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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/ThreadsafeQueue.h | 36 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/ThreadsafeQueue.h b/src/ThreadsafeQueue.h index b5ee5b6..3dd5450 100644 --- a/src/ThreadsafeQueue.h +++ b/src/ThreadsafeQueue.h @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada (Communications Research Center Canada) - Copyright (C) 2013 + Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 Matthias P. Braendli, matthias.braendli@mpb.li An implementation for a threadsafe queue using boost thread library @@ -34,27 +34,41 @@ #include <boost/thread.hpp> #include <queue> +/* This queue is meant to be used by two threads. One producer + * that pushes elements into the queue, and one consumer that + * retrieves the elements. + * + * The queue can make the consumer block until enough elements + * are available. + */ + template<typename T> class ThreadsafeQueue { -private: - std::queue<T> the_queue; - mutable boost::mutex the_mutex; - boost::condition_variable the_condition_variable; - size_t the_required_size; public: - + /* Create a new queue without any minimum required + * fill before it is possible to pop an element + */ ThreadsafeQueue() : the_required_size(1) {} + /* Create a queue where it has to contain at least + * required_size elements before pop is possible + */ ThreadsafeQueue(size_t required_size) : the_required_size(required_size) {} + /* Push one element into the queue, and notify another thread that + * might be waiting. + * + * returns the new queue size. + */ size_t push(T const& val) { boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(the_mutex); the_queue.push(val); size_t queue_size = the_queue.size(); lock.unlock(); - the_condition_variable.notify_one(); + + notify(); return queue_size; } @@ -94,6 +108,12 @@ public: popped_value = the_queue.front(); the_queue.pop(); } + +private: + std::queue<T> the_queue; + mutable boost::mutex the_mutex; + boost::condition_variable the_condition_variable; + size_t the_required_size; }; #endif |