task.h

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// @file task.h

#pragma once

#include "../background.h"

namespace mongo {

    namespace task {

        class Task : private BackgroundJob {
        protected:
            virtual void doWork() = 0;                  // implement the task here.
            virtual string name() const = 0;            // name the threada
        public:
            Task();

            void halt();
        private:
            unsigned n, repeat;
            friend void fork(Task* t);
            friend void repeat(Task* t, unsigned millis);
            virtual void run();
            //virtual void ending() { }
            void begin();
        };

        void fork(Task *t);

        void repeat(Task *t, unsigned millis);

        /*** Example ***
        inline void sample() {
            class Sample : public Task {
            public:
                int result;
                virtual void doWork() { result = 1234; }
                Sample() : result(0) { }
            };
            shared_ptr<Sample> q( new Sample() );
            fork(q);
            cout << q->result << endl; // could print 1234 or 0.
        }
        */

    }

}

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mongodb
Author(s): Nate Koenig
autogenerated on Fri Jan 11 12:15:19 2013