lib/cpp/src/concurrency/PosixThreadFactory.h

#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_
#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1

#include "Thread.h"

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace facebook { namespace thrift { namespace concurrency { 

using namespace boost;

/**
 * A thread factory to create posix threads 
 *
 * @author marc
 * @version $Id:$
 */
class PosixThreadFactory : public ThreadFactory {

 public:

  /**
   * POSIX Thread scheduler policies
   */
  enum POLICY {
    OTHER,
    FIFO,
    ROUND_ROBIN
  };

  /**
   * POSIX Thread scheduler relative priorities,
   *
   * Absolute priority is determined by scheduler policy and OS. This
   * enumeration specifies relative priorities such that one can specify a
   * priority withing a giving scheduler policy without knowing the absolute
   * value of the priority.
   */
  enum PRIORITY {
    LOWEST = 0,
    LOWER = 1,
    LOW = 2,
    NORMAL = 3,
    HIGH = 4,
    HIGHER = 5,
    HIGHEST = 6,
    INCREMENT = 7,
    DECREMENT = 8
  };

  PosixThreadFactory(POLICY policy=ROUND_ROBIN, PRIORITY priority=NORMAL, int stackSize=1, bool detached=false);

  // From ThreadFactory;
  shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const;

  /**
   * Sets stack size for created threads
   *
   * @param value size in megabytes
   */
  virtual void stackSize(int value);

  /**
   * Gets stack size for created threads
   *
   * @return int size in megabytes
   */
  virtual int stackSize() const;

  /**
   * Sets priority relative to current policy
   */
  virtual void priority(PRIORITY priority);

  /**
   * Gets priority relative to current policy
   */
  virtual PRIORITY priority() const;
  
 private:
  class Impl;
  shared_ptr<Impl> _impl;
};

}}} // facebook::thrift::concurrency

#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_POSIXTHREADFACTORY_H_