iothread.h File Reference

Interface to a thread for blocking I/O operations. More...

#include "bool.h"

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Defines
#define	IO_QUEUE_SIZE   4
	The size of the queue for I/O operations.
Typedefs
typedef void(*)	ioOperation (void *data)
	The function prototype of all functions called by the I/O thread to perform blocking operations.
Functions
Bool	CancelOperations ()
	Attempts to cancel all operations currently queued on the I/O thread.
Bool	IsCancelationRequested ()
	Tells if a request has been made to cancel the current operation on the I/O thread through a call to CancelOperations().
int	QueueOperation (ioOperation op, void *data)
	Adds an operation to the queue of pending blocking operations.
void	StartIOThread ()
	Starts the I/O thread.
void	StopIOThread ()
	Terminates the I/O thread.

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Detailed Description

Interface to a thread for blocking I/O operations.

Author:

Jeff Jackowski (jeffj@ro.com)

Copyright (C) 2007 Jeff Jackowski

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Definition in file iothread.h.

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