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/*
 * Copyright (C)2005-2019 Haxe Foundation
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
 * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
 * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
 * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

package sys.thread;

#if (!target.threaded)
#error "This class is not available on this target"
#end

private typedef ThreadImpl = {};

extern abstract Thread(ThreadImpl) from ThreadImpl {
	/**
		Event loop of this thread (if available).

		Note that by default event loop is only available in the main thread.
		To setup an event loop in other threads use `sys.thread.Thread.runWithEventLoop`
		or create new threads with built-in event loops using `sys.thread.Thread.createWithEventLoop`
	**/
	public var events(get,never):EventLoop;

	/**
		Send a message to the thread queue. This message can be read by using `readMessage`.
	**/
	public function sendMessage(msg:Dynamic):Void;

	/**
		Returns the current thread.
	**/
	public static function current():Thread;

	/**
		Creates a new thread that will execute the `job` function, then exit.

		This function does not setup an event loop for a new thread.
	**/
	public static function create(job:()->Void):Thread;

	/**
		Simply execute `job` if current thread already has an event loop.

		But if current thread does not have an event loop: setup event loop,
		run `job` and then destroy event loop. And in this case this function
		does not return until no more events left to run.
	**/
	public static function runWithEventLoop(job:()->Void):Void;

	/**
		This is logically equal to `Thread.create(() -> Thread.runWithEventLoop(job));`
	**/
	public static function createWithEventLoop(job:()->Void):Thread;

	/**
		Reads a message from the thread queue. If `block` is true, the function
		blocks until a message is available. If `block` is false, the function
		returns `null` if no message is available.
	**/
	public static function readMessage(block:Bool):Dynamic;

	/**
		Run event loop of the current thread
	**/
	private static function processEvents():Void;
}