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nih-plug/src/event_loop.rs
Robbert van der Helm b209c9caf3 Move the event loop to its own module
Now that the context module is becoming larger and larger.
2022-02-28 12:57:01 +01:00

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//! An internal event loop for spooling tasks to the/a GUI thread.
use std::sync::Weak;
#[cfg(all(target_family = "unix", not(target_os = "macos")))]
mod linux;
// For now, also use the Linux event loop on macOS so it at least compiles
#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
mod linux;
#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
mod windows;
#[cfg(all(target_family = "unix", not(target_os = "macos")))]
pub(crate) use self::linux::LinuxEventLoop as OsEventLoop;
// For now, also use the Linux event loop on macOS so it at least compiles
#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
pub(crate) use self::linux::LinuxEventLoop as OsEventLoop;
#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
pub(crate) use self::windows::WindowsEventLoop as OsEventLoop;
pub(crate) const TASK_QUEUE_CAPACITY: usize = 512;
/// A trait describing the functionality of the platform-specific event loop that can execute tasks
/// of type `T` in executor `E`. Posting a task to the internal task queue should be realtime safe.
/// This event loop should be created during the wrapper's initial initialization on the main
/// thread.
///
/// This is never used generically, but having this as a trait will cause any missing functions on
/// an implementation to show up as compiler errors even when using a different platform. And since
/// the tasks and executor will be sent to a thread, they need to have static lifetimes.
///
/// TODO: At some point rethink the design to make it possible to have a singleton message queue for
/// all instances of a plugin.
pub(crate) trait EventLoop<T, E>
where
T: Send + 'static,
E: MainThreadExecutor<T> + 'static,
{
/// Create and start a new event loop. The thread this is called on will be designated as the
/// main thread, so this should be called when constructing the wrapper.
fn new_and_spawn(executor: Weak<E>) -> Self;
/// Either post the function to the task queue so it can be delegated to the main thread, or
/// execute the task directly if this is the main thread. This function needs to be callable at
/// any time without blocking.
///
/// If the task queue is full, then this will return false.
#[must_use]
fn do_maybe_async(&self, task: T) -> bool;
/// Whether the calling thread is the event loop's main thread. This is usually the thread the
/// event loop instance was initialized on.
fn is_main_thread(&self) -> bool;
}
/// Something that can execute tasks of type `T`.
pub(crate) trait MainThreadExecutor<T>: Send + Sync {
/// Execute a task on the current thread. This should only be called from the main thread.
///
/// # Safety
///
/// This is not actually unsafe in the typical Rust sense. But the implemnting function will
/// assume (and can only assume) that this is called from the main thread.
unsafe fn execute(&self, task: T);
}