Ken Van Hoeylandt 415096c3b2
Update docs and fix bugs (#149)
Improved the docs for the 3 main Tactility projects. I also fixed some inaccuracies and bugs in certain APIs as I went through the code.
2025-01-07 20:45:23 +01:00

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/**
* @file Dispatcher.h
*
* Dispatcher is a thread-safe code execution queue.
*/
#pragma once
#include "MessageQueue.h"
#include "Mutex.h"
#include "EventFlag.h"
#include <memory>
#include <queue>
namespace tt {
/**
* A thread-safe way to defer code execution.
* Generally, one task would dispatch the execution,
* while the other thread consumes and executes the work.
*/
class Dispatcher {
public:
typedef void (*Function)(std::shared_ptr<void> data);
private:
struct DispatcherMessage {
Function function;
std::shared_ptr<void> context; // Can't use unique_ptr with void, so we use shared_ptr
DispatcherMessage(Function function, std::shared_ptr<void> context) :
function(function),
context(std::move(context))
{}
~DispatcherMessage() = default;
};
Mutex mutex;
std::queue<std::shared_ptr<DispatcherMessage>> queue;
EventFlag eventFlag;
public:
explicit Dispatcher();
~Dispatcher();
/**
* Queue a function to be consumed elsewhere.
* @param[in] function the function to execute elsewhere
* @param[in] context the data to pass onto the function
*/
void dispatch(Function function, std::shared_ptr<void> context);
/**
* Consume a dispatched function (if any)
* @param[in] timeout the ticks to wait for a message
* @return the amount of messages that were consumed
*/
uint32_t consume(TickType_t timeout);
};
} // namespace