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DDS_Condition and DDS_WaitSet and related items. More...
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typedef struct DDS_ConditionImpl | DDS_Condition |
<<interface>> <<cert>> Root class for all the conditions that may be attached to a DDS_WaitSet. | |
typedef struct DDS_GuardConditionImpl | DDS_GuardCondition |
<<interface>> <<cert>> A specific DDS_Condition whose trigger_value is completely under the control of the application. | |
typedef struct DDS_StatusConditionImpl | DDS_StatusCondition |
<<interface>> <<cert>> A specific DDS_Condition that is associated with each DDS_Entity. | |
typedef struct DDS_WaitSetImpl | DDS_WaitSet |
<<interface>> <<cert>> Allows an application to wait until one or more of the attached DDS_Condition objects has a trigger_value of DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE or else until the timeout expires. |
DDS_Condition and DDS_WaitSet and related items.
typedef struct DDS_ConditionImpl DDS_Condition |
<<interface>> <<cert>> Root class for all the conditions that may be attached to a DDS_WaitSet.
This basic class is specialised in two classes:
DDS_GuardCondition and DDS_StatusCondition.
A DDS_Condition has a trigger_value
that can be DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE or DDS_BOOLEAN_FALSE and is set automatically by RTI Connext DDS Micro.
typedef struct DDS_GuardConditionImpl DDS_GuardCondition |
<<interface>> <<cert>> A specific DDS_Condition whose trigger_value
is completely under the control of the application.
The DDS_GuardCondition provides a way for an application to manually wake up a DDS_WaitSet. This is accomplished by attaching the DDS_GuardCondition to the DDS_WaitSet and then setting the trigger_value
by means of the DDS_GuardCondition_set_trigger_value operation.
typedef struct DDS_StatusConditionImpl DDS_StatusCondition |
<<interface>> <<cert>> A specific DDS_Condition that is associated with each DDS_Entity.
The trigger_value
of the DDS_StatusCondition depends on the communication status of that entity (e.g., arrival of data, loss of information, etc.), 'filtered' by the set of enabled_statuses
on the DDS_StatusCondition.
This release supports the following subset of communication statuses that can be assocated with a DDS_StatusCondition :
typedef struct DDS_WaitSetImpl DDS_WaitSet |
<<interface>> <<cert>> Allows an application to wait until one or more of the attached DDS_Condition objects has a trigger_value
of DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE or else until the timeout expires.
DDS_Condition (s) (in conjunction with wait-sets) provide an alternative mechanism to allow the middleware to communicate communication status changes (including arrival of data) to the application.
This mechanism is wait-based. Its general use pattern is as follows:
trigger_value
of one or several DDS_Condition objects become DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE. active_conditions
, the list of DDS_Condition objects with trigger_value
== DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE) to actually get the information: by calling DDS_Entity_get_status_changes and then get_<communication_status>
() on the relevant DDS_Entity, if the condition is a DDS_StatusCondition and the status changes, refer to plain communication status;
by calling DDS_Entity_get_status_changes and then FooDataReader_read() or FooDataReader_take on the relevant DDS_DataReader, if the condition is a DDS_StatusCondition and the status changes refers to DDS_DATA_AVAILABLE_STATUS;
Usually the first step is done in an initialization phase, while the others are put in the application main loop.
As there is no extra information passed from the middleware to the application when a wait returns (only the list of triggered DDS_Condition objects), DDS_Condition objects are meant to embed all that is needed to react properly when enabled. In particular, DDS_Entity-related conditions are related to exactly one DDS_Entity and cannot be shared.
The result of a DDS_WaitSet_wait operation depends on the state of the DDS_WaitSet, which in turn depends on whether at least one attached DDS_Condition has a trigger_value
of DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE. If the wait operation is called on DDS_WaitSet with state BLOCKED, it will block the calling thread. If wait is called on a DDS_WaitSet with state UNBLOCKED, it will return immediately. In addition, when the DDS_WaitSet transitions from BLOCKED to UNBLOCKED it wakes up any threads that had called wait on it.
A key aspect of the DDS_Condition/DDS_WaitSet mechanism is the setting of the trigger_value
of each DDS_Condition.
The trigger_value
of a DDS_StatusCondition is the boolean OR of the ChangedStatusFlag of all the communication statuses (see Status Kinds) to which it is sensitive. That is, trigger_value
== DDS_BOOLEAN_FALSE only if all the values of the ChangedStatusFlags are DDS_BOOLEAN_FALSE.
The sensitivity of the DDS_StatusCondition to a particular communication status is controlled by the list of enabled_statuses
set on the condition by means of the DDS_StatusCondition_set_enabled_statuses operation.
The trigger_value
of a DDS_GuardCondition is completely controlled by the application via the operation DDS_GuardCondition_set_trigger_value.
DDS_Boolean DDS_Condition_get_trigger_value | ( | DDS_Condition * | self | ) |
DDS_Condition* DDS_GuardCondition_as_condition | ( | DDS_GuardCondition * | guard_cond | ) |
<<cert>> Access a DDS_GuardCondition's supertype instance.
guard_cond | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
DDS_GuardCondition* DDS_GuardCondition_new | ( | void | ) |
<<cert>> No argument constructor.
Construct a new guard condition on the heap.
