| // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 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_WORKER_POOL_H_ |
| #define BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_ |
| |
| #include "base/tracked.h" |
| |
| class Task; |
| |
| // This is a facility that runs tasks that don't require a specific thread or |
| // a message loop. |
| class WorkerPool { |
| public: |
| // This function posts |task| to run on a worker thread. |task_is_slow| |
| // should be used for tasks that will take a long time to execute. Returns |
| // false if |task| could not be posted to a worker thread. Regardless of |
| // return value, ownership of |task| is transferred to the worker pool. |
| static bool PostTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, |
| Task* task, bool task_is_slow); |
| }; |
| |
| #endif // BASE_WORKER_POOL_H_ |