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livetrax/libs/pbd/pbd/crossthread.h
Paul Davis 87726495c3 Merged changes from trunk 1699:1751 into 2.1-staging
git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/2.1-staging@1752 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
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/*
Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Paul Davis
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program 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 General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#ifndef __pbd__crossthread_h__
#define __pbd__crossthread_h__
#include <pbd/abstract_ui.h>
#include <sigc++/sigc++.h>
#include <pthread.h>
template<class RequestType>
void
call_slot_from_thread_or_dispatch_it (pthread_t thread_id, AbstractUI<RequestType>& ui, sigc::slot<void> theSlot)
{
/* when called, this function will determine whether the calling thread
is the same as thread specified by the first argument. if it is,
the we execute the slot. if not, we ask the interface given by the second
argument to call the slot.
*/
if (pthread_self() == thread_id) {
theSlot ();
} else {
ui.call_slot (theSlot);
}
}
template<class RequestType>
sigc::slot<void>
crossthread_safe (pthread_t thread_id, AbstractUI<RequestType>& ui, sigc::slot<void> theSlot)
{
/* this function returns a slot that will ensure that theSlot is either
called by the specified thread or passed to the interface via
AbstractUI::call_slot().
*/
return sigc::bind (sigc::ptr_fun (call_slot_from_thread_or_dispatch_it<RequestType>),
thread_id, ui, theSlot);
}
#endif /* __pbd__crossthread_h__ */