frysk.event
Class Request

java.lang.Object
  frysk.event.Request

All Implemented Interfaces:

Event

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddressSpaceByteBuffer.PeekRequest, AddressSpaceByteBuffer.PokeRequest, AddressSpaceByteBuffer.TransferRequest, EventLoop.ExecuteRequest, EventLoopTestBed.EventRequest, QuitCommand.KillRequest, RegisterSetByteBuffer.TransferRequest

public abstract class Request
extends Object
implements Event

Framework for implementing remote-procedure-call requests executed by the event-loop thread.

Nested Class Summary

private class

Request.Handler Class that does the request dispatch and execute.

Field Summary

private EventLoop	eventLoop
private Request.Handler	handler

Constructor Summary

protected

Request(EventLoop eventLoop) Create an event-loop RPC framework.

Method Summary

protected boolean	isEventLoopThread() Is this the event-loop thread? If it is the caller should just execute the request directly.
protected void	request() Make a request to run execute() on the eventLoop thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface frysk.event.Event

execute

Field Detail

eventLoop

private final EventLoop eventLoop

handler

private final Request.Handler handler

Constructor Detail

Request

protected Request(EventLoop eventLoop)

Create an event-loop RPC framework.

Method Detail

isEventLoopThread

protected final boolean isEventLoopThread()

Is this the event-loop thread? If it is the caller should just execute the request directly.

request

protected void request()

Make a request to run execute() on the eventLoop thread. The sub-class will look something like:

if (isEventLoopThread())
  execute(with, args)
else {
  synchronized(this) {
    super.request();
  }
}