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NAME

       FBB::Signal - Signal Handler

SYNOPSIS

       #include <bobcat/signal>
       Linking option: -lbobcat

DESCRIPTION

       Signals  have  the well known drawback that signals arrive free of context. E.g., assume a
       program runs a flow control loop like this:

       void Class::run()
       {
           while (d_continue)
               handleTasks();
           cleanup();
       }

       then if the program needs to recognize  a  termination  signal  then  the  typical  signal
       handler looks like this:

       void signalHandler(int signal)
       {
           // perform required actions
       }

       Since  the signalHandler is called asynchronically, there is no context available, and the
       usual way of communicating between objects and signal handlers is  via  static  variables,
       like this:

       // declared as static bool s_continue;
       bool Class::s_continue = true;

       void Class::run()
       {
           while (s_continue)
               handleTasks();
           cleanup();
       }

       // declared as static void signalHander(int signal);
       void Class::signalHandler(int signal)
       {
           s_continue = false;
       }

       The  class  Signal  allows  the  signal  handler to operate in the context of a class. The
       advantage of this is that static data members are no longer required and that  the  signal
       may be used to control data members of individual objects.

       The signal is now handled by an object, whose class must define a member

           void signalHandler(size_t signum) override;

       and  this  function  is responsible for handling the received signal. Since it is a member
       function it may affect its object’s local variables and it may call  its  object’s  member
       functions. Static data members are not required anymore (see below for an example).

       Note  that,  as  the  signal  may  arrive  at  unpredicable times data members that can be
       modified by signalHandler should be declared using the volatile modifier.  Moreover,  data
       that  can  be  modified  by  the signalHandler member and by other class members should be
       protected by mutexes (cf. the C++-11 class std::mutex or pthread_mutex_lock(3posix)).

NAMESPACE

       FBB
       All constructors, members, operators and manipulators, mentioned  in  this  man-page,  are
       defined in the namespace FBB.

INHERITS FROM

       Signal  is  not  derived  from  other  classes,  but the classes for which signals must be
       handled by Signal must themselves publicly be derived from  the  class  FBB::SignalHandler
       and must implement a member

           void signalHandler(size_t signum) override;

       handling the received signal.

CONSTRUCTORS AND OVERLOADED OPERATORS

       Signal is defined as a singleton, and does not offer public or protected constructors, nor
       does it offer overloaded operators.

STATIC MEMBER FUNCTION

       o      static Signal &instance():
              This static member can be used to access a reference to the program’s single Signal
              object.

MEMBER FUNCTIONS

       All  of  Signal’s member functions can only be called through a reference to the program’s
       Signal object, returning a reference to the program’s single Signal object:

       o      void add(size_t signum, SignalHandler &object):
              SignalHandler object  is  activated  on  arrival  of  signal  signum.  If  multiple
              SignalHandler  objects  must  be  called  then  multiple  Signal::add  calls can be
              provided, and the various SignalHandler::signalHandler members are  called  in  the
              same  sequence  as  their  respective  Signal::add  calls.  If  one  of the earlier
              signalHandler members terminates the program then later signalHandler  members  are
              not  activated anymore. If Signal::add is called by, e.g., an object’s constructor,
              then its destructor should call  Signal::remove  to  prevent  the  object’s  signal
              handler from being called after its destruction.

       o      void remove(size_t signum, SignalHandler &object):
              SignalHandler object for signal signum is removed from the Signal object. It is the
              responsibility of object to deregister itself from Signal just before  object  goes
              out  of  scope.  Objects  can  only  deregister  themselves  if  they’ve previously
              registered themselves using add.

       o      void ignore(size_t signum):
              Any previously installed SignalHandler object is no longer activated on arrival  of
              signal  signum. In addition, if possible, signal signum is completely ignored (some
              signals cannot be caught, blocked,  of  ignored,  like  SIGKILL  and  SIGSTOP  (cf.
              signal(7))).

       o      void reset(size_t signum):
              Any  previously installed SignalHandler object is no longer activated on arrival of
              signal signum. In addition, the default action the  program  takes  on  arrival  of
              signal signum is reinstalled (cf. signal(7)).

       If the signum value that is passed to Signal’s members is not a defined signal value, then
       an FBB::Exception exception is thrown.

EXAMPLE

       #include <sys/types.h>
       #include <unistd.h>

       #include <iostream>

       #include "../signal"

       class SignalDemo: public FBB::SignalHandler
       {
           volatile size_t d_signal;
           volatile bool d_continue;
           pid_t d_pid;

           public:
               SignalDemo();
               void run();

           private:
               void signalHandler(size_t signum) override;
       };

       using namespace std;
       using namespace FBB;

       SignalDemo::SignalDemo()
       :
           d_signal(0),
           d_continue(true),
           d_pid(getpid())
       {}

       void SignalDemo::run()
       {
           while (d_continue)
           {
               cout << "Send a SIGINT (2) or SIGTERM (15) ... to process " <<
                           d_pid << endl;

               sleep(1);
           }
           cout << "Ending `run’ after receiving signal " << d_signal << endl;
       }

       void SignalDemo::signalHandler(size_t signal)
       {
           if (signal == SIGINT)
               cout << "Process " << d_pid << " received SIGINT" << endl;
           else if (signal == SIGTERM)
           {
               cout << "Process " << d_pid << " received SIGTERM" << endl;
               d_signal = SIGTERM;
               d_continue = false;
           }
       }

       int main()
       {
           SignalDemo signalDemo;

           Signal::instance().add(SIGINT, signalDemo);
           Signal::instance().add(SIGTERM, signalDemo);

           signalDemo.run();
       }

FILES

       bobcat/signal - defines the class interface

SEE ALSO

       bobcat(7), pthread_mutex_lock(3posix), signal(7),
       and the C++-11 class std::mutex.

BUGS

       None Reported.

DISTRIBUTION FILES

       o      bobcat_4.08.02-x.dsc: detached signature;

       o      bobcat_4.08.02-x.tar.gz: source archive;

       o      bobcat_4.08.02-x_i386.changes: change log;

       o      libbobcat1_4.08.02-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries;

       o      libbobcat1-dev_4.08.02-x_*.deb: debian package holding the libraries,  headers  and
              manual pages;

       o      http://sourceforge.net/projects/bobcat: public archive location;

BOBCAT

       Bobcat is an acronym of `Brokken’s Own Base Classes And Templates’.

COPYRIGHT

       This  is  free  software,  distributed  under  the terms of the GNU General Public License
       (GPL).

AUTHOR

       Frank B. Brokken (f.b.brokken@rug.nl).