Threading Functions

Functions
nothing	Qore::delete_all_thread_data ()
	Deletes all keys in the thread-local data hash. More...
nothing	Qore::delete_thread_data (...)
	Deletes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash; if the data is an object, then it is destroyed. More...
nothing	Qore::delete_thread_data (list l)
	Deletes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash; if the data is an object, then it is destroyed. More...
hash	Qore::getAllThreadCallStacks ()
	Returns a hash of call stacks keyed by each TID (thread ID) More...
hash	Qore::get_all_thread_data ()
	Returns the entire thread-local data hash. More...
any	Qore::get_thread_data (string key)
	Returns the value of the thread-local data attached to the key passed. More...
nothing	Qore::get_thread_data ()
	This function variant does nothing at all; it is only included for backwards-compatibility with qore prior to version 0.8.0 for functions that would ignore type errors in arguments. More...
*TimeZone	Qore::get_thread_tz ()
	Returns any TimeZone set for the current thread, NOTHING if none is set. More...
int	Qore::gettid ()
	Returns the Qore thread ID (TID) of the current thread. More...
nothing	Qore::mark_thread_resources ()
	Marks thread resources so that any thread resources left allocated after this call will be cleaned up when throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark() is called. More...
int	Qore::num_threads ()
	Returns the current number of threads in the process (not including the special signal handling thread) More...
*hash	Qore::remove_thread_data (...)
	Removes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash and returns the data removed. More...
hash	Qore::remove_thread_data (list l)
	Removes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash from a literal list passed as the first argument and returns the data removed. More...
nothing	Qore::save_thread_data (hash h)
	Saves the data passed in the thread-local hash; all keys are merged into the thread-local hash, overwriting any information that may have been there before. More...
nothing	Qore::save_thread_data (string key, any value)
	Saves the data passed against the key passed as an argument in thread-local storage. More...
nothing	Qore::save_thread_data ()
	This function variant does nothing at all; it is only included for backwards-compatibility with qore prior to version 0.8.0 for functions that would ignore type errors in arguments. More...
bool	Qore::set_thread_init (code init)
	Sets a call reference or closure to run every time a new thread is started. More...
nothing	Qore::set_thread_tz (TimeZone zone)
	Sets the default time zone for the current thread. More...
nothing	Qore::set_thread_tz ()
	Clears the thread-local time zone for the current thread; after this call TimeZone::get() will return the value set for the current Program. More...
list	Qore::thread_list ()
	Returns a list of all current thread IDs. More...
nothing	Qore::throwThreadResourceExceptions ()
	Immediately runs all thread resource cleanup routines for the current thread and throws all associated exceptions. More...
bool	Qore::throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark ()
	Immediately runs all thread resource cleanup routines for the current thread for thread resources created since the last call to mark_thread_resources() and throws all associated exceptions. More...

Detailed Description

Threading functions

Function Documentation

nothing Qore::delete_all_thread_data

(

)

Deletes all keys in the thread-local data hash.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Example:

delete_all_thread_data();

Note

This function does not throw any exceptions, however if an object is deleted from the thread-local data hash, then it could throw an exception in its destructor

nothing Qore::delete_thread_data

(

...

)

Deletes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash; if the data is an object, then it is destroyed.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Parameters

...	Deletes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash corresponding to each string argument in the top-level argument list; arguments are converted to strings if necessary

Example:

delete_thread_data("key1", "key2");

Note

This function does not throw any exceptions, however if an object is deleted from the thread-local data hash, then it could throw an exception in its destructor

See also

remove_thread_data() for a similar function that does not explicitly destroy objects in the thread-local data hash

nothing Qore::delete_thread_data

(

list

l

)

Deletes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash; if the data is an object, then it is destroyed.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Parameters

l	a list of key names for deleting keys in the thread-local data hash; values are converted to strings if necessary

Example:

delete_thread_data($list_of_keys);

Note

This function does not throw any exceptions, however if an object is deleted from the thread-local data hash, then it could throw an exception in its destructor

See also

remove_thread_data() for a similar function that does not explicitly destroy objects in the thread-local data hash

hash Qore::get_all_thread_data

(

)

Returns the entire thread-local data hash.

