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QP::QTimeEvt Class Reference

Time Event class. More...

#include "qp.hpp"

Inheritance diagram for QP::QTimeEvt:
QP::QEvt

Public Member Functions

 QTimeEvt (QActive *const act, QSignal const sig, std::uint_fast8_t const tickRate=0U) noexcept
 
void armX (QTimeEvtCtr const nTicks, QTimeEvtCtr const interval=0U) noexcept
 
bool disarm () noexcept
 
bool rearm (QTimeEvtCtr const nTicks) noexcept
 
bool wasDisarmed () noexcept
 
void const * getAct () const noexcept
 
QTimeEvtCtr getCtr () const noexcept
 
QTimeEvtCtr getInterval () const noexcept
 
QActivetoActive () noexcept
 
QTimeEvttoTimeEvt () noexcept
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QP::QEvt
QEvtctor (DynEvt const dummy) noexcept
 
constexpr QEvt (QSignal const s) noexcept
 
 QEvt ()=delete
 
std::uint_fast8_t getPoolNum_ () const noexcept
 

Static Public Member Functions

static void tick (std::uint_fast8_t const tickRate, void const *const sender) noexcept
 
static void tick1_ (std::uint_fast8_t const tickRate, void const *const sender)
 
static void tickFromISR (std::uint_fast8_t const tickRate, void *par, void const *sender) noexcept
 
static bool noActive (std::uint_fast8_t const tickRate) noexcept
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from QP::QEvt
static bool verify_ (QEvt const *const e) noexcept
 

Static Public Attributes

static QTimeEvt timeEvtHead_ [QF_MAX_TICK_RATE]
 
- Static Public Attributes inherited from QP::QEvt
static constexpr std::uint8_t MARKER {0xE0U}
 

Private Member Functions

 QTimeEvt () noexcept
 
 QTimeEvt (QTimeEvt const &other)=delete
 
QTimeEvtoperator= (QTimeEvt const &other)=delete
 

Private Attributes

QTimeEvt *volatile m_next
 
void * m_act
 
QTimeEvtCtr volatile m_ctr
 
QTimeEvtCtr m_interval
 

Friends

class QXThread
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from QP::QEvt
enum  DynEvt : std::uint8_t { DYNAMIC }
 
- Public Attributes inherited from QP::QEvt
QSignal sig
 
std::uint8_t volatile refCtr_
 
std::uint8_t evtTag_
 

Detailed Description

Time Event class.

Description
Time events are special QF events equipped with the notion of time passage. The basic usage model of the time events is as follows. An active object allocates one or more QP::QTimeEvt objects (provides the storage for them). When the active object needs to arrange for a timeout, it arms one of its time events to fire either just once (one-shot) or periodically. Each time event times out independently from the others, so a QF application can make multiple parallel timeout requests (from the same or different active objects). When QF detects that the appropriate moment has arrived, it inserts the time event directly into the recipient's event queue. The recipient then processes the time event just like any other event.

Time events, as any other QF events derive from the QP::QEvt base class. Typically, you will use a time event as-is, but you can also further derive more specialized time events from it by adding some more data members and/or specialized functions that operate on the specialized time events.

Internally, the armed time events are organized into linked lists–one list for every supported ticking rate. These linked lists are scanned in every invocation of the QTIMEEVT_TICK_X() macro. Only armed (timing out) time events are in the list, so only armed time events consume CPU cycles.

Traceability
Note
QF manages the time events in the TICK() or TICK_X() macros, which must be called periodically, from the clock tick ISR or from other periodic source. Instead of TICK()/TICK_X() you might also use the special QP::QTicker active object to defer processing of the armed QP::QTimeEvt objects to the thread level.
Remarks
Even though QP::QTimeEvt is a subclass of QP::QEvt, QP::QTimeEvt instances can NOT be allocated dynamically from event pools. In other words, it is illegal to allocate QP::QTimeEvt instances with the Q_NEW() or Q_NEW_X() macros.

Definition at line 955 of file qp.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ QTimeEvt() [1/3]

QP::QTimeEvt::QTimeEvt ( QActive *const  act,
QSignal const  sig,
std::uint_fast8_t const  tickRate = 0U 
)
noexcept

The "extended" constructor to initialize a Time Event.

