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 * Icinga 2                                                                   *
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#ifndef ASYNCTASK_H
#define ASYNCTASK_H 

namespace icinga
{

/**
 * An asynchronous task.
 *
 * @ingroup base
 */
 template<typename TClass, typename TResult>
class AsyncTask : public Object
{
public:
	typedef shared_ptr<AsyncTask<TClass, TResult> > Ptr;
	typedef weak_ptr<AsyncTask<TClass, TResult> > WeakPtr;

	typedef function<void (const shared_ptr<TClass>&)> CompletionCallback;

	/**
	 * Constructor for the AsyncTask class.
	 */
	AsyncTask(void)
		: m_Finished(false), m_ResultRetrieved(false)
	{ }

	/**
	 * Destructor for the AsyncTask class.
	 */
	~AsyncTask(void)
	{
		if (!m_Finished) {
			Logger::Write(LogCritical, "base", "Contract violation: "
				"AsyncTask was destroyed before its completion callback was invoked.");
		} else if (!m_ResultRetrieved) {
			Logger::Write(LogCritical, "base", "Contract violation: "
				"AsyncTask was destroyed before its result was retrieved.");
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Starts the async task. The caller must hold a reference to the AsyncTask
	 * object until the completion callback is invoked.
	 */
	void Start(const CompletionCallback& completionCallback)
	{
		m_CompletionCallback = completionCallback;

		try {
	  		Run();
		} catch (const exception&) {
	     		FinishException(boost::current_exception());
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieves the result of the task. Throws an exception if one is stored in
	 * the AsyncTask object.
	 *
	 * @returns The task's result.
	 */
	TResult GetResult(void)
	{
		if (!m_Finished)
			throw runtime_error("GetResult called on an unfinished AsyncTask");

		if (m_ResultRetrieved)
			throw runtime_error("GetResult called on an AsyncTask whose result was already retrieved.");

		if (m_Exception)
			boost::rethrow_exception(m_Exception);

		m_ResultRetrieved = true;

		TResult result;
		std::swap(m_Result, result);
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Finishes the task using an exception.
	 *
	 * @param ex The exception.
	 */
	void FinishException(const boost::exception_ptr& ex)
	{
		m_Exception = ex;
		FinishInternal();
	}

	/**
	 * Finishes the task using an ordinary result.
	 *
	 * @param result The result.
	 */
	void FinishResult(const TResult& result)
	{
		m_Result = result;
		FinishInternal();
	}

protected:
	virtual void Run(void) = 0;

private:
	/**
	 * Finishes the task and causes the completion callback to be invoked. This
	 * function must be called before the object is destroyed.
	 */
	void FinishInternal(void)
	{
		assert(!m_Finished);

		m_Finished = true;
		m_CompletionCallback(GetSelf());

		/* Clear callback because the bound function might hold a
		 * reference to this task. */
		m_CompletionCallback = CompletionCallback();
	}

	CompletionCallback m_CompletionCallback; /**< The completion callback. */
	TResult m_Result; /**< The task's result. */
	boost::exception_ptr m_Exception; /**< The task's exception. */

	bool m_Finished; /**< Whether the task is finished. */
	bool m_ResultRetrieved; /**< Whether the result was retrieved. */
};

}

#endif /* ASYNCTASK_H */