QRunLoopOperation.h

/*
     File: QRunLoopOperation.h
 Abstract: An abstract subclass of NSOperation for async run loop based operations.
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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
enum QRunLoopOperationState {
    kQRunLoopOperationStateInited, 
    kQRunLoopOperationStateExecuting, 
    kQRunLoopOperationStateFinished
};
typedef enum QRunLoopOperationState QRunLoopOperationState;
 
@interface QRunLoopOperation : NSOperation
{
@private
    NSString *              _debugName;
    NSThread *              _runLoopThread;
    NSSet *                 _runLoopModes;
    NSError *               _error;
    QRunLoopOperationState  _state;
#if !defined(NDEBUG)
    BOOL                    _debugCancelSelfBeforeSchedulingStart;
    BOOL                    _debugCancelSelfAfterSchedulingStart;
    NSTimeInterval          _debugSecondaryThreadCancelDelay;
    NSMutableArray *        _debugEventLog;
#endif
}
 
// Things you can change at any time.
 
@property (atomic, copy,   readwrite) NSString *                debugName;
 
// Things you can configure before queuing the operation.
 
// IMPORTANT: Do not change these after queuing the operation; it's very likely that 
// bad things will happen if you do.
 
@property (atomic, strong, readwrite) NSThread *                runLoopThread;          // default is nil, implying main thread
@property (atomic, copy,   readwrite) NSSet *                   runLoopModes;           // default is nil, implying set containing NSDefaultRunLoopMode
 
// Things that are only meaningful after the operation is finished.
 
@property (atomic, copy,   readonly ) NSError *                 error;
 
// Things you can only alter implicitly.
 
@property (atomic, assign, readonly ) QRunLoopOperationState    state;
@property (atomic, strong, readonly ) NSThread *                actualRunLoopThread;    // main thread if runLoopThread is nil, runLoopThread otherwise
@property (atomic, assign, readonly ) BOOL                      isActualRunLoopThread;  // YES if the current thread is the actual run loop thread
@property (atomic, copy,   readonly ) NSSet *                   actualRunLoopModes;     // set containing NSDefaultRunLoopMode if runLoopModes is nil or empty, runLoopModes otherwise
 
@end
 
@interface QRunLoopOperation (SubClassSupport)
 
// Override points
 
// A subclass will probably need to override -operationDidStart and -operationWillFinish 
// to set up and tear down its run loop sources, respectively.  These are always called 
// on the actual run loop thread.
//
// Note that -operationWillFinish will be called even if the operation is cancelled. 
//
// -operationWillFinish can check the error property to see whether the operation was 
// successful.  error will be NSCocoaErrorDomain/NSUserCancelledError on cancellation. 
//
// -operationDidStart is allowed to call -finishWithError:.
 
- (void)operationDidStart;
- (void)operationWillFinish;
 
// Support methods
 
// A subclass should call finishWithError: when the operation is complete, passing nil 
// for no error and an error otherwise.  It must call this on the actual run loop thread. 
// 
// Note that this will call -operationWillFinish before returning.
 
- (void)finishWithError:(NSError *)error;
 
@end
 
// The following declarations are for the benefit of the unit tests only, and shouldn't be 
// used by normal clients.  See the implementation for information about what they do.
 
#if ! defined(NDEBUG)
 
@interface QRunLoopOperation (UnitTestSupport)
 
@property (atomic, assign, readwrite) BOOL                      debugCancelSelfBeforeSchedulingStart;
@property (atomic, assign, readwrite) BOOL                      debugCancelSelfAfterSchedulingStart;
@property (atomic, assign, readwrite) NSTimeInterval            debugSecondaryThreadCancelDelay;
 
- (void)debugEnableEventLog;
 
@property (atomic, assign, readonly ) NSArray *                 debugEventLog;
 
@end
 
#endif