Description
When creating a time event, you must commit it to a specific active object act, tick rate tickRate and event signal sig. You cannot change these attributes later.
Parameters
[in]actpointer to the active object associated with this time event. The time event will post itself to this AO.
[in]sigsignal to associate with this time event.
[in]tickRatesystem clock tick rate to associate with this time event in the range [0..15].
Precondition qf_time:300
  • the signal sig must be valid
  • the tick rate tickRate must be in range

Definition at line 73 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ QTimeEvt() [2/3]

QP::QTimeEvt::QTimeEvt ( )
privatenoexcept

Definition at line 439 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ QTimeEvt() [3/3]

QP::QTimeEvt::QTimeEvt ( QTimeEvt const &  other)
privatedelete

Member Function Documentation

◆ armX()

QP::QTimeEvt::armX ( QTimeEvtCtr const  nTicks,
QTimeEvtCtr const  interval = 0U 
)
noexcept

Arm a time event (extended version for one shot or periodic time event)

Description
Arms a time event to fire in a specified number of clock ticks and with a specified interval. If the interval is zero, the time event is armed for one shot ('one-shot' time event). When the timeout expires, the time event gets directly posted (using the FIFO policy) into the event queue of the host active object. After posting, a one-shot time event gets automatically disarmed while a periodic time event (interval != 0) is automatically re-armed.

A time event can be disarmed at any time by calling QTimeEvt_disarm(). Also, a time event can be re-armed to fire in a different number of clock ticks by calling the QTimeEvt_rearm().

Parameters
[in]nTicksnumber of clock ticks (at the associated rate) to rearm the time event with.
[in]intervalinterval (in clock ticks) for periodic time event.
Precondition qf_time:400
  • the host AO must be valid,
  • the time eveht must be disarmed,
  • the number of clock ticks cannot be zero,
  • the signal must be valid.
Attention
Arming an already armed time event is not allowed and is considered a programming error. The QP/C++ framework will assert if it detects an attempt to arm an already armed time event.
Traceability
  • DVR-QP-MC4-R11_05
Usage
The following example shows how to arm a periodic time event as well as one-shot time event from a state machine of an active object:
QState Game_show_logo(Tunnel * const me, QEvt const * const e) {
QState status_;
switch (e->sig) {
case Q_ENTRY_SIG: {
// arm periodic time event
QTimeEvt_armX(&me->blinkTimeEvt, // <===
BSP_TICKS_PER_SEC/2U, // one-time delay
BSP_TICKS_PER_SEC/2U); // interva
// arm a one-shot time event
QTimeEvt_armX(&me->screenTimeEvt,
BSP_TICKS_PER_SEC*5U, // one-time delay
0U); // interval (0 == no interval)
. . .
status_ = Q_HANDLED();
break;
}
. . .
Event class.
Definition qp.hpp:139
QSignal sig
Definition qp.hpp:141
std::uint_fast8_t QState
Definition qp.hpp:173
#define Q_HANDLED()
Definition qp.hpp:484

Definition at line 96 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ disarm()

QP::QTimeEvt::disarm ( )
noexcept

Disarm a time event.

Description
Disarm the time event so it can be safely reused.
Remarks
Disarming an already disarmed time event is fine.
Returns
'true' if the time event was truly disarmed, that is, it was running. The return of 'false' means that the time event was not truly disarmed, because it was not running. The 'false' return is only possible for one-shot time events that have been automatically disarmed upon expiration. In this case the 'false' return means that the time event has already been posted or published and should be expected in the active object's state machine.

Definition at line 157 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ rearm()

QP::QTimeEvt::rearm ( QTimeEvtCtr const  nTicks)
noexcept

Rearm a time event.

Description
Rearms a time event with a new number of clock ticks. This function can be used to adjust the current period of a periodic time event or to prevent a one-shot time event from expiring (e.g., a watchdog time event). Rearming a periodic timer leaves the interval unchanged and is a convenient method to adjust the phasing of a periodic time event.
Parameters
[in]nTicksnumber of clock ticks (at the associated rate) to rearm the time event with.
Returns
'true' if the time event was running as it was re-armed. The 'false' return means that the time event was not truly rearmed because it was not running. The 'false' return is only possible for one-shot time events that have been automatically disarmed upon expiration. In this case the 'false' return means that the time event has already been posted or published and should be expected in the active object's state machine.
Precondition qf_time:600
  • AO must be valid
  • tick rate must be in range
  • nTicks must not be zero,
  • the signal of this time event must be valid
Traceability

Definition at line 203 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ wasDisarmed()

QP::QTimeEvt::wasDisarmed ( )
noexcept

Check the "was disarmed" status of a time event.

