webrtc/api/task_queue/task_queue_base.h

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#ifndef API_TASK_QUEUE_TASK_QUEUE_BASE_H_
#define API_TASK_QUEUE_TASK_QUEUE_BASE_H_

#include <memory>

#include "api/task_queue/queued_task.h"
#include "rtc_base/thread_annotations.h"

namespace webrtc {

// Asynchronously executes tasks in a way that guarantees that they're executed
// in FIFO order and that tasks never overlap. Tasks may always execute on the
// same worker thread and they may not. To DCHECK that tasks are executing on a
// known task queue, use IsCurrent().
class RTC_LOCKABLE TaskQueueBase {
 public:
  // Starts destruction of the task queue.
  // On return ensures no task are running and no new tasks are able to start
  // on the task queue.
  // Responsible for deallocation. Deallocation may happen syncrhoniously during
  // Delete or asynchronously after Delete returns.
  // Code not running on the TaskQueue should not make any assumption when
  // TaskQueue is deallocated and thus should not call any methods after Delete.
  // Code running on the TaskQueue should not call Delete, but can assume
  // TaskQueue still exists and may call other methods, e.g. PostTask.
  virtual void Delete() = 0;

  // Schedules a task to execute. Tasks are executed in FIFO order.
  // If |task->Run()| returns true, task is deleted on the task queue
  // before next QueuedTask starts executing.
  // When a TaskQueue is deleted, pending tasks will not be executed but they
  // will be deleted. The deletion of tasks may happen synchronously on the
  // TaskQueue or it may happen asynchronously after TaskQueue is deleted.
  // This may vary from one implementation to the next so assumptions about
  // lifetimes of pending tasks should not be made.
  virtual void PostTask(std::unique_ptr<QueuedTask> task) = 0;

  // Schedules a task to execute a specified number of milliseconds from when
  // the call is made. The precision should be considered as "best effort"
  // and in some cases, such as on Windows when all high precision timers have
  // been used up, can be off by as much as 15 millseconds.
  virtual void PostDelayedTask(std::unique_ptr<QueuedTask> task,
                               uint32_t milliseconds) = 0;

  // Returns the task queue that is running the current thread.
  // Returns nullptr if this thread is not associated with any task queue.
  static TaskQueueBase* Current();
  bool IsCurrent() const { return Current() == this; }

 protected:
  class CurrentTaskQueueSetter {
   public:
    explicit CurrentTaskQueueSetter(TaskQueueBase* task_queue);
    CurrentTaskQueueSetter(const CurrentTaskQueueSetter&) = delete;
    CurrentTaskQueueSetter& operator=(const CurrentTaskQueueSetter&) = delete;
    ~CurrentTaskQueueSetter();

   private:
    TaskQueueBase* const previous_;
  };

  // Users of the TaskQueue should call Delete instead of directly deleting
  // this object.
  virtual ~TaskQueueBase() = default;
};

struct TaskQueueDeleter {
  void operator()(TaskQueueBase* task_queue) const { task_queue->Delete(); }
};

}  // namespace webrtc

#endif  // API_TASK_QUEUE_TASK_QUEUE_BASE_H_