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module Celluloid
  module Internals
    # An abstraction around threads from the InternalPool which ensures we don't
    # accidentally do things to threads which have been returned to the pool,
    # such as, say, killing them
    class ThreadHandle
      def initialize(actor_system, role = nil)
        @mutex = Mutex.new
        @join  = ConditionVariable.new

        @thread = actor_system.get_thread do
          Thread.current.role = role
          begin
            yield
          ensure
            @mutex.synchronize do
              @thread = nil
              @join.broadcast
            end
          end
        end
      end

      # Is the thread running?
      def alive?
        @mutex.synchronize { @thread && @thread.alive? }
      end

      # Forcibly kill the thread
      def kill
        @mutex.synchronize { @thread && @thread.kill }
        self
      end

      # Join to a running thread, blocking until it terminates
      def join(limit = nil)
        raise ThreadError, "Target thread must not be current thread" if @thread == Thread.current
        @mutex.synchronize { @join.wait(@mutex, limit) if @thread }
        self
      end

      # Obtain the backtrace for this thread
      def backtrace
        @thread.backtrace
      rescue NoMethodError
        # undefined method `backtrace' for nil:NilClass
        # Swallow this in case this ThreadHandle was terminated and @thread was
        # set to nil
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
celluloid-0.18.0	lib/celluloid/internals/thread_handle.rb
celluloid-0.18.0.pre2	lib/celluloid/internals/thread_handle.rb