include/EventManager/Event.hpp

@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@
 
    /// Eventtype to notify all participants that a shutdown is immanent
    const static std::uint32_t EVENT_TYPE_SHUTDOWN = 0;
-
+   /**
+     * @class Event
+     * @brief An Event is the element in the system that triggers actions from participants
+     *
+     * Derive own events from this class to sned e.g. also a payload to subscribing 
+     * participants. 
+     */
    class Event
    {
     private:
@@ -45,17 +51,17 @@
       /**
       * @brief constructor for creating a simple event
       *
-      * @param type - what kinf of event is this
+      * @param type - what kind of event is this
       */
       Event(std::uint32_t type);
 
       /**
-      * @brief Constructor to create a response Event
+      * @brief Constructor to create a response event
       */
       Event(std::uint32_t type, const EventManager::Event &event);
 
       /**
-      * @brief Constructor to create a response Event
+      * @brief Constructor to create a response event
       */
       Event(std::uint32_t type, const std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Event> event);
 

include/EventManager/Manager.hpp

@@ -25,9 +25,41 @@
  namespace EventManager
  {
 
+    /**
+      * @brief command types
+      */
+    enum class commandType :uint16_t
+    {
+      // command to connect a participant to the manager
+      CONNECT,
+      // command to disconnect a participant from the manager
+      DISCONNECT,
+      // command to schedule start scheduling a participant
+      ENABLE_SCHEDULING,
+      // command to disable scheduling for a participant (not schedule it anymore)
+      DISABLE_SCHEDULING
+    }; // commandType
+
    // forward declaration of EventManager::Participant
    class Participant;
 
+   /**
+     * @class Manager
+     *
+     * If you use the manager it has to be a shared pointer. Otherwise you will 
+     * get a mem error.
+     *
+     * To add participants to the manager call class function connect.
+     * Calling start method will start the manager.
+     *
+     * Depending on your concept you can first connect all participants to 
+     * the manager and then start it. Or you can start in first and then 
+     * connect the participants. In the first example all participant will
+     * be started at the same time (when calling start from the manager.)
+     * In the second example they will be started when they are connected.
+     * That means if you have one starting event that all participants need
+     * to receive you would choose example 1.
+     */
    class Manager : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Manager>
    {
      /// the thread the event manager is transmitting events in
@@ -66,7 +98,7 @@
      /// list of all plugins requiring scheduling
      std::list<std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant>> schedulingParticipants_;
 
-     /// mutex to protect schedulingPlugins_
+     /// mutex to protect list schedulingParticipants_
      std::mutex mutexSchedulingParticipants_;
 
      /// list of all participants connected
@@ -78,17 +110,11 @@
      /// the id for the next participant connecting
      std::uint32_t nextParticipantID_;
 
-     /// queue for connection request so connecting is done in manager context
-     std::queue<std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant>> connectionQueue_;
+     /// queue for different command requests like e.g. connecting a participant to the manager
+     std::queue<std::pair<EventManager::commandType,std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant>>> commandQueue_;
 
-     /// mutex to protect connectionQueue_
-     std::mutex mutexConnectionQueue_;
-
-     /// queue for disable scheduling request so the participants are not scheduled by the manager any longer
-     std::queue<std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant>> disableScheduleQueue_;
-
-     /// mutex to protect disableScheduleQueue_
-     std::mutex mutexDisableScheduleQueue_;
+     /// mutex to protect the commandQueue_
+     std::mutex mutexCommandQueue_;
 
          /*
           * all private methods
@@ -109,6 +135,11 @@
      */
      void processEvent(const std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Event> event);
 
