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1 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. | |
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be | |
3 // found in the LICENSE file. | |
4 | |
5 #ifndef BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_ | |
6 #define BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_ | |
7 #pragma once | |
8 | |
9 #include "base/tracked.h" | |
10 | |
11 class Task; | |
12 | |
13 // This is a facility that runs tasks that don't require a specific thread or | |
14 // a message loop. | |
15 // | |
16 // WARNING: This shouldn't be used unless absolutely necessary. We don't wait | |
17 // for the worker pool threads to finish on shutdown, so the tasks running | |
18 // inside the pool must be extremely careful about other objects they access | |
19 // (MessageLoops, Singletons, etc). During shutdown these object may no longer | |
20 // exist. | |
21 class WorkerPool { | |
22 public: | |
23 // This function posts |task| to run on a worker thread. |task_is_slow| | |
24 // should be used for tasks that will take a long time to execute. Returns | |
25 // false if |task| could not be posted to a worker thread. Regardless of | |
26 // return value, ownership of |task| is transferred to the worker pool. | |
27 static bool PostTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, | |
28 Task* task, bool task_is_slow); | |
29 }; | |
30 | |
31 #endif // BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_ | |
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