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diff --git a/xpcom/threads/nsIThreadPool.idl b/xpcom/threads/nsIThreadPool.idl new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d04e8504a --- /dev/null +++ b/xpcom/threads/nsIThreadPool.idl @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ +/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et cindent: */ +/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public + * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this + * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ + +#include "nsIEventTarget.idl" + +[scriptable, uuid(ef194cab-3f86-4b61-b132-e5e96a79e5d1)] +interface nsIThreadPoolListener : nsISupports +{ + /** + * Called when a new thread is created by the thread pool. The notification + * happens on the newly-created thread. + */ + void onThreadCreated(); + + /** + * Called when a thread is about to be destroyed by the thread pool. The + * notification happens on the thread that is about to be destroyed. + */ + void onThreadShuttingDown(); +}; + +/** + * An interface to a thread pool. A thread pool creates a limited number of + * anonymous (unnamed) worker threads. An event dispatched to the thread pool + * will be run on the next available worker thread. + */ +[scriptable, uuid(76ce99c9-8e43-489a-9789-f27cc4424965)] +interface nsIThreadPool : nsIEventTarget +{ + /** + * Shutdown the thread pool. This method may not be executed from any thread + * in the thread pool. Instead, it is meant to be executed from another + * thread (usually the thread that created this thread pool). When this + * function returns, the thread pool and all of its threads will be shutdown, + * and it will no longer be possible to dispatch tasks to the thread pool. + * + * As a side effect, events on the current thread will be processed. + */ + void shutdown(); + + /** + * Get/set the maximum number of threads allowed at one time in this pool. + */ + attribute unsigned long threadLimit; + + /** + * Get/set the maximum number of idle threads kept alive. + */ + attribute unsigned long idleThreadLimit; + + /** + * Get/set the amount of time in milliseconds before an idle thread is + * destroyed. + */ + attribute unsigned long idleThreadTimeout; + + /** + * Get/set the number of bytes reserved for the stack of all threads in + * the pool. By default this is nsIThreadManager::DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE. + */ + attribute unsigned long threadStackSize; + + /** + * An optional listener that will be notified when a thread is created or + * destroyed in the course of the thread pool's operation. + * + * A listener will only receive notifications about threads created after the + * listener is set so it is recommended that the consumer set the listener + * before dispatching the first event. A listener that receives an + * onThreadCreated() notification is guaranteed to always receive the + * corresponding onThreadShuttingDown() notification. + * + * The thread pool takes ownership of the listener and releases it when the + * shutdown() method is called. Threads created after the listener is set will + * also take ownership of the listener so that the listener will be kept alive + * long enough to receive the guaranteed onThreadShuttingDown() notification. + */ + attribute nsIThreadPoolListener listener; + + /** + * Set the label for threads in the pool. All threads will be named + * "<aName> #<n>", where <n> is a serial number. + */ + void setName(in ACString aName); +}; |