Description
Useful for checking whether a one-shot time event was disarmed in the QTimeEvt_disarm() operation.
Returns
'true' if the time event was truly disarmed in the last QTimeEvt_disarm() operation. The 'false' return means that the time event was not truly disarmed, because it was not running at that time. The 'false' return is only possible for one-shot time events that have been automatically disarmed upon expiration. In this case the 'false' return means that the time event has already been posted or published and should be expected in the active object's event queue.
Note
This function has a side effect of setting the "was disarmed" status, which means that the second and subsequent times this function is called the function will return 'true'.

Definition at line 265 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ getAct()

void const * QP::QTimeEvt::getAct ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Definition at line 983 of file qp.hpp.

◆ getCtr()

QP::QTimeEvt::getCtr ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Get the current value of the down-counter of a time event.

Description
Useful for checking how many clock ticks (at the tick rate associated with the time event) remain until the time event expires.
Returns
For an armed time event, the function returns the current value of the down-counter of the given time event. If the time event is not armed, the function returns 0.

Definition at line 986 of file qp.hpp.

◆ getInterval()

QTimeEvtCtr QP::QTimeEvt::getInterval ( ) const
inlinenoexcept

Definition at line 989 of file qp.hpp.

◆ tick()

QP::QTimeEvt::tick ( std::uint_fast8_t const  tickRate,
void const *const  sender 
)
staticnoexcept

Processes all armed time events at every clock tick.

Description
This internal helper function processes all armed QP::QTimeEvt objects associated with the tick rate tickRate.

This function must be called periodically from a time-tick ISR or from a task so that QF can manage the timeout events assigned to the given system clock tick rate.

Parameters
[in]tickRateclock tick rate serviced in this call [1..15].
[in]senderpointer to a sender object (only for QS tracing)
Note
this function should be called only via the macro QTIMEEVT_TICK_X().
The calls to QTimeEvt_tick_() with different tickRate parameter can preempt each other. For example, higher clock tick rates might be serviced from interrupts while others from tasks (active objects).
Traceability
  • DVR-QP-MC4-R11_05

Definition at line 280 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ tick1_()

QP::QTimeEvt::tick1_ ( std::uint_fast8_t const  tickRate,
void const *const  sende 
)
static

Processes one clock tick for QUTest

Definition at line 274 of file qutest.cpp.

◆ tickFromISR()

static void QP::QTimeEvt::tickFromISR ( std::uint_fast8_t const  tickRate,
void *  par,
void const *  sender 
)
staticnoexcept

◆ noActive()

QTimeEvt::noActive ( std::uint_fast8_t const  tickRate)
staticnoexcept

Check if any time events are active at a given clock tick rate.

Parameters
[in]tickRatesystem clock tick rate to find out about.
Returns
'true' if no time events are armed at the given tick rate and 'false' otherwise.
Precondition qf_time:800
  • the tick rate must be in range
Note
This function should be called in critical section.

Definition at line 419 of file qf_time.cpp.

◆ toActive()

QActive * QP::QTimeEvt::toActive ( )
inlinenoexcept

Definition at line 1009 of file qp.hpp.

◆ toTimeEvt()

QTimeEvt * QP::QTimeEvt::toTimeEvt ( )
inlinenoexcept

Definition at line 1012 of file qp.hpp.

◆ operator=()

QTimeEvt & QP::QTimeEvt::operator= ( QTimeEvt const &  other)
privatedelete

Friends And Related Symbol Documentation

◆ QXThread

friend class QXThread
friend

Definition at line 966 of file qp.hpp.

Member Data Documentation

◆ m_next

QTimeEvt::m_next
private

Link to the next time event in the list

Definition at line 957 of file qp.hpp.

◆ m_act

QTimeEvt::m_act
private

Active object that receives the time events

Definition at line 958 of file qp.hpp.

◆ m_ctr

QTimeEvt::m_ctr
private

Down-counter of the time event.

Description
The down-counter is decremented by 1 in every QTimeEvt_tick_() call. The time event fires (gets posted or published) when the down-counter reaches zero.

Definition at line 959 of file qp.hpp.

◆ m_interval

QTimeEvt::m_interval
private

Interval for periodic time event (zero for one-shot time event)

Description
The value of the interval is re-loaded to the internal down-counter when the time event expires, so that the time event keeps timing out periodically.

Definition at line 960 of file qp.hpp.

◆ timeEvtHead_

QTimeEvt::timeEvtHead_
static

Array of heads of linked lists of time events, one for every clock tick rate

Definition at line 963 of file qp.hpp.


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