Class Dispatcher
Placement in the overall structure
- Module
- thread
- Base classes
- None
- Derived classes
- Scheduler
- Time of creation
- Task 4
- Files
dispatch.h dispatch.cc
Description
The dispatcher manages the life pointer, which indicates the currently active coroutine, and performs process switches.Public methods
Dispatcher ()- The constructor initializes the life pointer with null to indicate that no coroutine is known yet.
void go (Coroutine& first)- With this method the coroutine first is put in the life pointer and started.
void dispatch (Coroutine& next)- This method sets the life pointer to next and performs a coroutine switch from the old to the new life pointer.
Coroutine* active ()- This can be used to determine which coroutine is currently in control of the processor.