The ISource class is the interface for all source blocks. Source blocks propagate messages to ITarget blocks. More...

#include <agents.h>

Inheritance diagram for Concurrency::ISource< _Type >:

Public Types
typedef _Type	source_type
	A type alias for _Type . More...

Public Member Functions
virtual	~ISource ()
	Destroys the `ISource` object. More...

virtual void	link_target (_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, links a target block to this `ISource` block. More...

virtual void	unlink_target (_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, unlinks a target block from this `ISource` block, if found to be previously linked. More...

virtual void	unlink_targets ()=0
	When overridden in a derived class, unlinks all target blocks from this `ISource` block. More...

virtual message< _Type > *	accept (runtime_object_identity _MsgId, _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, accepts a message that was offered by this `ISource` block, transferring ownership to the caller. More...

virtual bool	reserve (runtime_object_identity _MsgId, _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, reserves a message previously offered by this `ISource` block. More...

virtual message< _Type > *	consume (runtime_object_identity _MsgId, _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, consumes a message previously offered by this `ISource` block and successfully reserved by the target, transferring ownership to the caller. More...

virtual void	release (runtime_object_identity _MsgId, _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, releases a previous successful message reservation. More...

virtual void	acquire_ref (_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, acquires a reference count on this `ISource` block, to prevent deletion. More...

virtual void	release_ref (_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *_PTarget)=0
	When overridden in a derived class, releases a reference count on this `ISource` block. More...

Protected Member Functions
void	_Invoke_link_source (ITarget< _Type > *_PLinkFrom)
	Links this source to a target. More...

void	_Invoke_unlink_source (ITarget< _Type > *_PUnlinkFrom)
	Unlinks this source from a target. More...

Detailed Description

template<class _Type>
class Concurrency::ISource< _Type >

The ISource class is the interface for all source blocks. Source blocks propagate messages to ITarget blocks.

Template Parameters

_Type The data type of the payload within the messages produced by the source block.

For more information, see Asynchronous Message Blocks.

See also: ITarget Class

Member Typedef Documentation

template<class _Type>

typedef _Type Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::source_type

A type alias for _Type .

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class _Type>

virtual Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::~ISource ( )

inlinevirtual

Destroys the ISource object.

2604 {}

Member Function Documentation

template<class _Type>

void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::_Invoke_link_source ( ITarget< _Type > * _PLinkFrom )

inlineprotected

Links this source to a target.

Parameters

_PLinkFrom A pointer to the target.

This function definition is required because ISource blocks the need to call Target->link_source(), which is a private memeber of ITarget. ISource is declared as a friend class, so this is an way for derived classes of ISource to properly link/unlink their targets during link_target(), unlink_target() and unlink_targets()

     {
         _PLinkFrom->link_source(this);
     }

template<class _Type>

void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::_Invoke_unlink_source ( ITarget< _Type > * _PUnlinkFrom )

inlineprotected

Unlinks this source from a target.

Parameters

_PUnlinkFrom A pointer to the target.

This function definition is required because ISource blocks need to call Target->unlink_source(), which is a private memeber of ITarget. ISource is declared as a friend class, so this is an way for derived classes of ISource to properly link/unlink their targets during link_target(), unlink_target() and unlink_targets()

     {
         _PUnlinkFrom->unlink_source(this);
     }

template<class _Type>

virtual message<_Type>* Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::accept	(	runtime_object_identity	_MsgId,
		_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *	_PTarget
	)

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, accepts a message that was offered by this ISource block, transferring ownership to the caller.

Parameters

_MsgId	The `runtime_object_identity` of the offered `message` object.
_PTarget	A pointer to the target block that is calling the `accept` method.

Returns: A pointer to the message that the caller now has ownership of.

The accept method is called by a target while a message is being offered by this ISource block. The message pointer returned may be different from the one passed into the propagate method of the ITarget block, if this source decides to make a copy of the message.

Implemented in Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::acquire_ref ( _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > * _PTarget )

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, acquires a reference count on this ISource block, to prevent deletion.

Parameters

_PTarget A pointer to the target block that is calling this method.

This method is called by an ITarget object that is being linked to this source during the link_target method.

Implemented in Concurrency::details::_AsyncOriginator< _Type >, Concurrency::details::_SyncOriginator< _Type >, Concurrency::details::_AnonymousOriginator< _Type >, Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual message<_Type>* Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::consume	(	runtime_object_identity	_MsgId,
		_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *	_PTarget
	)

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, consumes a message previously offered by this ISource block and successfully reserved by the target, transferring ownership to the caller.

Parameters

_MsgId	The `runtime_object_identity` of the reserved `message` object.
_PTarget	A pointer to the target block that is calling the `consume` method.

Returns: A pointer to the message object that the caller now has ownership of.

The consume method is similar to accept, but must always be preceded by a call to reserve that returned true.

Implemented in Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::link_target ( _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > * _PTarget )

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, links a target block to this ISource block.

Parameters

_PTarget A pointer to the target block being linked to this ISource block.

Implemented in Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::release	(	runtime_object_identity	_MsgId,
		_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *	_PTarget
	)

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, releases a previous successful message reservation.

Parameters

_MsgId	The `runtime_object_identity` of the reserved `message` object.
_PTarget	A pointer to the target block that is calling the `release` method.

Implemented in Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::release_ref ( _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > * _PTarget )

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, releases a reference count on this ISource block.

Parameters

_PTarget A pointer to the target block that is calling this method.

This method is called by an ITarget object that is being unlinked from this source. The source block is allowed to release any resources reserved for the target block.

Implemented in Concurrency::details::_AsyncOriginator< _Type >, Concurrency::details::_SyncOriginator< _Type >, Concurrency::details::_AnonymousOriginator< _Type >, Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual bool Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::reserve	(	runtime_object_identity	_MsgId,
		_Inout_ ITarget< _Type > *	_PTarget
	)

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, reserves a message previously offered by this ISource block.

Parameters

_MsgId	The `runtime_object_identity` of the offered `message` object.
_PTarget	A pointer to the target block that is calling the `reserve` method.

Returns: true if the message was successfully reserved, false otherwise. Reservations can fail for many reasons, including: the message was already reserved or accepted by another target, the source could deny reservations, and so forth.

After you call reserve, if it succeeds, you must call either consume or release in order to take or give up possession of the message, respectively.

Implemented in Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::unlink_target ( _Inout_ ITarget< _Type > * _PTarget )

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, unlinks a target block from this ISource block, if found to be previously linked.

Parameters

_PTarget A pointer to the target block being unlinked from this ISource block.

Implemented in Concurrency::choice< _Type >, and Concurrency::source_block< _TargetLinkRegistry, _MessageProcessorType >.

template<class _Type>

virtual void Concurrency::ISource< _Type >::unlink_targets ( )

pure virtual

When overridden in a derived class, unlinks all target blocks from this ISource block.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

VS2013/inc/agents.h

Public Types

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Detailed Description

template<class _Type> class Concurrency::ISource< _Type >

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Member Function Documentation

template<class _Type>
class Concurrency::ISource< _Type >