Returns

the entire thread-local data hash

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL, Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

my hash $th = get_all_thread_data();

any Qore::get_thread_data

(

string

key

)

Returns the value of the thread-local data attached to the key passed.

Returns

the value of the thread-local data attached to the key passed

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL, Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

my any $data = get_thread_data("key1");

nothing Qore::get_thread_data

(

)

This function variant does nothing at all; it is only included for backwards-compatibility with qore prior to version 0.8.0 for functions that would ignore type errors in arguments.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL, Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Code Flags:

RUNTIME_NOOP

*TimeZone Qore::get_thread_tz

(

)

Returns any TimeZone set for the current thread, NOTHING if none is set.

Returns

any TimeZone set for the current thread, NOTHING if none is set

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_LOCALE_CONTROL

Example:

my *TimeZone $tz = get_thread_tz();
set_thread_tz(new TimeZone("Europe/Prague"));
on_exit set_thread_tz($tz);

See also

• set_thread_tz(TimeZone)
• set_thread_tz()

Since

Qore 0.8.5

hash Qore::getAllThreadCallStacks

(

)

Returns a hash of call stacks keyed by each TID (thread ID)

Platform Availability:

Qore::Option::HAVE_RUNTIME_THREAD_STACK_TRACE

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL, Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Returns

a hash of call stacks keyed by each TID (thread ID); see call stacks for the format of the hash values

Example:

my hash $cs = getAllThreadCallStacks();
foreach my string $tid in ($cs.keyIterator()) {
    printf("TID %d\n", $tid);
    my int $i;
    foreach my hash $l in ($cs.$tid)
        if ($l.type != "new-thread")
            printf(" %d: %s() called at %s:%d (%s function)\n", ++$i, $l.function, $l.file, $l.line, $l.type);
        else
            printf(" %d: *** thread started by background operator ***\n", ++$i);
}

int Qore::gettid

(

)

Returns the Qore thread ID (TID) of the current thread.

Returns

the Qore thread ID (TID) of the current thread

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

my int $tid = gettid();

nothing Qore::mark_thread_resources

(

)

Marks thread resources so that any thread resources left allocated after this call will be cleaned up when throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark() is called.

When exceptions are thrown by this function, thread-local resources are also cleaned up at the same time.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Example:

try {
    mark_thread_resources();

    # calling the following function will ensure that any thread-resources
    # allocated since the last call to mark_thread_resources() will be cleaned
    # up and associated exceptions will be thrown
    on_exit throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark();

    # ... some code or calls that may allocate thread resources
}
catch ($ex) {
    # ... log or handle exceptions
}

See also

throwThreadResourceExceptions(), mark_thread_resources()

Since

Qore 0.8.4

int Qore::num_threads

(

)

Returns the current number of threads in the process (not including the special signal handling thread)

Returns

the current number of threads in the process (not including the special signal handling thread)

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

my int $num = num_threads();

*hash Qore::remove_thread_data

(

...

)

Removes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash and returns the data removed.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Parameters

...	the key names should be given directly in the argument list with this variant. If the given hash keys do not exist in the thread-local data hash, then the given key in the return value will have no value assigned

Returns

a hash of the data removed or NOTHING if no arguments were passed to the function

Example:

my hash $h = remove_thread_data("filename");

Since

Qore 0.8.4 this function returns the values it removes

hash Qore::remove_thread_data

(

list

l

)

Removes the data associated to one or more keys in the thread-local data hash from a literal list passed as the first argument and returns the data removed.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Parameters

l	a list of key names to remove from the thread-local data hash. If the given hash keys do not exist in the thread-local data hash, then the given key in the return value will have no value assigned

Returns

a hash of the data removed

Example:

my hash $h = remove_thread_data($key_list);

Since

Qore 0.8.4 this function returns the values it removes

nothing Qore::save_thread_data

(

hash

h

)

Saves the data passed in the thread-local hash; all keys are merged into the thread-local hash, overwriting any information that may have been there before.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Parameters

h	a hash of data to save in the thread-local data hash

Example:

save_thread_data($h);

