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/*
    Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Paul Davis 

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

*/

#ifndef __pbd__crossthread_h__
#define __pbd__crossthread_h__

#ifdef check
#undef check
#endif

#include <glibmm/main.h>

class CrossThreadChannel { 
  public:
	CrossThreadChannel(bool);
	~CrossThreadChannel();
	
	void wakeup();
	int selectable() const { return fds[0]; }

        int deliver (char msg);
        int receive (char& msg);
        
	void drain ();
	static void drain (int fd);

	/* glibmm 2.22 and earlier has a terrifying bug that will
	   cause crashes whenever a Source is removed from
	   a MainContext (including the destruction of the MainContext),
	   because the Source is destroyed "out from under the nose of" 
	   the RefPtr. I (Paul) have fixed this (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561885)
	   but in the meantime, we need a hack to get around the issue.
	*/

	Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOSource> ios();
	void drop_ios ();

	bool ok() const { return fds[0] >= 0 && fds[1] >= 0; }

  private:
	Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOSource>* _ios; // lazily constructed
	int fds[2];
};

#endif /* __pbd__crossthread_h__ */