request_interface.h

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/***************************************************************************
 * include/stxxl/bits/io/request_interface.h
 *
 * Part of the STXXL. See http://stxxl.sourceforge.net
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002 Roman Dementiev <[email protected]>
 * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2011 Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]>
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Johannes Singler <[email protected]>
 *
 * Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
 * (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
 * http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 **************************************************************************/

#ifndef STXXL_IO_REQUEST_INTERFACE_HEADER
#define STXXL_IO_REQUEST_INTERFACE_HEADER

#include <ostream>

#include <stxxl/bits/namespace.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/noncopyable.h>
#include <stxxl/bits/common/types.h>


STXXL_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

//! \addtogroup iolayer
//! \{

class onoff_switch;

//! Functional interface of a request.
//!
//! Since all library I/O operations are asynchronous,
//! one needs to keep track of their status:
//! e.g. whether an I/O operation completed or not.
class request_interface : private noncopyable
{
public:
 typedef stxxl::external_size_type offset_type;
 typedef stxxl::internal_size_type size_type;
 enum request_type { READ, WRITE };

public:
 virtual bool add_waiter(onoff_switch* sw) = 0;
 virtual void delete_waiter(onoff_switch* sw) = 0;

protected:
 virtual void notify_waiters() = 0;

public:
 // HACK!
 virtual void serve() = 0;

protected:
 virtual void completed() = 0;

public:
 //! Suspends calling thread until completion of the request.
 virtual void wait(bool measure_time = true) = 0;

 //! Cancel a request.
 //!
 //! The request is canceled unless already being processed.
 //! However, cancelation cannot be guaranteed.
 //! Canceled requests must still be waited for in order to ensure correct operation.
 //! If the request was canceled successfully, the completion handler will not be called.
 //! \return \c true iff the request was canceled successfully
 virtual bool cancel() = 0;

 //! Polls the status of the request.
 //! \return \c true if request is completed, otherwise \c false
 virtual bool poll() = 0;

 //! Identifies the type of I/O implementation.
 //! \return pointer to null terminated string of characters, containing the name of I/O implementation
 virtual const char * io_type() const = 0;

 //! Dumps properties of a request.
 virtual std::ostream & print(std::ostream& out) const = 0;

 virtual ~request_interface()
 { }
};

//! \}

STXXL_END_NAMESPACE

#endif // !STXXL_IO_REQUEST_INTERFACE_HEADER
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