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diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h
index 3ea6388f3f..90d72ef47c 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/event_loop.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
#define __pbd_event_loop_h__
#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
#include <boost/function.hpp>
#include <boost/bind.hpp> /* we don't need this here, but anything calling call_slot() probably will, so this is convenient */
#include <glibmm/threads.h>
@@ -79,9 +81,40 @@ class LIBPBD_API EventLoop
static EventLoop* get_event_loop_for_thread();
static void set_event_loop_for_thread (EventLoop* ui);
+ struct ThreadBufferMapping {
+ pthread_t emitting_thread;
+ std::string target_thread_name;
+ void* request_buffer;
+ };
+
+ static std::vector<ThreadBufferMapping> get_request_buffers_for_target_thread (const std::string&);
+
+ static void register_request_buffer_factory (const std::string& target_thread_name, void* (*factory) (uint32_t));
+ static void pre_register (const std::string& emitting_thread_name, uint32_t num_requests);
+
private:
static Glib::Threads::Private<EventLoop> thread_event_loop;
std::string _name;
+
+ typedef std::map<std::string,ThreadBufferMapping> ThreadRequestBufferList;
+ static ThreadRequestBufferList thread_buffer_requests;
+ static Glib::Threads::RWLock thread_buffer_requests_lock;
+
+ struct RequestBufferSupplier {
+
+ /* @param name : name of object/entity that will/may accept
+ requests from other threads, via a request buffer.
+ */
+ std::string name;
+
+ /* @param factory : a function that can be called (with an
+ argument specifying the @param number_of_requests) to create and
+ return a request buffer for communicating with @param name)
+ */
+ void* (*factory)(uint32_t nunber_of_requests);
+ };
+ typedef std::vector<RequestBufferSupplier> RequestBufferSuppliers;
+ static RequestBufferSuppliers request_buffer_suppliers;
};
}