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ACE_Process Class Reference

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#include <Process.h>

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Public Methods
	ACE_Process (void)
	Default construction. Must use <ACE_Process::spawn> to start.
virtual	~ACE_Process (void)
	Destructor.
virtual int	prepare (ACE_Process_Options &options)
virtual pid_t	spawn (ACE_Process_Options &options)
virtual void	parent (pid_t child)
virtual void	child (pid_t parent)
virtual void	unmanage (void)
pid_t	wait (ACE_exitcode *status=0, int wait_options=0)
pid_t	wait (const ACE_Time_Value &tv, ACE_exitcode *status=0)
int	kill (int signum=SIGINT)
int	terminate (void)
pid_t	getpid (void) const
	Return the process id of the new child process.
ACE_HANDLE	gethandle (void) const
	Return the handle of the process, if it has one.
int	running (void) const
	Return 1 if running; 0 otherwise.
ACE_exitcode	exit_code (void) const
int	return_value (void) const
void	close_dup_handles (void)
void	close_passed_handles (void)
PROCESS_INFORMATION	process_info (void)
Protected Methods
void	exit_code (ACE_exitcode code)
	ACE_Process (const ACE_Process &)
void	operator= (const ACE_Process &)
Protected Attributes
PROCESS_INFORMATION	process_info_
ACE_exitcode	exit_code_
ACE_Handle_Set	handles_passed_
	Set of handles that were passed to the child process.
ACE_Handle_Set	dup_handles_
	Handle duplicates made for the child process.
Friends
class	ACE_Process_Manager

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Detailed Description

Process.

A Portable encapsulation for creating new processes. Notice that on UNIX platforms, if the <setenv> is used, the <spawn> is using the <execve> system call. It means that the <command_line> should include a full path to the program file (<execve> does not search the PATH). If <setenv> is not used then, the <spawn> is using the <execvp> which searches for the program file in the PATH variable.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ACE_Process::ACE_Process (  void    )

Default construction. Must use <ACE_Process::spawn> to start.

ACE_Process::~ACE_Process (  void    )  [virtual]

Destructor.

ACE_Process::ACE_Process (  const ACE_Process &    )  [protected]

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Member Function Documentation

void ACE_Process::child (  pid_t    parent )  [virtual]

Called just after <ACE_OS::fork> in the child's context. The default does nothing. This function is *not* called on Win32 because the process-creation scheme does not allow it.

void ACE_Process::close_dup_handles (  void    )

Close all the handles in the set obtained from the ACE_Process_Options::dup_handles object used to spawn the process.

void ACE_Process::close_passed_handles (  void    )

Close all the handles in the set obtained from the ACE_Process_Options::passed_handles object used to spawn the process.

ACE_INLINE void ACE_Process::exit_code (  ACE_exitcode    code )  [protected]

Set this process' <exit_code_>. ACE_Process_Manager uses this method to set the <exit_code_> after successfully waiting for this proecess to exit.

ACE_INLINE ACE_exitcode ACE_Process::exit_code (  void    )  const

Return the Process' exit code. This method returns the raw exit status returned from system APIs (such as <wait> or <waitpid>). This value is system dependent.

ACE_INLINE ACE_HANDLE ACE_Process::gethandle (  void    )  const

Return the handle of the process, if it has one.

ACE_INLINE pid_t ACE_Process::getpid (  void    )  const

Return the process id of the new child process.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_Process::kill (  int    signum = SIGINT )

Send the process a signal. This is only portable to operating systems that support signals, such as UNIX/POSIX.

void ACE_Process::operator= (  const ACE_Process &    )  [protected]

void ACE_Process::parent (  pid_t    child )  [virtual]

Called just after <ACE_OS::fork> in the parent's context, if the <fork> succeeds. The default is to do nothing.

int ACE_Process::prepare (  ACE_Process_Options &    options )  [virtual]

Called just before <ACE_OS::fork> in the <spawn>. If this returns non-zero, the <spawn> is aborted (and returns ACE_INVALID_PID). The default simply returns zero.

ACE_INLINE PROCESS_INFORMATION ACE_Process::process_info (  void    )

ACE_INLINE int ACE_Process::return_value (  void    )  const

Return the Process' return value. This method returns the actual return value that a child process returns or <exit>s.

int ACE_Process::running (  void    )  const

Return 1 if running; 0 otherwise.

pid_t ACE_Process::spawn (  ACE_Process_Options &    options )  [virtual]

Launch a new process as described by <options>. Returns the process id of the newly spawned child on success or -1 on failure.

ACE_INLINE int ACE_Process::terminate (  void    )

Terminate the process abruptly using <ACE::terminate_process>. This call doesn't give the process a chance to cleanup, so use it with caution...

void ACE_Process::unmanage (  void    )  [virtual]

Called by a <Process_Manager> that is removing this Process from its table of managed Processes. Default is to do nothing. Reimplemented in ACE_Managed_Process.

pid_t ACE_Process::wait (  const ACE_Time_Value &    tv, ACE_exitcode *    status = 0 )

Timed wait for the process we've created to exit. A return value of -1 indicates that the something failed; 0 indicates that a timeout occurred. Otherwise, the child's process id is returned. If <status> != 0, it points to an integer where the function stores the child's exit status. NOTE: on UNIX platforms this function uses <ualarm>, i.e., it overwrites any existing alarm. In addition, it steals all <SIGCHLD>s during the timeout period, which will break another <ACE_Process_Manager> in the same process that's expecting <SIGCHLD> to kick off process reaping.

ACE_INLINE pid_t ACE_Process::wait (  ACE_exitcode *    status = 0, int    wait_options = 0 )

Wait for the process we've created to exit. If <status> != 0, it points to an integer where the function store the exit status of child process to. If <wait_options> == <WNOHANG> then return 0 and don't block if the child process hasn't exited yet. A return value of -1 represents the <wait> operation failed, otherwise, the child process id is returned.

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend class ACE_Process_Manager [friend]

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Member Data Documentation

ACE_Handle_Set ACE_Process::dup_handles_ [protected]

Handle duplicates made for the child process.

ACE_exitcode ACE_Process::exit_code_ [protected]

ACE_Handle_Set ACE_Process::handles_passed_ [protected]

Set of handles that were passed to the child process.

PROCESS_INFORMATION ACE_Process::process_info_ [protected]

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Process.h
• Process.cpp
• Process.i

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