NAME

ACE_Future_Rep - ACE_Future_RepT

SYNOPSIS


#include <ace/Future.h>


template<class T>
class ACE_Future_Rep
{
  public:
    friend class ACE_Future<T>;
  private:
    int set (const T &r);
    int get (T &value, ACE_Time_Value *tv);
    operator T();
    void dump (void) const;
    ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;
    ACE_Future_Rep (void);
    ~ACE_Future_Rep (void);
    int ready (void);
    T *value_;
    ACE_Atomic_Op<ACE_Thread_Mutex, int> ref_count_;
    ACE_Condition_Thread_Mutex value_ready_;
    ACE_Thread_Mutex value_ready_mutex_;
};

DESCRIPTION

An ACE_Future_RepT object encapsules a pointer to an object of class T which is the result of an asynchronous method invocation. It is pointed to by ACE_FutureT object[s] and only accessible through them.

constructor and destructor private

ACE_Future_Rep (void);
~ACE_Future_Rep (void);
int ready (void);
T *value_;
ACE_Atomic_Op<ACE_Thread_Mutex, int> ref_count_;
= Condition variable and mutex that protect the value_.
ACE_Condition_Thread_Mutex value_ready_;
ACE_Thread_Mutex value_ready_mutex_;

AUTHOR

Andres Kruse Andres.Kruse@cern.ch and Douglas C. Schmidt schmidt@cs.wustl.edu

LIBRARY

ace