gecko-dev/xpcom/threads/nsIThreadManager.idl

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#include "nsISupports.idl"

[ptr] native PRThread(PRThread);

interface nsIRunnable;
interface nsIThread;

[scriptable, function, uuid(039a227d-0cb7-44a5-a8f9-dbb7071979f2)]
interface nsINestedEventLoopCondition : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Returns true if the current nested event loop should stop spinning.
   */
  bool isDone();
};

/**
 * An interface for creating and locating nsIThread instances.
 */
[scriptable, uuid(1be89eca-e2f7-453b-8d38-c11ba247f6f3)]
interface nsIThreadManager : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Default number of bytes reserved for a thread's stack, if no stack size
   * is specified in newThread(). 0 means use platform default.
   */
  const unsigned long DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE = 0;

  /**
   * Create a new thread (a global, user PRThread).
   *
   * @param creationFlags
   *   Reserved for future use.  Pass 0.
   * @param stackSize
   *   Number of bytes to reserve for the thread's stack.
   *
   * @returns
   *   The newly created nsIThread object.
   */
  nsIThread newThread(in unsigned long creationFlags, [optional] in unsigned long stackSize);

  /**
   * Create a new thread (a global, user PRThread) with the specified name.
   *
   * @param name
   *   The name of the thread. Passing an empty name is equivalent to
   *   calling newThread(0, stackSize), i.e. the thread will not be named.
   * @param stackSize
   *   Number of bytes to reserve for the thread's stack.
   *
   * @returns
   *   The newly created nsIThread object.
   */
  [noscript] nsIThread newNamedThread(in ACString name, [optional] in unsigned long stackSize);

  /**
   * Get the nsIThread object (if any) corresponding to the given PRThread.
   * This method returns null if there is no corresponding nsIThread.
   *
   * @param prthread
   *   The PRThread of the nsIThread being requested.
   *
   * @returns
   *   The nsIThread object corresponding to the given PRThread or null if no
   *   such nsIThread exists.
   */
  [noscript] nsIThread getThreadFromPRThread(in PRThread prthread);

  /**
   * Get the main thread.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIThread mainThread;

  /**
   * Get the current thread.  If the calling thread does not already have a
   * nsIThread associated with it, then a new nsIThread will be created and
   * associated with the current PRThread.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIThread currentThread;

  /**
   * This queues a runnable to the main thread. It's a shortcut for JS callers
   * to be used instead of
   *   .mainThread.dispatch(runnable, Ci.nsIEventTarget.DISPATCH_NORMAL);
   * or
   *   .currentThread.dispatch(runnable, Ci.nsIEventTarget.DISPATCH_NORMAL);
   * C++ callers should instead use NS_DispatchToMainThread.
   */
  void dispatchToMainThread(in nsIRunnable event);

  /**
   * This queues a runnable to the main thread's idle queue.
   *
   * @param event
   *   The event to dispatch.
   * @param timeout
   *   The time in milliseconds until this event should be moved from the idle
   *   queue to the regular queue if it hasn't been executed by then.  If not
   *   passed or a zero value is specified, the event will never be moved to
   *   the regular queue.
   */
  void idleDispatchToMainThread(in nsIRunnable event,
                                [optional] in uint32_t timeout);
                                
  /**
   * Enter a nested event loop on the current thread, waiting on, and
   * processing events until condition.isDone() returns true.
   *
   * If condition.isDone() throws, this function will throw as well.
   *
   * C++ code should not use this function, instead preferring
   * mozilla::SpinEventLoopUntil.
   */
  void spinEventLoopUntil(in nsINestedEventLoopCondition condition);

  /**
   * Spin the current thread's event loop until there are no more pending
   * events.  This could be done with spinEventLoopUntil, but that would
   * require access to the current thread from JavaScript, which we are
   * moving away from.
   */
  void spinEventLoopUntilEmpty();
};