FS_Background.C

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#include <UT/UT_DSOVersion.h>
#include <UT/UT_WritePipe.h>
#include <FS/FS_EventGenerator.h>
#include <CMD/CMD_Args.h>
#include <CMD/CMD_Manager.h>

//#define DEMO_DEBUG

namespace HDK_Sample {

/// @file
/// This example uses UT_WritePipe to open a pipe to an external process, then
/// use FS_EventGenerator to poll the list of running background tasks.
/// @see UT_WritePipe, FS_EventGenerator, CMD_Manager, CMD_Args

/// BackgroundTask is the object which keeps track of the background process
class BackgroundTask {
public:
     BackgroundTask() : myPipe(NULL) {}
    ~BackgroundTask() { close(); }

    /// Open a pipe to an external application
    /// @param cmd The command to open
    /// @param text The text to write to the pipe
    /// @param length The length of the @c text
    FILE                *open(const char *cmd, char *text=0, int length=0)
                         {
                             FILE       *fp;

                             myCommand.harden(cmd);
                             if (myPipe)
                                close();        // Close existing pipe
                             myPipe = new UT_WritePipe();
                             fp = myPipe->open(cmd);
                             if (fp && text && length > 0)
                             {
                                 // Due to the way operating systems work, the
                                 // pipe may block at this point -- until the
                                 // external application reads the data on the
                                 // pipe that is.
                                 if (fwrite(text, 1, length, fp) != length)
                                 {
                                     close();
                                     fp = NULL;
                                 }
                                 else
                                     fflush(fp);
                             }
                             return fp;
                         }

    /// Close the pipe, blocking until the pipe is complete
    void                close()
                        {
                            if (myPipe)
                            {
                                myPipe->close(true);
                                delete myPipe;
                                myPipe = NULL;
                            }
                        }

    /// Test if the background process is complete
    bool                isComplete()
                        {
                            return !myPipe || myPipe->isComplete(false);
                        }

    UT_String            myCommand;
    UT_WritePipe        *myPipe;
};

static UT_ValArray<BackgroundTask *>    theTasks;

static void
pollTasks()
{
    int         i;
#if defined(DEMO_DEBUG)
    fprintf(stderr, "Poll: %d\n", theTasks.entries());
#endif
    for (i = 0; i < theTasks.entries(); ++i)
    {
        if (theTasks(i)->isComplete())
        {
#if defined(DEMO_DEBUG)
            if (theTasks(i)->myPipe)
                fprintf(stderr, "Delete [%d] %s\n",
                                theTasks(i)->myPipe->getPid(),
                                (const char *)theTasks(i)->myCommand);
#endif
            delete theTasks(i);
            theTasks(i) = 0;
        }
    }
    theTasks.collapse();
}

/// Function to list background tasks to a stream
static void
listTasks(std::ostream &os)
{
    int         i;
    os << theTasks.entries() << " background tasks\n";
    for (i = 0; i < theTasks.entries(); i++)
    {
        if (theTasks(i)->myPipe)
        {
            os  << i
                << " pid[" << theTasks(i)->myPipe->getPid()
                << "] " << theTasks(i)->myCommand
                << "\n";
        }
    }
}

/// @brief Event generator to poll for completed tasks
///
/// When Houdini has an opportunity, it will call this class to process any
/// events.  Ideally, we would use the FS_EventGenerator::getFileDescriptor()
/// method to return a file descriptor which allows a select() call to be used
/// rather than a polling process.  However, in this case, we need to poll the
/// background processes.
class BackgroundTimer : public FS_EventGenerator {
public:
             BackgroundTimer() {}
            ~BackgroundTimer() override {}

    const char          *getClassName() const override
                            { return "BackgroundTimer"; }

    /// Poll time is in ms, so poll every 0.5 seconds
    int                  getPollTime() override { return 500; }

    /// This callback is used to process events
    int                  processEvents() override
                         {
                             pollTasks();
                             // When no more tasks, stop polling
                             if (!theTasks.entries())
                                 stopPolling();
                             // Return true if we want to be called again
                             return theTasks.entries() > 0;
                         }

    /// Stop polling process
    static void         stopPolling()
                        {
#if defined(DEMO_DEBUG)
                            fprintf(stderr, "Stop polling\n");
#endif
                            if (theTimer)
                            {
                                // Stop events from being sent to a deleted
                                // object
                                theTimer->uninstallGenerator();
                                delete theTimer;
                                theTimer = NULL;
                            }
                        }
    /// Start polling process
    static void         startPolling()
                        {
                            // Only create a timer if there isn't one already
                            if (!theTimer)
                            {
#if defined(DEMO_DEBUG)
                                fprintf(stderr, "Start polling\n");
#endif
                                theTimer = new BackgroundTimer();

                                // Start the polling process
                                if (!theTimer->installGenerator())
                                {
                                    delete theTimer;
                                    theTimer = NULL;
                                }
                            }
                        }
private:
    static BackgroundTimer      *theTimer;
};

BackgroundTimer *BackgroundTimer::theTimer = NULL;

// Command manager callback to handle the @c demo_background command
static void
hdk_background(CMD_Args &args)
{
    if (args.found('l'))
        listTasks(args.out());
    else if (args.argc() != 2)
    {
        args.err() << "Usage: " << args(0) << " [-l] 'command'\n";
        args.err() << "Runs a command in the background\n";
        args.err() << "The -l option lists all current commands\n";
    }
    else
    {
        BackgroundTask  *task;
        task = new BackgroundTask();
        if (task->open(args(1)))
        {
            theTasks.append(task);
            BackgroundTimer::startPolling();
        }
        else
        {
            args.err() << "Error running: " << args(1) << "\n";
        }
    }
}

}       // end HDK Namespace

/// CMDextendLibrary is the plug-in hook called to install extensions to the
/// CMD library.
void
CMDextendLibrary(CMD_Manager *cman)
{
    // Install a new command
    cman->installCommand("hdk_background", "l", HDK_Sample::hdk_background);
}