LUMIERA.clone/src/lib/diagnostic-context.hpp

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/*
DIAGNOSTIC-CONTEXT.hpp - thread local stack for explicitly collecting diagnostic context info
Copyright (C) Lumiera.org
2010, Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
/** @file diagnostic-context.hpp
** Facility for collecting diagnostic informations explicitly.
** Unlike a trace logging run, this facility is intended to be fed explicitly with
** diagnostic information describing the currently ongoing operation in a semantic
** high-level manner. The rationale is to pinpoint \em those informations which aren't
** obvious when just looking at a callstack with the debugger. Instances of the class
** DiagnosticContext should be placed explicitly as automatic (stack) variable
** into selected relevant scopes; these "information frames" can be accessed
** from an enclosed scope as a per-thread stack. DiagnosticContext provides
** an controlled environment for adding diagnostic code on demand; typically
** to be configured such as to resolve into an empty class for release builds.
**
** As of 2/10, this is an experimental feature in evaluation. To start with,
** I'll use it to solve the problem of providing a NoBug resource tracker handle
** without tangling the object monitor code (sync.hpp) with low level, NoBug related
** implementation details.
**
** @todo add the actual diagnostic content
**/
#ifndef LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_CONTEXT_H
#define LIB_DIAGNOSTIC_CONTEXT_H
#include "lib/error.hpp"
#include "lib/thread-local.hpp"
#include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
#include <nobug.h>
namespace lib {
#ifdef NOBUG_MODE_ALPHA ////////////////////////TODO don't we need the handle in BETA builds for resource logging?
/**
* Diagnostic data frame to collect specific informations concerning a scope.
* To be placed explicitly as an automatic (stack) variable. Provides a controlled
* environment for hooking up diagnostic code. Within each thread, a stack of
* such information frames concerning nested scopes is maintained automatically.
* It can be accessed via static API.
* @warning never store this into global data structures.
* @note as of 2/10 used for housing the NoBug resource tracker handle
* in conjunction with object monitor based locking
* @see sync.hpp
*/
class DiagnosticContext
: boost::noncopyable
{
typedef nobug_resource_user* Handle;
typedef ThreadLocalPtr<DiagnosticContext> ThreadLocalAccess;
Handle handle_;
DiagnosticContext * const prev_;
/** embedded thread local pointer
* to the innermost context encountered */
static ThreadLocalAccess&
current()
{
static ThreadLocalAccess accessPoint;
return accessPoint;
}
public:
DiagnosticContext()
: handle_(0)
, prev_(current().get())
{
current().set (this);
}
~DiagnosticContext()
{
ASSERT (this == current().get());
current().set (prev_);
}
operator Handle* () ///< payload: NoBug resource tracker user handle
{
return &handle_;
}
/** accessing the innermost diagnostic context created */
static DiagnosticContext&
access ()
{
DiagnosticContext* innermost = current().get();
if (!innermost)
throw lumiera::error::Logic ("Accessing Diagnostic context out of order; "
"an instance should have been created in "
"an enclosing scope");
return *innermost;
}
};
#else /* not NOBUG_ALPHA */
/**
* Disabled placeholder for the Diagnostic context, not used in release builds.
*/
class DiagnosticContext
: boost::noncopyable
{
public:
operator Handle* () ///< payload: NoBug resource tracker user handle
{
return 0;
}
/** accessing the innermost diagnostic context created */
static DiagnosticContext&
access ()
{
UNIMPLEMENTED ("how to disable DiagnosticContext with minimum overhead");
}
};
#endif /* NOBUG_ALPHA? */
} // namespace lib
#endif