multitype_join Class

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07/10/2012

A multitype_join messaging block is a multi-source, single-target messaging block that combines together messages of different types from each of its sources and offers a tuple of the combined messages to its targets.

template<
   typename _Type,
   join_type _Jtype = non_greedy
>
class multitype_join: public ISource<typename _Unwrap<_Type>::type>;

Parameters

_Type
The tuple payload type of the messages joined and propagated by the block.
_Jtype
The kind of join block this is, either greedy or non_greedy

Members

Public Typedefs

Name	Description
type	A type alias for _Type.

Public Constructors

Name	Description
multitype_join::multitype_join Constructor	Overloaded. Constructs a multitype_join messaging block.
multitype_join::~multitype_join Destructor	Destroys the multitype_join messaging block.

Public Methods

Name	Description
multitype_join::accept Method	Accepts a message that was offered by this multitype_join block, transferring ownership to the caller.
multitype_join::acquire_ref Method	Acquires a reference count on this multitype_join messaging block, to prevent deletion.
multitype_join::consume Method	Consumes a message previously offered by the multitype_join messaging block and successfully reserved by the target, transferring ownership to the caller.
multitype_join::link_target Method	Links a target block to this multitype_join messaging block.
multitype_join::release Method	Releases a previous successful message reservation.
multitype_join::release_ref Method	Releases a reference count on this multiple_join messaging block.
multitype_join::reserve Method	Reserves a message previously offered by this multitype_join messaging block.
multitype_join::unlink_target Method	Unlinks a target block from this multitype_join messaging block.
multitype_join::unlink_targets Method	Unlinks all targets from this multitype_join messaging block. (Overrides ISource::unlink_targets.)

Remarks

For more information, see Asynchronous Message Blocks.

Inheritance Hierarchy

ISource

multitype_join

Requirements

Header: agents.h

Namespace: concurrency