const GateNull.Q_BLOCKING |
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Blocking quality
XDCscript usage |
meta-domain |
const GateNull.Q_BLOCKING = 1;
#define GateNull_Q_BLOCKING (Int)1
DETAILS
Gates with this "quality" may cause the calling thread to block;
i.e., suspend execution until another thread leaves the gate.
const GateNull.Q_PREEMPTING |
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Preempting quality
XDCscript usage |
meta-domain |
const GateNull.Q_PREEMPTING = 2;
#define GateNull_Q_PREEMPTING (Int)2
DETAILS
Gates with this "quality" allow other threads to preempt the thread
that has already entered the gate.
metaonly config GateNull.common$ // module-wide |
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Common module configuration parameters
XDCscript usage |
meta-domain |
DETAILS
All modules have this configuration parameter. Its name
contains the '$' character to ensure it does not conflict with
configuration parameters declared by the module. This allows
new configuration parameters to be added in the future without
any chance of breaking existing modules.
GateNull.query( ) // module-wide |
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Runtime test for a particular gate quality
Bool GateNull_query( Int qual );
ARGUMENTS
qual
constant describing a quality
RETURNS
Returns TRUE if the gate has the given quality,
and FALSE otherwise, which includes the case when the gate does not
recognize the constant describing the quality.
metaonly GateNull.queryMeta( ) // module-wide |
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Configuration time test for a particular gate quality
XDCscript usage |
meta-domain |
GateNull.queryMeta( Int qual ) returns Bool
ARGUMENTS
qual
constant describing a quality
RETURNS
Returns TRUE if the gate has the given quality,
and FALSE otherwise, which includes the case when the gate does not
recognize the constant describing the quality.
module-wide built-ins |
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// Get this module's unique id
Bool GateNull_Module_startupDone( );
// Test if this module has completed startup
// The heap from which this module allocates memory
Bool GateNull_Module_hasMask( );
// Test whether this module has a diagnostics mask
Bits16 GateNull_Module_getMask( );
// Returns the diagnostics mask for this module
Void GateNull_Module_setMask( Bits16 mask );
// Set the diagnostics mask for this module
per-instance object types |
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typedef struct GateNull_Object GateNull_Object;
// Opaque internal representation of an instance object
// Client reference to an instance object
typedef struct GateNull_Struct GateNull_Struct;
// Opaque client structure large enough to hold an instance object
// Convert this instance structure pointer into an instance handle
// Convert this instance handle into an instance structure pointer
per-instance config parameters |
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XDCscript usage |
meta-domain |
var params = new GateNull.Params;
// Instance config-params object
typedef struct GateNull_Params {
// Instance config-params structure
// Common per-instance configs
} GateNull_Params;
// Initialize this config-params structure with supplier-specified defaults before instance creation
per-instance creation |
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XDCscript usage |
meta-domain |
var params =
new GateNull.
Params;
// Allocate instance config-params
params.config = ...
// Assign individual configs
var inst = GateNull.create( params );
// Create an instance-object
// Allocate and initialize a new instance object and return its handle
// Initialize a new instance object inside the provided structure
ARGUMENTS
params
per-instance config params, or NULL to select default values (target-domain only)
eb
active error-handling block, or NULL to select default policy (target-domain only)
per-instance deletion |
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// Finalize and free this previously allocated instance object, setting the referenced handle to NULL
// Finalize the instance object inside the provided structure
GateNull.enter( ) // per-instance |
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Enter this gate
ARGUMENTS
handle
handle of a previously-created GateNull instance object
DETAILS
Each gate provider can implement mutual exclusion using different
algorithms; e.g., disabling all scheduling, disabling the scheduling
of all threads below a specified "priority level", suspending the
caller when the gate has been entered by another thread and
re-enabling it when the the other thread leaves the gate. However,
in all cases, after this method returns that caller has exclusive
access to the data protected by this gate.
A thread may reenter a gate without blocking or failing.
RETURNS
Returns a "key" that is used to
leave this gate; this
value is used to restore thread preemption to the state that
existed just prior to entering this gate.
GateNull.leave( ) // per-instance |
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Leave this gate
ARGUMENTS
handle
handle of a previously-created GateNull instance object
key
the value returned by a matching call to
enter
DETAILS
This method is only called by threads that have previously entered
this gate via
enter. After this method returns, the
caller must not access the data structure protected by this gate
(unless the caller has entered the gate more than once and other
calls to
leave remain to balance the number of previous
calls to
enter).
per-instance convertors |
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// unconditionally move one level up the inheritance hierarchy
// conditionally move one level down the inheritance hierarchy; NULL upon failure
per-instance built-ins |
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Int GateNull_Object_count( );
// The number of statically-created instance objects
// The handle of the i-th statically-created instance object (array == NULL)
// The handle of the first dynamically-created instance object, or NULL
// The handle of the next dynamically-created instance object, or NULL
// The heap used to allocate dynamically-created instance objects
// The label associated with this instance object
// The name of this instance object