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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <utils/threads.h>
+#include <utils/Timers.h>
+#include <utils/Log.h>
+#include <utils/IPCThreadState.h>
+
+#include "MessageQueue.h"
+
+namespace android {
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MessageQueue::MessageQueue()
+{
+    mInvalidateMessage = new MessageBase(INVALIDATE);
+}
+
+MessageQueue::~MessageQueue()
+{
+}
+
+MessageList::NODE_PTR MessageQueue::waitMessage(nsecs_t timeout)
+{
+    MessageList::NODE_PTR result;
+    bool again;
+    do {
+        const nsecs_t timeoutTime = systemTime() + timeout;
+        while (true) {
+            Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+            nsecs_t now = systemTime();
+            nsecs_t nextEventTime = -1;
+
+            // invalidate messages are always handled first
+            if (mInvalidate) {
+                mInvalidate = false;
+                mInvalidateMessage->when = now;
+                result = mInvalidateMessage;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            result = mMessages.head();
+
+            if (result != 0) {
+                if (result->when <= now) {
+                    // there is a message to deliver
+                    mMessages.remove(result);
+                    result->detach();
+                    break;
+                }
+                if (timeout>=0 && timeoutTime < now) {
+                    // we timed-out, return a NULL message
+                    result = 0;
+                    break;
+                }
+                nextEventTime = result->when;
+                result = 0;
+            }
+
+            if (timeout >= 0 && nextEventTime > 0) {
+                if (nextEventTime > timeoutTime) {
+                    nextEventTime = timeoutTime;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (nextEventTime >= 0) {
+                //LOGD("nextEventTime = %lld ms", nextEventTime);
+                if (nextEventTime > 0) {
+                    // we're about to wait, flush the binder command buffer
+                    IPCThreadState::self()->flushCommands();
+                    mCondition.wait(mLock, nextEventTime);
+                }
+            } else {
+                //LOGD("going to wait");
+                // we're about to wait, flush the binder command buffer
+                IPCThreadState::self()->flushCommands();
+                mCondition.wait(mLock);
+            }
+        } 
+        // here we're not holding the lock anymore
+
+        if (result == 0)
+            break;
+
+        again = result->handler();
+        if (again) {
+            // the message has been processed. release our reference to it
+            // without holding the lock.
+            result = 0;
+        }
+        
+    } while (again);
+    return result;
+}
+
+status_t MessageQueue::postMessage(
+        const MessageList::NODE_PTR& message, nsecs_t relTime, uint32_t flags)
+{
+    return queueMessage(message, relTime, flags);
+}
+
+status_t MessageQueue::invalidate() {
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    mInvalidate = true;
+    mCondition.signal();
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+status_t MessageQueue::queueMessage(
+        const MessageList::NODE_PTR& message, nsecs_t relTime, uint32_t flags)
+{
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    message->when = systemTime() + relTime;
+    mMessages.insert(message);
+    
+    //LOGD("MessageQueue::queueMessage time = %lld ms", message->when);
+    //dumpLocked(message);
+
+    mCondition.signal();
+    return NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+void MessageQueue::dump(const MessageList::NODE_PTR& message)
+{
+    Mutex::Autolock _l(mLock);
+    dumpLocked(message);
+}
+
+void MessageQueue::dumpLocked(const MessageList::NODE_PTR& message)
+{
+    MessageList::NODE_PTR l(mMessages.head());
+    int c = 0;
+    while (l != 0) {
+        const char tick = (l == message) ? '>' : ' ';
+        LOGD("%c %d: msg{.what=%08x, when=%lld}", tick, c, l->what, l->when);
+        l = l->getNext();
+        c++;
+    }
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+}; // namespace android