note
	description: "Class defining an Eiffel thread of execution using an agent for its internal action."
	legal: "See notice at end of class."
	status: "See notice at end of class."
	date: "$Date: 2017-03-30 11:54:40 +0000 (Thu, 30 Mar 2017) $"
	revision: "$Revision: 100070 $"

class interface
	WORKER_THREAD

create 
	make (a_action: PROCEDURE)
			-- Create worker thread for a_action.
		require
			thread_capable: {PLATFORM}.is_thread_capable

	make_with_procedure (a_action: PROCEDURE)
			-- Create worker thread for a_action.
		require
			thread_capable: {PLATFORM}.is_thread_capable

feature -- Initialization

	execute_procedure
			-- Routine executed when thread is launched.
	
feature -- Access

	current_thread_id: POINTER
			-- Thread identifier of the Current thread
			-- (from THREAD_ENVIRONMENT)

	generating_type: TYPE [detachable WORKER_THREAD]
			-- Type of current object
			-- (type of which it is a direct instance)
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			generating_type_not_void: Result /= Void

	generator: STRING_8
			-- Name of current object's generating class
			-- (base class of the type of which it is a direct instance)
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			generator_not_void: Result /= Void
			generator_not_empty: not Result.is_empty

	terminated: BOOLEAN
			-- True if the thread has terminated.
			-- (from THREAD)

	thread_id: POINTER
			-- Thread-id of the current thread object.
			-- (from THREAD)
	
feature -- Comparison

	frozen deep_equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are a and b either both void
			-- or attached to isomorphic object structures?
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			shallow_implies_deep: standard_equal (a, b) implies Result
			both_or_none_void: (a = Void) implies (Result = (b = Void))
			same_type: (Result and (a /= Void)) implies (b /= Void and then a.same_type (b))
			symmetric: Result implies deep_equal (b, a)

	frozen equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are a and b either both void or attached
			-- to objects considered equal?
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			definition: Result = (a = Void and b = Void) or else ((a /= Void and b /= Void) and then a.is_equal (b))

	frozen is_deep_equal alias "≡≡≡" (other: WORKER_THREAD): BOOLEAN
			-- Are Current and other attached to isomorphic object structures?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			shallow_implies_deep: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result
			same_type: Result implies same_type (other)
			symmetric: Result implies other.is_deep_equal (Current)

	is_equal (other: WORKER_THREAD): BOOLEAN
			-- Is other attached to an object considered
			-- equal to current object?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			symmetric: Result implies other ~ Current
			consistent: standard_is_equal (other) implies Result

	frozen standard_equal (a: detachable ANY; b: like arg #1): BOOLEAN
			-- Are a and b either both void or attached to
			-- field-by-field identical objects of the same type?
			-- Always uses default object comparison criterion.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			definition: Result = (a = Void and b = Void) or else ((a /= Void and b /= Void) and then a.standard_is_equal (b))

	frozen standard_is_equal alias "≜" (other: WORKER_THREAD): BOOLEAN
			-- Is other attached to an object of the same type
			-- as current object, and field-by-field identical to it?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			same_type: Result implies same_type (other)
			symmetric: Result implies other.standard_is_equal (Current)
	
feature -- Status report

	conforms_to (other: ANY): BOOLEAN
			-- Does type of current object conform to type
			-- of other (as per Eiffel: The Language, chapter 13)?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void

	is_exit_supported: BOOLEAN
			-- Can exit be called?
			-- (from THREAD)
		ensure -- from THREAD
			is_class: class

	is_last_launch_successful: BOOLEAN
			-- Was the last call to launch or launch_with_attributes in current thread
			-- of execution successful?
			-- (from THREAD)

	is_launchable: BOOLEAN
			-- Can we launch a new thread?
			-- (from THREAD)

	same_type (other: ANY): BOOLEAN
			-- Is type of current object identical to type of other?
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			definition: Result = (conforms_to (other) and other.conforms_to (Current))
	
feature -- Duplication

	copy (other: WORKER_THREAD)
			-- Update current object using fields of object attached
			-- to other, so as to yield equal objects.
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_equal: Current ~ other

