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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+/*
+** File:		pralarm.h
+** Description:	API to periodic alarms.
+**
+**
+** Alarms are defined to invoke some client specified function at 
+** a time in the future. The notification may be a one time event
+** or repeated at a fixed interval. The interval at which the next
+** notification takes place may be modified by the client code only
+** during the respective notification.
+**
+** The notification is delivered on a thread that is part of the
+** alarm context (PRAlarm). The thread will inherit the priority
+** of the Alarm creator.
+**
+** Any number of periodic alarms (PRAlarmID) may be created within
+** the context of a single alarm (PRAlarm). The notifications will be
+** scheduled as close to the desired time as possible.
+**
+** Repeating periodic notifies are expected to run at a fixed rate.
+** That rate is expressed as some number of notifies per period where
+** the period is much larger than a PRIntervalTime (see prinrval.h).
+*/
+
+#if !defined(pralarm_h)
+#define pralarm_h
+
+#include "prtypes.h"
+#include "prinrval.h"
+
+
+PR_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
+
+/**********************************************************************/
+/************************* TYPES AND CONSTANTS ************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct PRAlarm PRAlarm;
+typedef struct PRAlarmID PRAlarmID;
+
+typedef PRBool (PR_CALLBACK *PRPeriodicAlarmFn)(
+    PRAlarmID *id, void *clientData, PRUint32 late);
+
+/**********************************************************************/
+/****************************** FUNCTIONS *****************************/
+/**********************************************************************/
+
+/***********************************************************************
+** FUNCTION:    PR_CreateAlarm
+** DESCRIPTION:
+**  Create an alarm context.
+** INPUTS:      void
+** OUTPUTS:     None
+** RETURN:      PRAlarm*
+**  
+** SIDE EFFECTS:
+**  This creates an alarm context, which is an object used for subsequent
+**  notification creations. It also creates a thread that will be used to
+** deliver the notifications that are expected to be defined. The client
+** is resposible for destroying the context when appropriate.
+** RESTRICTIONS:
+**  None. 
+** MEMORY:      The object (PRAlarm) and a thread to support notifications.
+** ALGORITHM:   N/A
+***********************************************************************/
+NSPR_API(PRAlarm*) PR_CreateAlarm(void);
+
+/***********************************************************************
+** FUNCTION:    PR_DestroyAlarm
+** DESCRIPTION:
+**  Destroys the context created by PR_CreateAlarm().
+** INPUTS:      PRAlarm*
+** OUTPUTS:     None
+** RETURN:      PRStatus
+**  
+** SIDE EFFECTS:
+**  This destroys the context that was created by PR_CreateAlarm().
+**  If there are any active alarms (PRAlarmID), they will be cancelled.
+**  Once that is done, the thread that was used to deliver the alarms
+**  will be joined. 
+** RESTRICTIONS:
+**  None. 
+** MEMORY:      N/A
+** ALGORITHM:   N/A
+***********************************************************************/
+NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_DestroyAlarm(PRAlarm *alarm);
+
+/***********************************************************************
+** FUNCTION:    PR_SetAlarm
+** DESCRIPTION:
+**  Creates a periodic notifier that is to be delivered to a specified
+**  function at some fixed interval.
+** INPUTS:      PRAlarm *alarm              Parent alarm context
+**              PRIntervalTime period       Interval over which the notifies
+**                                          are delivered.
+**              PRUint32 rate               The rate within the interval that
+**                                          the notifies will be delivered.
+**              PRPeriodicAlarmFn function  Entry point where the notifies
+**                                          will be delivered.
+** OUTPUTS:     None
+** RETURN:      PRAlarmID*                  Handle to the notifier just created
+**                                          or NULL if the request failed.
+**  
+** SIDE EFFECTS:
+**  A periodic notifier is created. The notifications will be delivered
+**  by the alarm's internal thread at a fixed interval whose rate is the
+**  number of interrupts per interval specified. The first notification
+**  will be delivered as soon as possible, and they will continue until
+**  the notifier routine indicates that they should cease of the alarm
+**  context is destroyed (PR_DestroyAlarm).
+** RESTRICTIONS:
+**  None. 
+** MEMORY:      Memory for the notifier object.
+** ALGORITHM:   The rate at which notifications are delivered are stated
+**              to be "'rate' notifies per 'interval'". The exact time of
+**              the notification is computed based on a epoch established
+**              when the notifier was set. Each notification is delivered
+**              not ealier than the epoch plus the fixed rate times the
+**              notification sequence number. Such notifications have the
+**              potential to be late by not more than 'interval'/'rate'.
+**              The amount of lateness of one notification is taken into
+**              account on the next in an attempt to avoid long term slew.  
+***********************************************************************/
+NSPR_API(PRAlarmID*) PR_SetAlarm(
+    PRAlarm *alarm, PRIntervalTime period, PRUint32 rate,
+    PRPeriodicAlarmFn function, void *clientData);
+
+/***********************************************************************
+** FUNCTION:    PR_ResetAlarm
+** DESCRIPTION:
+**  Resets an existing alarm.
+** INPUTS:      PRAlarmID *id               Identify of the notifier.
+**              PRIntervalTime period       Interval over which the notifies
+**                                          are delivered.
+**              PRUint32 rate               The rate within the interval that
+**                                          the notifies will be delivered.
+** OUTPUTS:     None
+** RETURN:      PRStatus                    Indication of completion.
+**  
+** SIDE EFFECTS:
+**  An existing alarm may have its period and rate redefined. The
+**  additional side effect is that the notifier's epoch is recomputed.
+**  The first notification delivered by the newly refreshed alarm is
+**  defined to be 'interval'/'rate' from the time of the reset.
+** RESTRICTIONS:
+**  This function may only be called in the notifier for that alarm.
+** MEMORY:      N/A.
+** ALGORITHM:   See PR_SetAlarm().  
+***********************************************************************/
+NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_ResetAlarm(
+	PRAlarmID *id, PRIntervalTime period, PRUint32 rate);
+
+PR_END_EXTERN_C
+
+#endif /* !defined(pralarm_h) */
+
+/* prinrval.h */