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+# This file is part of NIT (http://www.nitlanguage.org).
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Simple example using threadpool
+module threadpool_example
+
+import threadpool
+
+# Task printing "hello world" on standard output
+class HWTask
+ super Task
+
+ # Sleeping time
+ var sec: Int
+
+ # id
+ var id: Int
+ redef fun main do
+ print "Hello from {id}"
+ nanosleep(sec, 0)
+ print "World from {id}"
+ end
+end
+
+var tp = new ThreadPool
+for i in 100.times do
+ var t = new HWTask(2.rand, i)
+ tp.execute(t)
+end
+
+nanosleep(20,10)
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+# This file is part of NIT (http://www.nitlanguage.org).
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Introduces a minimal ThreadPool implementation using Tasks
+module threadpool
+
+intrude import pthreads
+import concurrent_collections
+
+# A simple ThreadPool implemented with an array
+class ThreadPool
+ private var queue = new ConcurrentList[Task].wrap(new List[Task])
+ private var mutex = new Mutex
+ private var cond = new NativePthreadCond
+
+ # Number of threads used
+ var nb_threads: Int is noinit
+
+ init do
+ for i in [0..nb_threads[ do
+ var t = new PoolThread(queue, mutex, cond)
+ t.start
+ end
+ end
+
+ private fun set_nb_threads(nb: nullable Int) is autoinit do nb_threads = nb or else 5
+
+ # Adds a Task into the queue
+ fun execute(task: Task) do
+ queue.push(task)
+ cond.signal
+ end
+end
+
+# A Thread running in a threadpool
+private class PoolThread
+ super Thread
+
+ var queue: ConcurrentList[Task]
+ var mutex: Mutex
+ var cond : NativePthreadCond
+
+ redef fun main do
+ loop
+ var t: nullable Task = null
+ mutex.lock
+ if queue.is_empty then cond.wait(mutex.native.as(not null))
+ if not queue.is_empty then
+ t = queue.pop
+ end
+ mutex.unlock
+ if t != null then t.main
+ end
+ end
+end