***/
typedef struct SilcTaskStruct *SilcTask;
-/****d* silcutil/SilcScheduleAPI/SilcTaskType
- *
- * NAME
- *
- * typedef enum { ... } SilcTaskType;
- *
- * DESCRIPTION
- *
- * SILC has two types of tasks, non-timeout tasks (tasks that perform
- * over file descriptors), and timeout tasks. This type is sent as
- * argument for the task registering function, silc_schedule_task_add.
- *
- * SOURCE
- */
-typedef enum {
- /* File descriptor task that performs some event over file descriptors.
- These tasks are for example network connections. */
- SILC_TASK_FD = 0,
-
- /* Timeout tasks are tasks that are executed after the specified
- time has elapsed. After the task is executed the task is removed
- automatically from the scheduler. It is safe to re-register the
- task in task callback. It is also safe to unregister a task in
- the task callback. */
- SILC_TASK_TIMEOUT,
-
- /* Platform specific process signal task. On Unix systems this is one of
- the signals described in signal(7). On other platforms this may not
- be available at all. Only one callback per signal may be added. */
- SILC_TASK_SIGNAL
-} SilcTaskType;
-/***/
-
/****d* silcutil/SilcScheduleAPI/SilcTaskEvent
*
* NAME
* To specify task callback function in the application using the
* SILC_TASK_CALLBACK macro is recommended.
*
+ * The callback should not perform lenghty or blocking operations as
+ * this would also block all other waiting tasks. The task callback
+ * should either handle the operation fast or issue an asynchronous
+ * call (like to register 0 timeout task) to handle it later.
+ *
***/
typedef void (*SilcTaskCallback)(SilcSchedule schedule, void *app_context,
SilcTaskEvent type, SilcUInt32 fd,
/* Prototypes */
+#include "silcschedule_i.h"
+
/****f* silcutil/SilcScheduleAPI/silc_schedule_init
*
* SYNOPSIS
* to all task callbacks. The caller must free that context. The
* 'app_context' can be for example the application itself.
*
- * The `max_tasks' is the maximum number of SILC_TASK_FD tasks in the
- * scheduler. Set value to 0 to use default. Operating system will
- * enforce the final limit. On some operating systems the limit can
- * be significantly increased when this function is called in priviliged
- * mode (as super user).
+ * The `max_tasks' is the maximum number of file descriptor and socket
+ * tasks in the scheduler. Set value to 0 to use default. Operating
+ * system will enforce the final limit. On some operating systems the
+ * limit can be significantly increased when this function is called in
+ * priviliged mode (as super user).
*
***/
SilcSchedule silc_schedule_init(int max_tasks, void *app_context);
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
- * The SILC scheduler. The program will run inside this function.
- * When this returns the program is to be ended. Before this function can
- * be called, one must call silc_schedule_init function.
+ * The SILC scheduler. The program will run inside this function.
+ * When this returns the program is to be ended. Before this function
+ * can be called, one must call silc_schedule_init function.
*
* NOTES
*
- * On Windows this will block the program, but will continue dispatching
- * window messages, and thus can be used as the main loop of the program.
+ * On Windows this will block the calling thread but will continue
+ * to dispatch window messages, and thus can be used as the main loop
+ * of the program.
*
- * On Symbian this will return immediately. On Symbian calling
- * silc_schedule is same as calling silc_schedule_one.
+ * On Symbian this will block the calling thread. The Symbian Active
+ * Scheduler must be running before calling this function.
*
***/
void silc_schedule(SilcSchedule schedule);
*
* Typically this would be called from a timeout or idle task
* periodically (typically from 5-50 ms) to schedule SILC tasks. In
- * this case the `timeout_usecs' is usually 0.
+ * this case the `timeout_usecs' is usually 0 to make the function
+ * return immediately.
*
***/
SilcBool silc_schedule_one(SilcSchedule schedule, int timeout_usecs);
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
- * Wakes up the scheduler. This is used only in multi-threaded
+ * Wakes up the scheduler. This is may be used in multi-threaded
* environments where threads may add new tasks or remove old tasks
* from the scheduler. This is called to wake up the scheduler in the
* main thread so that it detects the changes in the scheduler.
* If threads support is not compiled in this function has no effect.
- * Implementation of this function may be platform specific.
*
***/
void silc_schedule_wakeup(SilcSchedule schedule);
*
* Returns the application specific context that was saved into the
* scheduler in silc_schedule_init function. The context is also
- * returned to application in task callback functions, but this function
+ * returned to application in the SilcTaskCallback, but this function
* may be used to get it as well if needed.
*
***/
***/
void silc_schedule_unset_listen_fd(SilcSchedule schedule, SilcUInt32 fd);
-#include "silcschedule_i.h"
-
#endif
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