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diff --git a/lib/tevent/doc/tevent_context.dox b/lib/tevent/doc/tevent_context.dox new file mode 100644 index 0000000..39eb85e --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/tevent/doc/tevent_context.dox @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +/** +@page tevent_context Chapter 1: Tevent context + +@section context Tevent context + +Tevent context is an essential logical unit of tevent library. For working with +events at least one such context has to be created - allocated, initialized. +Then, events which are meant to be caught and handled have to be registered +within this specific context. Reason for subordinating events to a tevent +context structure rises from the fact that several context can be created and +each of them is processed at different time. So, there can be 1 context +containing just file descriptor events, another one taking care of signal and +time events and the third one which keeps information about the rest. + +Tevent loops are the part of the library which represents the mechanism where +noticing events and triggering handlers actually happens. They accept just one +argument - tevent context structure. Therefore if theoretically an infinity +loop (tevent_loop_wait) was called, only those arguments which belong to the +passed tevent context structure can be caught and invoked within this call. +Although some more signal events were registered (but within some other +context) they will not be noticed. + +@subsection Example + +First lines which handle <code>mem_ctx</code> belong to talloc library +knowledge but because of the fact that tevent uses the talloc library for its +mechanisms it is necessary to understand a bit talloc as well. For more +information about working with talloc, please visit <a +href="http://talloc.samba.org/">talloc website</a> where tutorial and +documentation are located. + +Tevent context structure <code>*event_ctx</code> represents the unit which will +further contain information about registered events. It is created via calling +tevent_context_init(). + +@code +TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx = talloc_new(NULL); +if (mem_ctx == NULL) { + // error handling +} + +struct tevent_context *ev_ctx = tevent_context_init(mem_ctx); +if(ev_ctx == NULL) { + // error handling +} +@endcode + +Tevent context has a structure containing lots of information. It include lists +of all events which are divided according their type and are in order showing +the sequence as they came. + +@image html tevent_context_stucture.png + +In addition to the lists shown in the diagram, the tevent context also contains +many other data (e.g. information about the available system mechanism for +triggering callbacks). + +@section tevent_loops Tevent loops + +Tevent loops are the dispatcher for events. They catch them and trigger the +handlers. In the case of longer processes, the program spends most of its time +at this point waiting for events, invoking handlers and waiting for another +event again. There are 2 types of loop available for use in tevent library: + +<ul> +<li>int tevent_loop_wait()</li> +<li>int tevent_loop_once()</li> +</ul> + +Both of functions accept just one parameter (tevent context) and the only +difference lies in the fact that the first loop can theoretically last for ever +but the second one will wait just for a single one event to catch and then the +loop breaks and the program continue. + +*/ |