ACE_Notification_Strategy(3)

NAME

ACE_Notification_Strategy - Abstract class used for notifing an interested party

SYNOPSIS

#include <ace/Strategies.h>
class ACE_Notification_Strategy
{
  public:
    ACE_Notification_Strategy (
        ACE_Event_Handler *eh,
        ACE_Reactor_Mask mask
        );
    virtual ~ACE_Notification_Strategy (void);
    virtual int notify (void) = 0;
    virtual int notify (
        ACE_Event_Handler *,
        ACE_Reactor_Mask mask
        ) = 0;
    ACE_Event_Handler *event_handler (void);
    void event_handler (ACE_Event_Handler *eh);
    ACE_Reactor_Mask mask (void);
    void mask (ACE_Reactor_Mask m);
  protected:
    ACE_Event_Handler *eh_;
    ACE_Reactor_Mask mask_;
};

DESCRIPTION

A vehicle for extending the behavior of ACE_Message_Queue wrt notification *without subclassing*. Thus, it's an example of the Bridge/Strategy patterns.

PUBLIC MEMBERS

ACE_Notification_Strategy (
    ACE_Event_Handler *eh,
    ACE_Reactor_Mask mask
    );

virtual ~ACE_Notification_Strategy (void);

virtual int notify (void) = 0;

virtual int notify (ACE_Event_Handler *, ACE_Reactor_Mask mask) = 0;

ACE_Event_Handler *event_handler (void);

void event_handler (ACE_Event_Handler *eh);

ACE_Reactor_Mask mask (void);

void mask (ACE_Reactor_Mask m);

PROTECTED MEMBERS

ACE_Event_Handler *eh_;

ACE_Reactor_Mask mask_;

AUTHOR

Doug Schmidt

LIBRARY

ace