Note

This function does not throw any exceptions, however if a value is removed from the thread-local data hash by being overwritten with a new value, and the value is an object that goes out of scope, then such an object could throw an exception in its destructor

nothing Qore::save_thread_data	(	string	key,
		any	value
	)

Saves the data passed against the key passed as an argument in thread-local storage.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Parameters

key	the name of the key in the thread-local hash to save the data against
value	the value to save in the thread-local hash against the key

Example:

save_thread_data("key1", $value);

Note

This function does not throw any exceptions, however if a value is removed from the thread-local data hash by being overwritten with a new value, and the value is an object that goes out of scope, then such an object could throw an exception in its destructor

nothing Qore::save_thread_data

(

)

This function variant does nothing at all; it is only included for backwards-compatibility with qore prior to version 0.8.0 for functions that would ignore type errors in arguments.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Code Flags:

RUNTIME_NOOP

bool Qore::set_thread_init

(

code

init

)

Sets a call reference or closure to run every time a new thread is started.

This code can be used to initialize global thread-local variables, for example.

Returns

True if there was already user initialization code set, False if not

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Example:

set_thread_init(sub () { $var = 123; });

Note

the code will be run for all new threads, but is not run by this function for the current thread

nothing Qore::set_thread_tz

(

TimeZone

zone

)

Sets the default time zone for the current thread.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_LOCALE_CONTROL

Parameters

zone	the TimeZone object for the current thread

This will cause the TimeZone::get() method to return the given TimeZone when called from the same thread

Example:

my *TimeZone $tz = get_thread_tz();
set_thread_tz(new TimeZone("Europe/Prague"));
on_exit set_thread_tz($tz);

Note

The TimeZone will only be set for the current thread in the current Program

See also

• set_thread_tz()
• get_thread_tz()

Since

Qore 0.8.5

nothing Qore::set_thread_tz

(

)

Clears the thread-local time zone for the current thread; after this call TimeZone::get() will return the value set for the current Program.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_LOCALE_CONTROL

Example:

my *TimeZone $tz = get_thread_tz();
set_thread_tz(new TimeZone("Europe/Prague"));
on_exit set_thread_tz($tz);

Note

The TimeZone will only be cleared in the current thread in the current Program

See also

• set_thread_tz(TimeZone)
• get_thread_tz()

Since

Qore 0.8.5

list Qore::thread_list

(

)

Returns a list of all current thread IDs.

Note that the special signal handling thread with TID 0 is never included in the list returned by this function

Returns

a list of all current thread IDs

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_INFO

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

my list $l = thread_list();

bool Qore::throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark

(

)

Immediately runs all thread resource cleanup routines for the current thread for thread resources created since the last call to mark_thread_resources() and throws all associated exceptions.

When exceptions are thrown by this function, thread-local resources are also cleaned up at the same time.

Returns

True if there are additional thread resource marks to process, False if there are no more

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Example:

try {
    mark_thread_resources();
    # ... some code or calls that may allocate thread resources

    # calling the following will ensure that any thread-resources allocated since
    # the last call to mark_thread_resources() will be cleaned up and associated
    # exceptions will be thrown
    throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark();
}
catch ($ex) {
    # ... log or handle exceptions
}

See also

throwThreadResourceExceptions(), mark_thread_resources()

Since

Qore 0.8.4

nothing Qore::throwThreadResourceExceptions

(

)

Immediately runs all thread resource cleanup routines for the current thread and throws all associated exceptions.

This function is particularly useful when used in combination with embedded code in order to catch (and log, for example) thread resource errors (ex: uncommitted transactions, unlocked locks, etc) - this can be used when control returns to the "master" program to ensure that no thread-local resources have been left active.

This function will run all thread resource cleanup routines even if mark_thread_resources() has been called (i.e. it clears all marks as well).

When exceptions are thrown by this function, thread-local resources are also cleaned up at the same time.

Restrictions:

Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CONTROL

Example:

try {
    throwThreadResourceExceptions();
}
catch ($ex) {
    # ... log or handle exceptions
}

See also

mark_thread_resources(), throw_thread_resource_exceptions_to_mark()