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/*
* Copyright (C)2005-2019 Haxe Foundation
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package sys.thread;
#if (!target.threaded)
#error "This class is not available on this target"
#end
private typedef ThreadImpl = {};
extern abstract Thread(ThreadImpl) from ThreadImpl {
/**
Event loop of this thread (if available).
Note that by default event loop is only available in the main thread.
To setup an event loop in other threads use `sys.thread.Thread.runWithEventLoop`
or create new threads with built-in event loops using `sys.thread.Thread.createWithEventLoop`
**/
public var events(get,never):EventLoop;
/**
Send a message to the thread queue. This message can be read by using `readMessage`.
**/
public function sendMessage(msg:Dynamic):Void;
/**
Returns the current thread.
**/
public static function current():Thread;
/**
Creates a new thread that will execute the `job` function, then exit.
This function does not setup an event loop for a new thread.
**/
public static function create(job:()->Void):Thread;
/**
Simply execute `job` if current thread already has an event loop.
But if current thread does not have an event loop: setup event loop,
run `job` and then destroy event loop. And in this case this function
does not return until no more events left to run.
**/
public static function runWithEventLoop(job:()->Void):Void;
/**
This is logically equal to `Thread.create(() -> Thread.runWithEventLoop(job));`
**/
public static function createWithEventLoop(job:()->Void):Thread;
/**
Reads a message from the thread queue. If `block` is true, the function
blocks until a message is available. If `block` is false, the function
returns `null` if no message is available.
**/
public static function readMessage(block:Bool):Dynamic;
/**
Run event loop of the current thread
**/
private static function processEvents():Void;
}