+     /**
+     * @brief processes the commands in the commandQueue depending on their type 
+     */
+     void processCommands_();
+     
      /**
      * @brief adds the queued participants to the list of connected participants
      *
@@ -117,7 +148,24 @@
      * This class function adds the queued participants to the list participants_
      * and removes them from the queue.
      */
-     void processConnections_();
+     void processConnect_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant );
+     
+     /**
+     * @brief removes the given participant form the list of connected participants
+     *
+     * The participants_ list contains the participants that are connected to
+     * the manager. This class function removes the queued participants from the list 
+     * participants_.
+     */
+     void processDisconnect_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant );
+
+     /**
+     * @brief processes the command to enable scheduling for the given participant
+     * 
+     * This class function adds the given participant to the schedulingParticipants_ list
+     * where the participants are scheduled by calling their schedule class function.
+     */
+     void processEnableScheduling_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant );
 
      /**
      * @brief disables the scheduling of the requested participants
@@ -125,7 +173,7 @@
      * Removes the participants from the schedulingParticipants_ list that
      * should not be scheduled anymore.
      */
-     void processDisableScheduling_();
+     void processDisableScheduling_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant );
 
      /**
      * @brief start the main thread
@@ -152,7 +200,7 @@
       /**
       * @brief The constructor for the event manager
       *
-      * Just initializes all attributes to its starting value
+      * Just initializes all attributes to their starting values
       */
       Manager() : mainThread_(nullptr), isMainThreadRunning_(false),
                        stopMainThread_(false), schedulingThread_(nullptr),
@@ -161,6 +209,7 @@
 
 
       ~Manager();
+
       /**
       * @brief start the event manager
       */

include/EventManager/Participant.hpp

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
    /**
    * @brief The entity participating in the event system.
+   *
+   * If you want the participant to be scheduled from the manager call 
+   * _enableScheduling class function.
    */
    class Participant : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Participant>
    {

src/EventManager/Manager.cpp

@@ -190,18 +190,17 @@
    while(!stopSchedulingThread_)
    {
      mutexSchedulingParticipants_.lock();
-     if (!schedulingParticipants_.empty())
+     if( !schedulingParticipants_.empty() )
      {
-       for (auto it = schedulingParticipants_.begin(); it != schedulingParticipants_.end(); ++it)
+       for( auto it = schedulingParticipants_.begin(); it != schedulingParticipants_.end(); ++it )
        {
          (*it)->schedule();
        }
      }
      mutexSchedulingParticipants_.unlock();
 
-     processConnections_(); 
-     processDisableScheduling_();
-     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+     processCommands_();
+     std::this_thread::sleep_for( std::chrono::milliseconds(100) );
    }
 
    isSchedulingThreadRunning_=false;
@@ -320,89 +319,113 @@
 
  }
 
- void EventManager::Manager::schedule(std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant)
- {
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexSchedulingParticipants_);
-
-   auto it = std::find(schedulingParticipants_.begin(), schedulingParticipants_.end(), participant);
-
-   if (it == schedulingParticipants_.end())
-   {
-     schedulingParticipants_.push_back(participant);
-   }
- }
+void EventManager::Manager::schedule(std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant)
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexCommandQueue_ );
+  commandQueue_.push( std::make_pair( EventManager::commandType::ENABLE_SCHEDULING, participant) );
+}
 
 
- void EventManager::Manager::unschedule(std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
- {
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexDisableScheduleQueue_ );
-   disableScheduleQueue_.push( participant );
- }
+void EventManager::Manager::unschedule(std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexCommandQueue_ );
+  commandQueue_.push( std::make_pair( EventManager::commandType::DISABLE_SCHEDULING, participant) );
+}
 
