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* \author Dwayne M. Hubbard <dhubbard@digium.com>
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*
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* \note A taskprocessor is a named singleton containing a processing thread and
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* a task queue that serializes tasks pushed into it by [a] module(s) that reference the taskprocessor.
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* A taskprocessor is created the first time its name is requested via the ast_taskprocessor_get()
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* function and destroyed when the taskprocessor reference count reaches zero.
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*
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* Modules that obtain a reference to a taskprocessor can queue tasks into the taskprocessor
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* to be processed by the singleton processing thread when the task is popped off the front
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* of the queue. A task is a wrapper around a task-handling function pointer and a data
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* pointer. It is the responsibility of the task handling function to free memory allocated for
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* the task data pointer. A task is pushed into a taskprocessor queue using the
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* \note A taskprocessor is a named singleton containing a task queue that serializes tasks pushed
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* into it by [a] module(s) that reference the taskprocessor. A taskprocessor is created the first
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* time its name is requested via the ast_taskprocessor_get() function and destroyed when the
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* taskprocessor reference count reaches zero. A taskprocessor also contains an accompanying
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* listener that is told when changes in the task queue occur.
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*
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* A task is a wrapper around a task-handling function pointer and a data
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* pointer. A task is pushed into a taskprocessor queue using the
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* ast_taskprocessor_push(taskprocessor, taskhandler, taskdata) function and freed by the
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* taskprocessor after the task handling function returns. A module releases its reference to a
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* taskprocessor using the ast_taskprocessor_unreference() function which may result in the
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* destruction of the taskprocessor if the taskprocessor's reference count reaches zero. Tasks waiting
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* to be processed in the taskprocessor queue when the taskprocessor reference count reaches zero
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* will be purged and released from the taskprocessor queue without being processed.
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*
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* The taskprocessor listener has the flexibility of doling out tasks to best fit the module's
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* needs. For instance, a taskprocessor listener may have a single dispatch thread that handles
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* all tasks, or it may dispatch tasks to a thread pool.
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*
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* There is a default taskprocessor listener that will be used if a taskprocessor is created without
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* a listener. This default listener runs tasks sequentially in a single thread. The listener will
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* execute tasks as long as there are tasks to be processed.
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*/
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#ifndef __AST_TASKPROCESSOR_H__
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