Class: ThreadSender

Inherits:
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Defined in:
lib/ffi-tk/thread_sender.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ ThreadSender

Returns a new instance of ThreadSender.



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# File 'lib/ffi-tk/thread_sender.rb', line 3

def initialize
  @queue = Queue.new
  @thread = Thread.new{ reaper }
end

Instance Method Details

#reaper ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ffi-tk/thread_sender.rb', line 8

def reaper
  loop do
    block, response_queue = *@queue.pop
    response_queue.push(block.call)
  end
end

#thread_send ⇒ Object

If callbacks are invoked within a thread_send, we process them inside the same thread. Calling pop on the queue would cause deadlocks.



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# File 'lib/ffi-tk/thread_sender.rb', line 18

def thread_send
  if @thread == Thread.current
    yield
  else
    response_queue = Queue.new
    @queue.push([Proc.new, response_queue])
    response_queue.pop
  end
end