/*
 *  ZThreads, a platform-independant, multithreading and 
 *  synchroniation library
 *
 *  Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Eric Crahen, See LGPL.TXT for details
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
 *
 *  SUNY @ Buffalo, hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the
 *  ZThreads library written by Eric Crahen
 */


#ifndef __ZTTHREADOPS_H__
#define __ZTTHREADOPS_H__

#include "zthread/Priority.h"

#include <assert.h>
#include <CoreServices/CoreServices.h>
//#include <Multiprocessing.h>
//#include <MultiprocessingInfo.h>

namespace ZThread {

class Runnable;
 
/**
 * @class ThreadOps
 * @author Eric Crahen <crahen@cse.buffalo.edu>
 * @date <2002-06-28T16:42:13-0700>
 * @version 2.2.0
 *
 * This class is an abstraction used to perform various operations on a 
 * native POSIX thread.
 */
class ThreadOps {

  //! Keep track of the pthreads handle for the native thread
  MPQueueID _queue;
  MPTaskID  _tid;

  ThreadOps(MPTaskID tid) : _queue(0), _tid(tid) { }

  static OSStatus _dispatch(void*);

public:

  const static ThreadOps INVALID; 

  /**
   * Create a new ThreadOps to manipulate a native thread. 
   */
  ThreadOps();

  ThreadOps(const ThreadOps& ops) : _queue(0), _tid(ops._tid) {}

  ~ThreadOps() throw();

  inline bool operator==(const ThreadOps& ops) const {
    return ops._tid == _tid;
  }

  const ThreadOps& operator=(const ThreadOps& ops) {

    assert(_queue == 0);
    _tid = ops._tid;

    return *this;

  }

  static ThreadOps self() {
    return ThreadOps(MPCurrentTaskID());
  }

  /**
   * Activating an instance of ThreadOps will map it onto the currently  
   * executing thread.
   */ 
  static void activate(ThreadOps* ops) {

    assert(ops);
    assert(ops->_tid == 0);

    ops->_tid = MPCurrentTaskID();
    
  }

  /**
   * Test if this object represents the currently executing 
   * native thread.
   *
   * @return bool true if successful
   */

  static bool isCurrent(ThreadOps* ops) {

    assert(ops);

    return MPCurrentTaskID() == ops->_tid;

  }

  /**
   * Join a native thread.
   *
   * @return bool true if successful
   */
  static bool join(ThreadOps*);

  /**
   * Force the current native thread to yield, letting the scheduler 
   * give the CPU time to another thread.
   *
   * @return bool true if successful, false if the operation can't
   * be supported.
   */
  static bool yield();

  /**
   * Set the priority for the native thread if supported by the 
   * system.
   *
   * @param PRIORITY requested priority
   * @return bool false if unsuccessful
   */
  static bool setPriority(ThreadOps*, Priority);

  /**
   * Set the priority for the native thread if supported by the 
   * system.
   *
   * @param Thread::PRIORITY& current priority
   * @return bool false if unsuccessful
   */
  static bool getPriority(ThreadOps*, Priority&);

protected:

  /**
   * Spawn a native thread.
   *
   * @param ThreadImpl* parent thread
   * @param ThreadImpl* child thread being started.
   * @param Runnable* task being executed.
   *
   * @return bool true if successful
   */
  bool spawn(Runnable*);

};


}

#endif // __ZTTHREADOPS_H__