	frozen deep_copy (other: WORKER_THREAD)
			-- Effect equivalent to that of:
			--		copy (other . deep_twin)
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
		ensure -- from ANY
			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, other)

	frozen deep_twin: WORKER_THREAD
			-- New object structure recursively duplicated from Current.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			deep_twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			deep_equal: deep_equal (Current, Result)

	frozen standard_copy (other: WORKER_THREAD)
			-- Copy every field of other onto corresponding field
			-- of current object.
			-- (from ANY)
		require -- from ANY
			other_not_void: other /= Void
			type_identity: same_type (other)
		ensure -- from ANY
			is_standard_equal: standard_is_equal (other)

	frozen standard_twin: WORKER_THREAD
			-- New object field-by-field identical to other.
			-- Always uses default copying semantics.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			standard_twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			equal: standard_equal (Result, Current)

	frozen twin: WORKER_THREAD
			-- New object equal to Current
			-- twin calls copy; to change copying/twinning semantics, redefine copy.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			twin_not_void: Result /= Void
			is_equal: Result ~ Current
	
feature -- Basic operations

	frozen default: detachable WORKER_THREAD
			-- Default value of object's type
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen default_pointer: POINTER
			-- Default value of type POINTER
			-- (Avoid the need to write p.default for
			-- some p of type POINTER.)
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class

	default_rescue
			-- Process exception for routines with no Rescue clause.
			-- (Default: do nothing.)
			-- (from ANY)

	frozen do_nothing
			-- Execute a null action.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class

	exit
			-- Exit calling thread. Must be called from the thread itself.
			-- (from THREAD)
		require -- from THREAD
			is_exit_supported: is_exit_supported
			self: current_thread_id = thread_id

	frozen launch
			-- Initialize a new thread running execute.
			-- Set is_last_launch_successful to True if successful, False otherwise.			
			-- (from THREAD)
		require -- from THREAD
			thread_capable: {PLATFORM}.is_thread_capable
			is_launchable: is_launchable

	frozen launch_with_attributes (attr: THREAD_ATTRIBUTES)
			-- Initialize a new thread running execute, using attributes.
			-- Set is_last_launch_successful to True if successful, False otherwise.
			-- (from THREAD)
		require -- from THREAD
			thread_capable: {PLATFORM}.is_thread_capable
			is_launchable: is_launchable

	sleep (nanoseconds: INTEGER_64)
			-- Suspend thread execution for interval specified in
			-- nanoseconds (1 nanosecond = 10^(-9) second).
			-- (from THREAD)
		require -- from THREAD
			self: current_thread_id = thread_id
			non_negative_nanoseconds: nanoseconds >= 0
	
feature -- Output

	Io: STD_FILES
			-- Handle to standard file setup
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			io_not_void: Result /= Void

	out: STRING_8
			-- New string containing terse printable representation
			-- of current object
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			out_not_void: Result /= Void

	print (o: detachable ANY)
			-- Write terse external representation of o
			-- on standard output.
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class

	frozen tagged_out: STRING_8
			-- New string containing terse printable representation
			-- of current object
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			tagged_out_not_void: Result /= Void
	
feature -- Platform

	Operating_environment: OPERATING_ENVIRONMENT
			-- Objects available from the operating system
			-- (from ANY)
		ensure -- from ANY
			instance_free: class
			operating_environment_not_void: Result /= Void
	
feature -- Synchronization

	join
			-- The calling thread waits for the current child thread to terminate.
			-- (from THREAD)

	join_all
			-- The calling thread waits for all other threads to terminate.
			-- (from THREAD_CONTROL)

	join_with_timeout (a_timeout_ms: NATURAL_64): BOOLEAN
			-- The calling thread waits for the current child thread to
			-- terminate for at most a_timeout_ms milliseconds.
			-- True if wait terminates within a_timeout_ms, False otherwise.
			-- (from THREAD)

	yield
			-- The calling thread yields its execution in favor of another
			-- thread for an OS specific amount of time.
			-- (from THREAD_CONTROL)
	
invariant
		-- from ANY
	reflexive_equality: standard_is_equal (Current)
	reflexive_conformance: conforms_to (Current)

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end -- class WORKER_THREAD

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