• Home
  • Line#
  • Scopes#
  • Navigate#
  • Raw
  • Download
1 // Copyright 2013 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
3 // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
4 // met:
5 //
6 //     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
7 //       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
8 //     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
9 //       copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
10 //       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
11 //       with the distribution.
12 //     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
13 //       contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
14 //       from this software without specific prior written permission.
15 //
16 // THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
17 // "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
18 // LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
19 // A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
20 // OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
21 // SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
22 // LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
23 // DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
24 // THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
25 // (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
26 // OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
27 
28 #ifndef V8_V8_PLATFORM_H_
29 #define V8_V8_PLATFORM_H_
30 
31 #include "v8.h"
32 
33 namespace v8 {
34 
35 /**
36  * A Task represents a unit of work.
37  */
38 class Task {
39  public:
~Task()40   virtual ~Task() {}
41 
42   virtual void Run() = 0;
43 };
44 
45 /**
46  * V8 Platform abstraction layer.
47  *
48  * The embedder has to provide an implementation of this interface before
49  * initializing the rest of V8.
50  */
51 class Platform {
52  public:
53   /**
54    * This enum is used to indicate whether a task is potentially long running,
55    * or causes a long wait. The embedder might want to use this hint to decide
56    * whether to execute the task on a dedicated thread.
57    */
58   enum ExpectedRuntime {
59     kShortRunningTask,
60     kLongRunningTask
61   };
62 
63   /**
64    * Schedules a task to be invoked on a background thread. |expected_runtime|
65    * indicates that the task will run a long time. The Platform implementation
66    * takes ownership of |task|. There is no guarantee about order of execution
67    * of tasks wrt order of scheduling, nor is there a guarantee about the
68    * thread the task will be run on.
69    */
70   virtual void CallOnBackgroundThread(Task* task,
71                                       ExpectedRuntime expected_runtime) = 0;
72 
73   /**
74    * Schedules a task to be invoked on a foreground thread wrt a specific
75    * |isolate|. Tasks posted for the same isolate should be execute in order of
76    * scheduling. The definition of "foreground" is opaque to V8.
77    */
78   virtual void CallOnForegroundThread(Isolate* isolate, Task* task) = 0;
79 
80  protected:
~Platform()81   virtual ~Platform() {}
82 };
83 
84 }  // namespace v8
85 
86 #endif  // V8_V8_PLATFORM_H_
87