Introducing remoting::Stoppable helper base class implementing asynchronous shutdown on a specific t

remoting/base/auto_message_loop.h

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+// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#ifndef REMOTING_BASE_AUTO_MESSAGE_LOOP_H_
+#define REMOTING_BASE_AUTO_MESSAGE_LOOP_H_
+
+#include "base/basictypes.h"
+#include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
+#include "base/message_loop.h"
+#include "base/single_thread_task_runner.h"
+
+class MessageLoop;
+
+namespace remoting {
+
+// This class along with |scoped_refptr| provides automatic life time management
+// for a message loop. The message loop is stopped when the last |scoped_refptr|
+// reference to |AutoMessageLoop| is deleted.
+//
+// Unlike |AutoThread| this class does not manage its own life time. It expects
+// that |this| to be deleted sometime after Run() method is exited.
+class AutoMessageLoop : public base::SingleThreadTaskRunner {
+ public:
+  explicit AutoMessageLoop(MessageLoop::Type type);
+  virtual ~AutoMessageLoop();
+
+  // A wapper around the corresponding method of |MessageLoop|.
+  void Run();
+
+  // SingleThreadTaskRunner implementation
+  virtual bool PostDelayedTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here,
+                               const base::Closure& task,
+                               base::TimeDelta delay) OVERRIDE;
+  virtual bool PostNonNestableDelayedTask(
+      const tracked_objects::Location& from_here,
+      const base::Closure& task,
+      base::TimeDelta delay) OVERRIDE;
+  virtual bool RunsTasksOnCurrentThread() const OVERRIDE;
+
+ protected:
+  // Quits the message loop by posting MessageLoop::QuitClosure.
+  virtual void OnDestruct() const OVERRIDE;
+
+ private:
+  scoped_ptr<MessageLoop> message_loop_;
+
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AutoMessageLoop);
+};
+
+}  // namespace remoting
+
+#endif  // REMOTING_BASE_AUTO_MESSAGE_LOOP_H_