// $Id$ // This test shows the use of an ACE_Auto_Event as a signaling // mechanism. Two threads are created (one a reader, the other a // writer). The reader waits till the writer has completed // calculations. Upon waking up the reader prints the data calculated // by the writer. The writer thread calculates the value and signals // the reader when the calculation completes. #include "ace/Service_Config.h" #include "ace/Synch.h" #include "ace/Singleton.h" #include "ace/Thread_Manager.h" ACE_RCSID(Threads, auto_event, "$Id$") #if defined (ACE_HAS_THREADS) // Shared event between reader and writer. The ACE_Thread_Mutex is // necessary to make sure that only one ACE_Auto_Event is created. // The default constructor for ACE_Auto_Event sets it initially into // the non-signaled state. typedef ACE_Singleton EVENT; // work time for writer static int work_time; // Reader thread. static void * reader (void *arg) { // Shared data via a reference. int& data = *(int *) arg; // Wait for writer to complete. ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG, "(%t) reader: waiting...... \n")); if (EVENT::instance ()->wait () == -1) { ACE_ERROR ((LM_ERROR, "thread wait failed")); ACE_OS::exit (0); } // Read shared data. ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG, "(%t) reader: value of data is: %d \n", data)); return 0; } // Writer thread. static void * writer (void *arg) { int& data = *(int *) arg; // Calculate (work). ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG, "(%t) writer: working for %d secs\n", work_time)); ACE_OS::sleep (work_time); // Write shared data. data = 42; // Wake up reader. ACE_DEBUG ((LM_DEBUG, "(%t) writer: calculation complete, waking reader\n")); if (EVENT::instance ()->signal () == -1) { ACE_ERROR ((LM_ERROR, "thread wait failed")); ACE_OS::exit (0); } return 0; } int main (int argc, char **argv) { // Shared data: set by writer, read by reader. int data; // Work time for writer. work_time = argc == 2 ? atoi (argv[1]) : 5; // threads manager ACE_Thread_Manager& tm = *ACE_Thread_Manager::instance (); // Create reader thread. if (tm.spawn ((ACE_THR_FUNC) reader, (void *) &data) == -1) ACE_ERROR_RETURN ((LM_ERROR, "thread create for reader failed"), -1); // Create writer thread. if (tm.spawn ((ACE_THR_FUNC) writer, (void *) &data) == -1) ACE_ERROR_RETURN ((LM_ERROR, "thread create for writer failed"), -1); // Wait for both. if (tm.wait () == -1) ACE_ERROR_RETURN ((LM_ERROR, "thread wait failed"), -1); else ACE_DEBUG ((LM_ERROR, "graceful exit\n")); return 0; } #if defined (ACE_HAS_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION) template class ACE_Singleton; #elif defined (ACE_HAS_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION_PRAGMA) #pragma instantiate ACE_Singleton #endif /* ACE_HAS_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION */ #else int main (int, char *[]) { ACE_ERROR ((LM_ERROR, "threads not supported on this platform\n")); return 0; } #endif /* ACE_HAS_THREADS */