lyx_mirror/src/support/forkedcontr.h
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// -*- C++ -*-
/**
* \file forkedcontr.h
* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
*
* \author Asger Alstrup Nielsen
* \author Angus Leeming
*
* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
*
* A class for the control of child processes launched using
* fork() and execvp().
*/
#ifndef FORKEDCONTR_H
#define FORKEDCONTR_H
#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
# include <sys/types.h>
#endif
#include <list>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
namespace lyx {
namespace support {
class ForkedProcess;
class ForkedcallsController {
public:
/// Get hold of the only controller that can exist inside the process.
static ForkedcallsController & get();
/// Add a new child process to the list of controlled processes.
void addCall(ForkedProcess const &);
/** Those child processes that are found to have finished are removed
* from the list and their callback function is passed the final
* return state.
*/
void handleCompletedProcesses();
/** Kill this process prematurely and remove it from the list.
* The process is killed within tolerance secs.
* See forkedcall.[Ch] for details.
*/
void kill(pid_t, int tolerance = 5);
private:
ForkedcallsController();
ForkedcallsController(ForkedcallsController const &);
~ForkedcallsController();
typedef boost::shared_ptr<ForkedProcess> ForkedProcessPtr;
typedef std::list<ForkedProcessPtr> ListType;
typedef ListType::iterator iterator;
iterator find_pid(pid_t);
/// The child processes
ListType forkedCalls;
};
#if defined(_WIN32)
// a wrapper for GetLastError() and FormatMessage().
std::string const getChildErrorMessage();
#endif
} // namespace support
} // namespace lyx
#endif // FORKEDCONTR_H