 
- void EventManager::Manager::processConnections_()
- {
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexParticipants_);
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lockGuard(mutexConnectionQueue_);
-
-   while(!connectionQueue_.empty())
-   {
-     std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant = connectionQueue_.front();
-     connectionQueue_.pop();
-     participants_.push_back(participant);
-     
-     participant->init();
-   } 
- }
+void EventManager::Manager::processCommands_()
+{
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk( mutexCommandQueue_ );
+  while( commandQueue_.empty() == false )
+  {
+    auto pair = commandQueue_.front();
+    commandQueue_.pop();
+    lk.unlock();
+    switch( pair.first )
+    {
+      case EventManager::commandType::CONNECT:
+        processConnect_( pair.second );
+        break;
+      case EventManager::commandType::DISCONNECT:
+        processDisconnect_( pair.second );
+        break;
+      case EventManager::commandType::ENABLE_SCHEDULING:
+        processEnableScheduling_( pair.second );
+        break;
+      case EventManager::commandType::DISABLE_SCHEDULING:
+        processDisableScheduling_( pair.second );
+        break;
+    }
+    lk.lock();
+  }
+  lk.unlock();
+}
 
 
- void EventManager::Manager::processDisableScheduling_()
- {
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexDisableScheduleQueue_ );
-   while( disableScheduleQueue_.empty() != true )
-   {
-     std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant = disableScheduleQueue_.front();
-     disableScheduleQueue_.pop();
-
-     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(mutexSchedulingParticipants_);
-     auto it = std::find(schedulingParticipants_.begin(), schedulingParticipants_.end(), participant);
-
-     if (it != schedulingParticipants_.end()) 
-     {
-       schedulingParticipants_.erase(it);
-     }
-     lk.unlock();
-   }
- }
+void EventManager::Manager::processConnect_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexParticipants_);
+  auto it = std::find( participants_.begin(), participants_.end(), participant );
+  if( it == participants_.end() )
+  {
+    participant->setManager(shared_from_this());
+    participant->setID(nextParticipantID_);
+    // we can set and increment here because this critical section is secured by a mutex
+    nextParticipantID_++;
+    participants_.push_back(participant);
+    participant->init();
+  }
+}
 
 
- void EventManager::Manager::connect(std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant)
- {
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexParticipants_);
-   participant->setManager(shared_from_this());
+void EventManager::Manager::processDisconnect_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{
+  // before the participant gets disconnected it has to be unscheduled
+  processDisableScheduling_( participant ); 
 
-   // we can set and increment here because only one participant is in this
-   // critical section in any moment
-   participant->setID(nextParticipantID_);
-   nextParticipantID_++;
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexParticipants_);
+  auto it = std::find( participants_.begin(), participants_.end(), participant );
+  if( it != participants_.end() )
+  {
+    participant->setManager(nullptr);
+    participants_.erase( it );
+  }
+}
 
-   connectionQueue_.push(participant);
 
- }
+void EventManager::Manager::processEnableScheduling_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexSchedulingParticipants_);
+  auto it = std::find( schedulingParticipants_.begin(), schedulingParticipants_.end(), participant );
 
- void EventManager::Manager::disconnect(std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant)
- {
-   disconnect(participant);
+  if( it == schedulingParticipants_.end() )
+  {
+    schedulingParticipants_.push_back( participant );
+  }
+}
 
-   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(mutexParticipants_);
-   std::list<std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant>>::iterator it;
 
-   it = std::find(participants_.begin(), participants_.end(),participant);
+void EventManager::Manager::processDisableScheduling_( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexSchedulingParticipants_ );
+  auto it = std::find( schedulingParticipants_.begin(), schedulingParticipants_.end(), participant );
 
-   if (it != participants_.end())
-   {
-     participants_.erase(it);
-   }
+  if( it != schedulingParticipants_.end() ) 
+  {
+    schedulingParticipants_.erase(it);
+  }
+}
 
-   participant->setManager(nullptr);
- }
+
+void EventManager::Manager::connect( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexCommandQueue_ );
+  commandQueue_.push( std::make_pair( EventManager::commandType::CONNECT, participant) );
+}
+
+
+void EventManager::Manager::disconnect( std::shared_ptr<EventManager::Participant> participant )
+{ 
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard( mutexCommandQueue_ );
+  commandQueue_.push( std::make_pair( EventManager::commandType::DISCONNECT, participant) );
+}