1 //
2 // handler_invoke_hook.hpp
3 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
4 //
5 // Copyright (c) 2003-2015 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
6 //
7 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
8 // file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
9 //
10 
11 #ifndef ASIO_HANDLER_INVOKE_HOOK_HPP
12 #define ASIO_HANDLER_INVOKE_HOOK_HPP
13 
14 
15 #include "asio/detail/config.hpp"
16 
17 #include "asio/detail/push_options.hpp"
18 
19 namespace asio {
20 
21 /** @defgroup asio_handler_invoke asio::asio_handler_invoke
22  *
23  * @brief Default invoke function for handlers.
24  *
25  * Completion handlers for asynchronous operations are invoked by the
26  * io_service associated with the corresponding object (e.g. a socket or
27  * deadline_timer). Certain guarantees are made on when the handler may be
28  * invoked, in particular that a handler can only be invoked from a thread that
29  * is currently calling @c run() on the corresponding io_service object.
30  * Handlers may subsequently be invoked through other objects (such as
31  * io_service::strand objects) that provide additional guarantees.
32  *
33  * When asynchronous operations are composed from other asynchronous
34  * operations, all intermediate handlers should be invoked using the same
35  * method as the final handler. This is required to ensure that user-defined
36  * objects are not accessed in a way that may violate the guarantees. This
37  * hooking function ensures that the invoked method used for the final handler
38  * is accessible at each intermediate step.
39  *
40  * Implement asio_handler_invoke for your own handlers to specify a custom
41  * invocation strategy.
42  *
43  * This default implementation invokes the function object like so:
44  * @code function(); @endcode
45  * If necessary, the default implementation makes a copy of the function object
46  * so that the non-const operator() can be used.
47  *
48  * @par Example
49  * @code
50  * class my_handler;
51  *
52  * template <typename Function>
53  * void asio_handler_invoke(Function function, my_handler* context)
54  * {
55  *   context->strand_.dispatch(function);
56  * }
57  * @endcode
58  */
59 /*@{*/
60 
61 /// Default handler invocation hook used for non-const function objects.
62 template <typename Function>
63 inline void asio_handler_invoke(Function& function, ...)
64 {
65   function();
66 }
67 
68 /// Default handler invocation hook used for const function objects.
69 template <typename Function>
70 inline void asio_handler_invoke(const Function& function, ...)
71 {
72   Function tmp(function);
73   tmp();
74 }
75 
76 /*@}*/
77 
78 } // namespace asio
79 
80 #include "asio/detail/pop_options.hpp"
81 
82 #endif // ASIO_HANDLER_INVOKE_HOOK_HPP
83