::moveToFrontOfQueue ( TimeSliceClient client)

If the given client is waiting in the queue, it will be moved to the front and given a time-slice as soon as possible.

If the specified client has not been added, nothing will happen.

int TimeSliceThread::getNumClients ( ) const

Returns the number of registered clients.

TimeSliceClient* TimeSliceThread::getClient ( int  index) const

Returns one of the registered clients.


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