utilities/include/workerthread.h

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#ifndef WORKERTHREAD_H
#define WORKERTHREAD_H

#include "utilitiesconfig.h"
#include <QThread>
#include <QMutex>
#include <QWaitCondition>
#include <QQueue>
#include <QList>
#include "baseexception.h"

namespace farsa {

class FARSA_UTIL_TEMPLATE UnknownException : public BaseException
{
public:
    UnknownException() throw() :
        BaseException()
    {
    }

    UnknownException(const UnknownException& other) throw() :
        BaseException(other)
    {
    }

    UnknownException& operator=(const UnknownException& other) throw()
    {
        if (&other == this) {
            return *this;
        }

        BaseException::operator=(other);

        return *this;
    }

    virtual ~UnknownException() throw()
    {
    }

    virtual const char *what() const throw()
    {
        return "Unknown exception thrown by a ThreadOperation, cannot provide further information";
    }

    EXCEPTION_HELPER_FUNCTIONS(UnknownException)
};

class FARSA_UTIL_TEMPLATE ThreadOperation {
public:
    virtual ~ThreadOperation() { };
    virtual void stop() = 0;
    virtual void run() = 0;
};

class FARSA_UTIL_API WorkerThread : public QThread {
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    WorkerThread( QObject* parent );
    ~WorkerThread();
    void addOperation( ThreadOperation* operation );
    void stopCurrentOperation();
    void run();
    void quit();

signals:
    void exceptionDuringOperation(BaseException *e);

private:
    QQueue<ThreadOperation*> operations;
    QMutex mutex;
    QWaitCondition waitForOperationsToDo;
    ThreadOperation* operation;
    bool quitRequested;
    QList<BaseException *> exceptions;
};

} // end namespace farsa

#endif