Method: Hopper#start

Defined in:
lib/hopper.rb

#start ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/hopper.rb', line 23

def start
  @running = true
  @thread = Thread.new do
    while @running
      timed_out = false

      # wait for signal or timeout
      @signal_mutex.synchronize {
        if @condvar.wait(@signal_mutex, @timeout) then
          timed_out = false
        else
          timed_out = true
        end
      }

      # yield passed block
      @hopper_mutex.synchronize {
        if @always || @hopper.size > 0
          @block.call @hopper, timed_out if @block
        end
        @hopper = Array.new
        @condvar.signal if @exact
      }

    end
  end
end