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_GuardCondition_delete | ( | DDS_GuardCondition * | self | ) |
Destructor.
Releases the resources associated with this object.
Deleting a NULL condition is safe and has no effect.
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_GuardCondition_set_trigger_value | ( | DDS_GuardCondition * | self, |
DDS_Boolean | value | ||
) |
DDS_Condition* DDS_StatusCondition_as_condition | ( | DDS_StatusCondition * | statusCondition | ) |
<<cert>> Access a DDS_StatusCondition's supertype instance.
statusCondition | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
DDS_StatusMask DDS_StatusCondition_get_enabled_statuses | ( | DDS_StatusCondition * | self | ) |
<<cert>> Get the list of statuses enabled on an DDS_Entity.
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_StatusCondition_set_enabled_statuses | ( | DDS_StatusCondition * | self, |
DDS_StatusMask | mask | ||
) |
<<cert>> This operation defines the list of communication statuses that determine the trigger_value
of the DDS_StatusCondition.
This operation may change the trigger_value
of the DDS_StatusCondition.
DDS_WaitSet objects' behavior depends on the changes of the trigger_value
of their attached conditions. Therefore, any DDS_WaitSet to which the DDS_StatusCondition is attached is potentially affected by this operation.
If this function is not invoked, the default list of enabled statuses includes all the statuses.
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
mask | <<in>> the list of enables statuses (see Status Kinds) |
DDS_Entity* DDS_StatusCondition_get_entity | ( | DDS_StatusCondition * | self | ) |
<<cert>> Get the DDS_Entity associated with the DDS_StatusCondition.
There is exactly one DDS_Entity assocated with each DDS_StatusCondition.
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
DDS_WaitSet* DDS_WaitSet_new | ( | void | ) |
<<cert>> Create a new, empty waitset.
Create a new waitset. The waitset does not have a factory, so for this reason the waitset is allocated from the heap. A waitset maintains a list of conditions that have been attached with DDS_WaitSet_attach.
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_WaitSet_wait | ( | DDS_WaitSet * | self, |
struct DDS_ConditionSeq * | active_conditions, | ||
const struct DDS_Duration_t * | timeout | ||
) |
<<cert>> Allows an application thread to wait for the occurrence of certain conditions.
If none of the conditions attached to the DDS_WaitSet have a trigger_value
of DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE, the wait operation will block suspending the calling thread.
The result of the wait operation is the list of all the attached conditions that have a trigger_value
of DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE (i.e., the conditions that unblocked the wait).
Note: The resolution of the timeout
period is constrained by the resolution of the system clock.
The wait operation takes a timeout
argument that specifies the maximum duration for the wait. If this duration is exceeded and none of the attached DDS_Condition objects is DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE, wait will return with the return code DDS_RETCODE_TIMEOUT. In this case, the resulting list of conditions will be empty.
Note: The resolution of the timeout
period is constrained by the resolution of the system clock.
DDS_RETCODE_TIMEOUT will not be returned when the timeout
duration is exceeded if attached DDS_Condition objects are DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE, or in the case of a DDS_WaitSet waiting for more than one trigger event, if one or more trigger events have occurred.
It is not allowable for for more than one application thread to be waiting on the same DDS_WaitSet. If the wait operation is invoked on a DDS_WaitSet that already has a thread blocking on it, the operation will return immediately with the value DDS_RETCODE_PRECONDITION_NOT_MET.
active_conditions | <<inout>> a valid non-NULL DDS_ConditionSeq object. Note that RTI Connext DDS Micro will not allocate a new object if active_conditions is NULL; the function will return DDS_RETCODE_PRECONDITION_NOT_MET. |
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
timeout | <<in>> a wait timeout |
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_WaitSet_attach_condition | ( | DDS_WaitSet * | self, |
DDS_Condition * | cond | ||
) |
<<cert>> Attaches a DDS_Condition to the DDS_WaitSet.
It is possible to attach a DDS_Condition on a DDS_WaitSet that is currently being waited upon (via the wait operation). In this case, if the DDS_Condition has a trigger_value
of DDS_BOOLEAN_TRUE, then attaching the condition will unblock the DDS_WaitSet.
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_WaitSet_delete | ( | DDS_WaitSet * | self | ) |
Destructor.
Releases the resources asociated with this DDS_WaitSet. This function is not thread-safe. Only one thread should be deleting a DDS_WaitSet. If a thread is blocked on a DDS_WaitSet that is being deleted the blocked thread will be unblocked and DDS_WaitSet_wait will return DDS_RETCODE_ALREADY_DELETED.
Freeing a null pointer is safe and does nothing.
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_WaitSet_detach_condition | ( | DDS_WaitSet * | self, |
DDS_Condition * | cond | ||
) |
Detaches a DDS_Condition from the DDS_WaitSet.
If the DDS_Condition was not attached to the DDS_WaitSet the operation will return DDS_RETCODE_BAD_PARAMETER.
DDS_ReturnCode_t DDS_WaitSet_get_conditions | ( | DDS_WaitSet * | self, |
struct DDS_ConditionSeq * | attached_conditions | ||
) |
<<cert>> Retrieves the list of attached DDS_Condition (s).
self | <<in>> Cannot be NULL. |
attached_conditions | <<inout>> a DDS_ConditionSeq object where the list of attached conditions will be returned |