background.h

// @file background.h

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#pragma once

#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
#include <boost/utility.hpp>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "mongo/base/status.h"

namespace mongo {

class BackgroundJob : boost::noncopyable {
protected:
    explicit BackgroundJob(bool selfDelete = false);

    virtual std::string name() const = 0;

    virtual void run() = 0;

public:
    enum State { NotStarted, Running, Done };

    virtual ~BackgroundJob();

    void go();


    Status cancel();

    bool wait(unsigned msTimeOut = 0);

    // accessors. Note that while the access to the internal state is synchronized within
    // these methods, there is no guarantee that the BackgroundJob is still in the
    // indicated state after returning.
    State getState() const;
    bool running() const;

private:
    const bool _selfDelete;

    struct JobStatus;
    const boost::scoped_ptr<JobStatus> _status;

    void jobBody();
};

}  // namespace mongo