BLAlarm.hh

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00001 //      BLAlarm.hh
00002 /*
00003 This source file is part of G4beamline, http://g4beamline.muonsinc.com
00004 Copyright (C) 2003,2004,2005,2006 by Tom Roberts, all rights reserved.
00005 
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00010 
00011 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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00013 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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00015 
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00017 */
00018 
00019 #ifndef BLALARM_HH
00020 #define BLALARM_HH
00021 
00022 /**     class BLAlarm implements an alarm clock.
00023  *      used to prevent an infinite tracking loop from hanging an entire job.
00024  *
00025  *      If BLSignal is also used, BLSignal::init() must be called first.
00026  *
00027  *      This class is 100% static.
00028  **/
00029 class BLAlarm {
00030         static void (*customHandler)();
00031 public:
00032         /// clear will clear any alarm. 
00033         static void clear();
00034 
00035         /// set() sets an alarm in the future.
00036         /// Implicitly clears any previous alarm.
00037         /// seconds <= 0 does a clear().
00038         static void set(int seconds);
00039 
00040         /// init() will setup the signal handler.
00041         /// Must be called before set().
00042         static void init();
00043 
00044         /// setCustomhandler() sets a custom alarm handler.
00045         /// returns the previous handler, or 0 if none.
00046         static void (*setCustomHandler(void (*handler)()))();
00047 
00048         /// timeRemaining() returns the time remaining, in seconds.
00049         /// returns -1 if no alarm is set.
00050         int timeRemaining();
00051 
00052 private:
00053         /// sighandler() handles the alarm signal
00054         static void sighandler(int sig);
00055 };
00056 
00057 #endif // BLALARM_HH
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