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// Copyright 2016 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#ifndef BASE_TASK_SCHEDULER_TASK_TRAITS_H_
#define BASE_TASK_SCHEDULER_TASK_TRAITS_H_

#include <stdint.h>

#include <iosfwd>

#include "base/base_export.h"
#include "build/build_config.h"

namespace base {

// Valid priorities supported by the task scheduler. Note: internal algorithms
// depend on priorities being expressed as a continuous zero-based list from
// lowest to highest priority. Users of this API shouldn't otherwise care about
// nor use the underlying values.
enum class TaskPriority {
  // This will always be equal to the lowest priority available.
  LOWEST = 0,
  // User won't notice if this task takes an arbitrarily long time to complete.
  BACKGROUND = LOWEST,
  // This task affects UI or responsiveness of future user interactions. It is
  // not an immediate response to a user interaction.
  // Examples:
  // - Updating the UI to reflect progress on a long task.
  // - Loading data that might be shown in the UI after a future user
  //   interaction.
  USER_VISIBLE,
  // This task affects UI immediately after a user interaction.
  // Example: Generating data shown in the UI immediately after a click.
  USER_BLOCKING,
  // This will always be equal to the highest priority available.
  HIGHEST = USER_BLOCKING,
};

// Valid shutdown behaviors supported by the task scheduler.
enum class TaskShutdownBehavior {
  // Tasks posted with this mode which have not started executing before
  // shutdown is initiated will never run. Tasks with this mode running at
  // shutdown will be ignored (the worker will not be joined).
  //
  // This option provides a nice way to post stuff you don't want blocking
  // shutdown. For example, you might be doing a slow DNS lookup and if it's
  // blocked on the OS, you may not want to stop shutdown, since the result
  // doesn't really matter at that point.
  //
  // However, you need to be very careful what you do in your callback when you
  // use this option. Since the thread will continue to run until the OS
  // terminates the process, the app can be in the process of tearing down when
  // you're running. This means any singletons or global objects you use may
  // suddenly become invalid out from under you. For this reason, it's best to
  // use this only for slow but simple operations like the DNS example.
  CONTINUE_ON_SHUTDOWN,

  // Tasks posted with this mode that have not started executing at
  // shutdown will never run. However, any task that has already begun
  // executing when shutdown is invoked will be allowed to continue and
  // will block shutdown until completion.
  //
  // Note: Because TaskScheduler::Shutdown() may block while these tasks are
  // executing, care must be taken to ensure that they do not block on the
  // thread that called TaskScheduler::Shutdown(), as this may lead to deadlock.
  SKIP_ON_SHUTDOWN,

  // Tasks posted with this mode before shutdown is complete will block shutdown
  // until they're executed. Generally, this should be used only to save
  // critical user data.
  //
  // Note: Tasks with BACKGROUND priority that block shutdown will be promoted
  // to USER_VISIBLE priority during shutdown.
  BLOCK_SHUTDOWN,
};

// Describes metadata for a single task or a group of tasks.
class BASE_EXPORT TaskTraits {
 public:
  // Constructs a default TaskTraits for tasks that
  //     (1) don't block (ref. MayBlock() and WithBaseSyncPrimitives()),
  //     (2) prefer inheriting the current priority to specifying their own, and
  //     (3) can either block shutdown or be skipped on shutdown
  //         (TaskScheduler implementation is free to choose a fitting default).
  // Tasks that require stricter guarantees and/or know the specific
  // TaskPriority appropriate for them should highlight those by requesting
  // explicit traits below.
  TaskTraits();
  TaskTraits(const TaskTraits& other) = default;
  TaskTraits& operator=(const TaskTraits& other) = default;
  ~TaskTraits();

  // Tasks with this trait may block. This includes but is not limited to tasks
  // that wait on synchronous file I/O operations: read or write a file from
  // disk, interact with a pipe or a socket, rename or delete a file, enumerate
  // files in a directory, etc. This trait isn't required for the mere use of
  // locks. For tasks that block on base/ synchronization primitives, see
  // WithBaseSyncPrimitives().
  TaskTraits& MayBlock();

  // Tasks with this trait will pass base::AssertWaitAllowed(), i.e. will be
  // allowed on the following methods :
  // - base::WaitableEvent::Wait
  // - base::ConditionVariable::Wait
  // - base::PlatformThread::Join
  // - base::PlatformThread::Sleep
  // - base::Process::WaitForExit
  // - base::Process::WaitForExitWithTimeout
  //
  // Tasks should generally not use these methods.
  //
  // Instead of waiting on a WaitableEvent or a ConditionVariable, put the work
  // that should happen after the wait in a callback and post that callback from
  // where the WaitableEvent or ConditionVariable would have been signaled. If
  // something needs to be scheduled after many tasks have executed, use
  // base::BarrierClosure.
  //
  // Avoid creating threads. Instead, use
  // base::Create(Sequenced|SingleTreaded)TaskRunnerWithTraits(). If a thread is
  // really needed, make it non-joinable and add cleanup work at the end of the
  // thread's main function (if using base::Thread, override Cleanup()).
  //
  // On Windows, join processes asynchronously using base::win::ObjectWatcher.
  //
  // MayBlock() must be specified in conjunction with this trait if and only if
  // removing usage of methods listed above in the labeled tasks would still
  // result in tasks that may block (per MayBlock()'s definition).
  //
  // In doubt, consult with //base/task_scheduler/OWNERS.
  TaskTraits& WithBaseSyncPrimitives();

  // Applies |priority| to tasks with these traits.
  TaskTraits& WithPriority(TaskPriority priority);

  // Applies |shutdown_behavior| to tasks with these traits.
  TaskTraits& WithShutdownBehavior(TaskShutdownBehavior shutdown_behavior);

  // Returns true if tasks with these traits may block.
  bool may_block() const { return may_block_; }

  // Returns true if tasks with these traits may use base/ sync primitives.
  bool with_base_sync_primitives() const { return with_base_sync_primitives_; }

  // Returns the priority of tasks with these traits.
  TaskPriority priority() const { return priority_; }

  // Returns the shutdown behavior of tasks with these traits.
  TaskShutdownBehavior shutdown_behavior() const { return shutdown_behavior_; }

 private:
  bool may_block_;
  bool with_base_sync_primitives_;
  TaskPriority priority_;
  TaskShutdownBehavior shutdown_behavior_;
};

// Returns string literals for the enums defined in this file. These methods
// should only be used for tracing and debugging.
BASE_EXPORT const char* TaskPriorityToString(TaskPriority task_priority);
BASE_EXPORT const char* TaskShutdownBehaviorToString(
    TaskShutdownBehavior task_priority);

// Stream operators so that the enums defined in this file can be used in
// DCHECK and EXPECT statements.
BASE_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
                                     const TaskPriority& shutdown_behavior);
BASE_EXPORT std::ostream& operator<<(
    std::ostream& os,
    const TaskShutdownBehavior& shutdown_behavior);

}  // namespace base

#endif  // BASE_TASK_SCHEDULER_TASK_TRAITS_H_