Update Management

Manage the process update. More...

Functions
void	impact_StartUpdateThread (struct impact_CInstance *instance, unsigned int port)
void	impact_StopUpdateThread (struct impact_CInstance *instance)
int	impact_WaitUpdateThreadReady (struct impact_CInstance *instance, int milliseconds)

Detailed Description

Manage the process update and communications.

Function Documentation

impact_StartUpdateThread()

void impact_StartUpdateThread	(	struct impact_CInstance *	instance,
		unsigned int	port
	)

Update function

This needs to run in a thread, which can have low priority. It will also allow the JSON access via TCP.

Remarks

This function does not return until it is stopped with impact_StopUpdateThread

Parameters

instance	the instance
port	the port to listen for incoming JSON connections. If 0, the JSON server is not accessible

impact_StopUpdateThread()

void impact_StopUpdateThread

(

struct impact_CInstance *

instance

)

Stop the update thread

Parameters

instance

the processing instance

impact_WaitUpdateThreadReady()

int impact_WaitUpdateThreadReady	(	struct impact_CInstance *	instance,
		int	milliseconds
	)

Wait for the update thread to be ready

Parameters

instance	the processing instance
milliseconds	maximum time to wait in milliseconds

Returns

-1 if timeout waiting for the thread, 0 if OK