4 * Copyright 2001 The LyX Team
7 * \author Asger Alstrup Nielsen
8 * \author Angus Leeming
10 * A class for the control of child processes launched using
11 * fork() and execvp().
20 #include <sigc++/signal_system.h>
21 #include <sys/types.h> // needed for pid_t
30 class ForkedcallsController : public SigC::Object {
32 /// Get hold of the only controller that can exist inside the process.
33 static ForkedcallsController & get();
35 /// Add a new child process to the list of controlled processes.
36 void addCall(Forkedcall const & newcall);
38 /** This method is connected to the timer. Every XX ms it is called
39 * so that we can check on the status of the children. Those that
40 * are found to have finished are removed from the list and their
41 * callback function is passed the final return state.
45 /// Return a vector of the pids of all the controlled processes.
46 std::vector<pid_t> const getPIDs() const;
48 /// Get the command string of the process.
49 string const getCommand(pid_t) const;
51 /** Kill this process prematurely and remove it from the list.
52 * The process is killed within tolerance secs.
53 * See forkedcall.[Ch] for details.
55 void kill(pid_t, int tolerance = 5);
57 /// Signal emitted when the list of current child processes changes.
58 SigC::Signal0<void> childrenChanged;
61 /// Can't create multiple instances of ForkedcallsController.
62 ForkedcallsController();
64 ForkedcallsController(ForkedcallsController const &);
66 ~ForkedcallsController();
68 /// The child processes
69 typedef std::list<Forkedcall *> ListType;
73 /** The timer. Enables us to check the status of the children
74 * every XX ms and to invoke a callback on completion.
79 #endif // FORKEDCONTR_H