// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef BASE_THREADING_NON_THREAD_SAFE_H_ #define BASE_THREADING_NON_THREAD_SAFE_H_ // Classes deriving from NonThreadSafe may need to suppress MSVC warning 4275: // non dll-interface class 'Bar' used as base for dll-interface class 'Foo'. // There is a specific macro to do it: NON_EXPORTED_BASE(), defined in // compiler_specific.h #include "base/compiler_specific.h" #include "base/logging.h" #include "base/threading/non_thread_safe_impl.h" namespace base { // Do nothing implementation of NonThreadSafe, for release mode. // // Note: You should almost always use the NonThreadSafe class to get // the right version of the class for your build configuration. class NonThreadSafeDoNothing { public: bool CalledOnValidThread() const { return true; } protected: ~NonThreadSafeDoNothing() {} void DetachFromThread() {} }; // NonThreadSafe is a helper class used to help verify that methods of a // class are called from the same thread. One can inherit from this class // and use CalledOnValidThread() to verify. // // This is intended to be used with classes that appear to be thread safe, but // aren't. For example, a service or a singleton like the preferences system. // // Example: // class MyClass : public base::NonThreadSafe { // public: // void Foo() { // DCHECK(CalledOnValidThread()); // ... (do stuff) ... // } // } // // Note that base::ThreadChecker offers identical functionality to // NonThreadSafe, but does not require inheritance. In general, it is preferable // to have a base::ThreadChecker as a member, rather than inherit from // NonThreadSafe. For more details about when to choose one over the other, see // the documentation for base::ThreadChecker. #if DCHECK_IS_ON() typedef NonThreadSafeImpl NonThreadSafe; #else typedef NonThreadSafeDoNothing NonThreadSafe; #endif // DCHECK_IS_ON() } // namespace base #endif // BASE_THREADING_NON_THREAD_SAFE_H_