sintonia/livesupport/modules/eventScheduler/include/LiveSupport/EventScheduler/ScheduledEventInterface.h

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/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright (c) 2004 Media Development Loan Fund
This file is part of the LiveSupport project.
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To report bugs, send an e-mail to bugs@campware.org
LiveSupport is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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along with LiveSupport; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Author : $Author: maroy $
Version : $Revision: 1.1 $
Location : $Source: /home/paul/cvs2svn-livesupport/newcvsrepo/livesupport/modules/eventScheduler/include/LiveSupport/EventScheduler/ScheduledEventInterface.h,v $
------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef LiveSupport_EventScheduler_ScheduledEventInterface_h
#define LiveSupport_EventScheduler_ScheduledEventInterface_h
#ifndef __cplusplus
#error This is a C++ include file
#endif
/* ============================================================ include files */
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include "configure.h"
#endif
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
#include "LiveSupport/Core/Ptr.h"
namespace LiveSupport {
namespace EventScheduler {
using namespace boost::posix_time;
using namespace LiveSupport;
using namespace LiveSupport::Core;
/* ================================================================ constants */
/* =================================================================== macros */
/* =============================================================== data types */
/**
* The base class for all events scheduled by the EventScheduler.
* Subclass this one, and implement the necessary functions to have
* a class that can be scheduled.
*
* The lifetime of the scheduled event is as follows, if it is scheduled
* to start at time S and end at time E, where E = S + event.eventLength():
* <ul>
* <li>latest at S - event.maxTimeToInitialize(): event.initialize()</li>
* <li>at S: event.start()</li>
* <li>at E: event.stop()</li>
* <li>after E: event.deInitialize()</li>
* </ul>
*
* @author $Author: maroy $
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $
*/
class ScheduledEventInterface
{
public:
/**
* A virtual destructor, as this class has virtual functions.
*/
virtual
~ScheduledEventInterface(void) throw ()
{
}
/**
* Tell the time this event is scheduled for.
*
* @return the time this event is scheduled for.
*/
virtual Ptr<ptime>::Ref
getScheduledTime(void) throw () = 0;
/**
* Initialize the event object.
* This should finishin at most maxTimeToInitialize() time.
* Use this call to allocate any resources that will be needed
* by the event itself.
*
* @exception std::exception on initialization problems.
* a raised exception will result in the cancellation
* of the event.
* @see #maxTimeToInitialize
*/
virtual void
initialize(void) throw (std::exception) = 0;
/**
* The maximum time for the initalize() function to complete.
* It is the responsibility of the ScheduledEventInterface object to
* complete the initialization in that time.
*
* @return the maximum time for the initialize() function to complete.
* @see #initialize
*/
virtual Ptr<time_duration>::Ref
maxTimeToInitialize(void) throw () = 0;
/**
* De-initialize the event object.
*/
virtual void
deInitialize(void) throw () = 0;
/**
* Start the event.
* This function call should start the execution of the event in
* a separate thread, and return immediately.
*/
virtual void
start(void) throw () = 0;
/**
* The length of the event.
* The scheduler will call stop() when this much time has passed
* after calling start().
*
* @return the length of the event, in time.
*/
virtual Ptr<time_duration>::Ref
eventLength(void) throw () = 0;
/**
* Stop the event.
* This function call should result in the event stopping, if
* this has not happened yet. The event execution should be stopped
* and ready to be de-initialized after this call returns.
*/
virtual void
stop(void) throw () = 0;
};
/* ================================================= external data structures */
/* ====================================================== function prototypes */
} // namespace EventScheduler
} // namespace LiveSupport
#endif // LiveSupport_EventScheduler_ScheduledEventInterface_h