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+// Copyright (c) 2009 The Chromium OS 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 UPDATE_ENGINE_ACTION_PROCESSOR_H__
+#define UPDATE_ENGINE_ACTION_PROCESSOR_H__
+
+#include <deque>
+
+#include "base/basictypes.h"
+
+// The structure of these classes (Action, ActionPipe, ActionProcessor, etc.)
+// is based on the KSAction* classes from the Google Update Engine code at
+// http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ . The author of this file sends
+// a big thanks to that team for their high quality design, implementation,
+// and documentation.
+
+// See action.h for an overview of this class and other other Action* classes.
+
+// An ActionProcessor keeps a queue of Actions and processes them in order.
+
+namespace chromeos_update_engine {
+
+class AbstractAction;
+class ActionProcessorDelegate;
+
+class ActionProcessor {
+ public:
+  ActionProcessor();
+
+  ~ActionProcessor();
+
+  // Starts processing the first Action in the queue. If there's a delegate,
+  // when all processing is complete, ProcessingDone() will be called on the
+  // delegate.
+  void StartProcessing();
+
+  // Aborts processing. If an Action is running, it will have
+  // TerminateProcessing() called on it. The Action that was running
+  // will be lost and must be re-enqueued if this Processor is to use it.
+  void StopProcessing();
+
+  // Returns true iff an Action is currently processing.
+  bool IsRunning() const { return NULL != current_action_; }
+
+  // Adds another Action to the end of the queue.
+  void EnqueueAction(AbstractAction* action);
+
+  // Sets the current delegate. Set to NULL to remove a delegate.
+  void set_delegate(ActionProcessorDelegate *delegate) {
+    delegate_ = delegate;
+  }
+
+  // Returns a pointer to the current Action that's processing.
+  AbstractAction* current_action() const {
+    return current_action_;
+  }
+
+  // Called by an action to notify processor that it's done. Caller passes self.
+  void ActionComplete(const AbstractAction* actionptr, bool success);
+
+ private:
+  // Actions that have not yet begun processing, in the order in which
+  // they'll be processed.
+  std::deque<AbstractAction*> actions_;
+
+  // A pointer to the currrently processing Action, if any.
+  AbstractAction* current_action_;
+
+  // A pointer to the delegate, or NULL if none.
+  ActionProcessorDelegate *delegate_;
+  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ActionProcessor);
+};
+
+// A delegate object can be used to be notified of events that happen
+// in an ActionProcessor. An instance of this class can be passed to an
+// ActionProcessor to register itself.
+class ActionProcessorDelegate {
+ public:
+  // Called when all processing in an ActionProcessor has completed. A pointer
+  // to the ActionProcessor is passed.
+  virtual void ProcessingDone(const ActionProcessor* processor) {}
+
+  // Called when processing has stopped. Does not mean that all Actions have
+  // completed. If/when all Actions complete, ProcessingDone() will be called.
+  virtual void ProcessingStopped(const ActionProcessor* processor) {}
+
+  // Called whenever an action has finished processing, either successfully
+  // or otherwise.
+  virtual void ActionCompleted(const ActionProcessor* processor,
+                               const AbstractAction* action,
+                               bool success) {}
+};
+
+}  // namespace chromeos_update_engine
+
+#endif  // UPDATE_ENGINE_ACTION_PROCESSOR_H__