source_block Class

The source_block class is an abstract base class for source-only blocks. The class provides basic link management functionality as well as common error checks.

template<
   class _TargetLinkRegistry,
   class _MessageProcessorType = ordered_message_processor<typename _TargetLinkRegistry::type::type>
>
class source_block : public ISource<typename _TargetLinkRegistry::type::type>;

Parameters

• _TargetLinkRegistry
  Link registry to be used for holding the target links.

• _MessageProcessorType
  Processor type for message processing.

Members

Public Typedefs

Name	Description
target_iterator	The iterator to walk the connected targets.

Public Constructors

Name	Description
source_block::source_block Constructor	Constructs a source_block object.
source_block::~source_block Destructor	Destroys the source_block object.

Public Methods

Name	Description
source_block::accept Method	Accepts a message that was offered by this source_block object, transferring ownership to the caller.
source_block::acquire_ref Method	Acquires a reference count on this source_block object, to prevent deletion.
source_block::consume Method	Consumes a message previously offered by this source_block object and successfully reserved by the target, transferring ownership to the caller.
source_block::link_target Method	Links a target block to this source_block object.
source_block::release Method	Releases a previous successful message reservation.
source_block::release_ref Method	Releases a reference count on this source_block object.
source_block::reserve Method	Reserves a message previously offered by this source_block object.
source_block::unlink_target Method	Unlinks a target block from this source_block object.
source_block::unlink_targets Method	Unlinks all target blocks from this source_block object. (Overrides ISource::unlink_targets.)

Protected Methods

Name	Description
source_block::accept_message Method	When overridden in a derived class, accepts an offered message by the source. Message blocks should override this method to validate the _MsgId and return a message.
source_block::async_send Method	Asynchronously queues up messages and starts a propagation task, if this has not been done already
source_block::consume_message Method	When overridden in a derived class, consumes a message that was previously reserved.
source_block::enable_batched_processing Method	Enables batched processing for this block.
source_block::initialize_source Method	Initializes the message_propagator within this source_block.
source_block::link_target_notification Method	A callback that notifies that a new target has been linked to this source_block object.
source_block::process_input_messages Method	Process input messages. This is only useful for propagator blocks, which derive from source_block
source_block::propagate_output_messages Method	Propagate messages to targets.
source_block::propagate_to_any_targets Method	When overridden in a derived class, propagates the given message to any or all of the linked targets. This is the main propagation routine for message blocks.
source_block::release_message Method	When overridden in a derived class, releases a previous message reservation.
source_block::remove_targets Method	Removes all target links for this source block. This should be called from the destructor.
source_block::reserve_message Method	When overridden in a derived class, reserves a message previously offered by this source_block object.
source_block::resume_propagation Method	When overridden in a derived class, resumes propagation after a reservation has been released.
source_block::sync_send Method	Synchronously queues up messages and starts a propagation task, if this has not been done already.
source_block::unlink_target_notification Method	A callback that notifies that a target has been unlinked from this source_block object.
source_block::wait_for_outstanding_async_sends Method	Waits for all asynchronous propagations to complete. This propagator-specific spin wait is used in destructors of message blocks to make sure that all asynchronous propagations have time to finish before destroying the block.

Remarks

Message blocks should derive from this block to take advantage of link management and synchronization provided by this class.

Inheritance Hierarchy

ISource

source_block

Requirements

Header: agents.h

Namespace: concurrency

See Also

Reference

concurrency Namespace

ISource Class