CTK/Libs/PluginFramework/ctkPluginAbstractTracked_p.h

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#ifndef CTKPLUGINABSTRACTTRACKED_P_H
#define CTKPLUGINABSTRACTTRACKED_P_H

#include <QHash>
#include <QMutex>
#include <QWaitCondition>
#include <QLinkedList>

/**
 * Abstract class to track items. If a Tracker is reused (closed then reopened),
 * then a new ctkPluginAbstractTracked object is used. This class acts as a map of tracked
 * item -> customized object. Subclasses of this class will act as the listener
 * object for the tracker. This class is used to synchronize access to the
 * tracked items. This is not a public class. It is only for use by the
 * implementation of the Tracker class.
 *
 * @ThreadSafe
 */
template<class Item, class Related>
class ctkPluginAbstractTracked : public QMutex
{

public:

  /* set this to true to compile in debug messages */
  static const bool	DEBUG; //	= false;

  /**
   * ctkPluginAbstractTracked constructor.
   */
  ctkPluginAbstractTracked();

  virtual ~ctkPluginAbstractTracked();

  bool wait(unsigned long timeout);
  void wakeAll();

  /**
   * Set initial list of items into tracker before events begin to be
   * received.
   *
   * This method must be called from Tracker's open method while synchronized
   * on this object in the same synchronized block as the add listener call.
   *
   * @param list The initial list of items to be tracked. <code>null</code>
   *        entries in the list are ignored.
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  void setInitial(const QList<Item>& list);
  void setInitial(const QList<Item*>& list);

  /**
   * Track the initial list of items. This is called after events can begin to
   * be received.
   *
   * This method must be called from Tracker's open method while not
   * synchronized on this object after the add listener call.
   *
   */
  void trackInitial();

  /**
   * Called by the owning Tracker object when it is closed.
   */
  void close();

  /**
   * Begin to track an item.
   *
   * @param item Item to be tracked.
   * @param related Action related object.
   */
  void track(Item item, Related related);

  /**
   * Discontinue tracking the item.
   *
   * @param item Item to be untracked.
   * @param related Action related object.
   */
  void untrack(Item item, Related related);

  /**
   * Returns the number of tracked items.
   *
   * @return The number of tracked items.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  int size() const;

  /**
   * Return the customized object for the specified item
   *
   * @param item The item to lookup in the map
   * @return The customized object for the specified item.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  QObject* getCustomizedObject(Item item) const;

  /**
   * Return the list of tracked items.
   *
   * @return The tracked items.
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  QList<Item> getTracked() const;

  /**
   * Increment the modification count. If this method is overridden, the
   * overriding method MUST call this method to increment the tracking count.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  virtual void modified();

  /**
   * Returns the tracking count for this <code>ServiceTracker</code> object.
   *
   * The tracking count is initialized to 0 when this object is opened. Every
   * time an item is added, modified or removed from this object the tracking
   * count is incremented.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   * @return The tracking count for this object.
   */
  int getTrackingCount() const;

  /**
   * Call the specific customizer adding method. This method must not be
   * called while synchronized on this object.
   *
   * @param item Item to be tracked.
   * @param related Action related object.
   * @return Customized object for the tracked item or <code>null</code> if
   *         the item is not to be tracked.
   */
  virtual QObject* customizerAdding(Item item, Related related) = 0;

  /**
   * Call the specific customizer modified method. This method must not be
   * called while synchronized on this object.
   *
   * @param item Tracked item.
   * @param related Action related object.
   * @param object Customized object for the tracked item.
   */
  virtual void customizerModified(Item item, Related related,
      QObject* object) = 0;

  /**
   * Call the specific customizer removed method. This method must not be
   * called while synchronized on this object.
   *
   * @param item Tracked item.
   * @param related Action related object.
   * @param object Customized object for the tracked item.
   */
  virtual void customizerRemoved(Item item, Related related,
      QObject* object) = 0;

  /**
   * List of items in the process of being added. This is used to deal with
   * nesting of events. Since events may be synchronously delivered, events
   * can be nested. For example, when processing the adding of a service and
   * the customizer causes the service to be unregistered, notification to the
   * nested call to untrack that the service was unregistered can be made to
   * the track method.
   *
   * Since the QList implementation is not synchronized, all access to
   * this list must be protected by the same synchronized object for
   * thread-safety.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  QList<Item> adding;

  /**
   * true if the tracked object is closed.
   *
   * This field is volatile because it is set by one thread and read by
   * another.
   */
  volatile bool	closed;

  /**
   * Initial list of items for the tracker. This is used to correctly process
   * the initial items which could be modified before they are tracked. This
   * is necessary since the initial set of tracked items are not "announced"
   * by events and therefore the event which makes the item untracked could be
   * delivered before we track the item.
   *
   * An item must not be in both the initial and adding lists at the same
   * time. An item must be moved from the initial list to the adding list
   * "atomically" before we begin tracking it.
   *
   * Since the LinkedList implementation is not synchronized, all access to
   * this list must be protected by the same synchronized object for
   * thread-safety.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  QLinkedList<Item>	initial;

  /**
   * Common logic to add an item to the tracker used by track and
   * trackInitial. The specified item must have been placed in the adding list
   * before calling this method.
   *
   * @param item Item to be tracked.
   * @param related Action related object.
   */
  void trackAdding(Item item, Related related);

private:

  QWaitCondition waitCond;

  /**
   * Map of tracked items to customized objects.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  QHash<Item, QObject*> tracked;

  /**
   * Modification count. This field is initialized to zero and incremented by
   * modified.
   *
   * @GuardedBy this
   */
  QAtomicInt trackingCount;

  bool customizerAddingFinal(Item item, QObject* custom);

};

#include "ctkPluginAbstractTracked.cpp"

#endif // CTKPLUGINABSTRACTTRACKED_P_H