NAME

ACE_Future_Rep - ACE_Future_RepT

SYNOPSIS

#include <ace/Future.h>

template<class T> class ACE_Future_Rep { private: friend class ACE_Future<T>; static ACE_Future_Rep<T> *create (void); static ACE_Future_Rep<T> *attach (ACE_Future_Rep<T> *&rep); static void detach (ACE_Future_Rep<T> *&rep); static void assign ( ACE_Future_Rep<T> *&rep, ACE_Future_Rep<T> *new_rep ); 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_; 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_;

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, Douglas C. Schmidt schmidt@cs.wustl.edu, and Per Andersson Per.Andersson@hfera.ericsson.se.

LIBRARY

ace