Worker

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Description:

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Static methods:

• public static Quark error_quark ()

Creation methods:

• public Worker ()
  Creates a new Worker object.

Methods:

• public Worker @ref ()
  Increases this's reference count.
• public bool cancel_job (uint job_id) throws Error
  Cancels a job which has not yet been processed.
• public bool do_job (MainContext? context, int timeout_ms, void* out_result, uint? out_job_id, owned WorkerFunc func, DestroyNotify? data_destroy_func) throws Error
  Request that the worker thread call func with the data argument, much like submit_job, but waits (starting a MainLoop) for a maximum of timeout_ms miliseconds for func to be executed.
• public bool fetch_job_result (uint job_id, void* out_result) throws Error
  Fetch the value returned by execution the job_id job.
• public void forget_job (uint job_id)
  Forget all about the job with ID job_id.
• public unowned Thread get_worker_thread ()
  Get a pointer to this's inner worker thread
• public Worker new_unique (bool allow_destroy)
• public bool set_callback (MainContext? context, WorkerCallback? callback) throws Error
  Declare a callback function to be called when a job has been processed.
• public uint submit_job (MainContext? callback_context, owned WorkerFunc func, DestroyNotify? data_destroy_func) throws Error
  Request that the worker thread call func with the data argument.
• public bool thread_is_worker ()
  Tells if the thread from which this function is called is this's worker thread.
• public void unref ()
  Decreases this's reference count.
• public void* wait_job (owned WorkerFunc func) throws Error
  Request that the worker thread call func with the data argument, much like submit_job, but waits (blocks) until func has been executed.