fsfw/tasks/ObjectTask.h
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/**
* @file ObjectTask.h
*
* @brief This file contains the definition for the ObjectTask class.
*
* @author Bastian Baetz
*
* @date 02/03/2012
*
*/
#ifndef OBJECTTASK_H_
#define OBJECTTASK_H_
#include <framework/objectmanager/ObjectManagerIF.h>
#include <framework/tasks/ExecutableObjectIF.h>
#include <framework/tasks/TaskBase.h>
/**
* @brief This class represents a specialized task for periodic activities of objects.
*
* @details For object-oriented embedded systems, simple periodic tasks executing a single function
* are not very useful. An object method, representing some kind of activity to be performed,
* would either be instantiated in each execution, thus loosing all attribute information, or
* must be known globally. To address this issue, the ObjectTask class is used.
* It implements the TaskBase prototype and provides additional means to make use of any
* object that implements the ExecutableObjectIF interface. The required performOperation
* method is then called periodically. Attributes of the executed object are persistent
* during the task's lifetime.
* Functionally, the class works similar to PeriodicTask.
*
* @author Bastian Baetz
*
* @date 02/03/2012
*
* @ingroup task_handling
*/
class ObjectTask: public TaskBase {
protected:
/**
* @brief This attribute holds a pointer to the object to be executed.
*/
ExecutableObjectIF* executingObject;
/**
* @brief The period of the task.
* @details The period determines the frequency of the task's execution. It is expressed in clock ticks.
*/
Interval_t period;
/**
* @brief id of the associated OS period
*/
PeriodId_t periodId;
/**
* @brief The pointer to the deadline-missed function.
* @details This pointer stores the function that is executed if the task's deadline is missed.
* So, each may react individually on a timing failure. The pointer may be NULL,
* then nothing happens on missing the deadline. The deadline is equal to the next execution
* of the periodic task.
*/
void ( *deadlineMissedFunc )( void );
/**
* @brief This is the function executed in the new task's context.
* @details It converts the argument back to the thread object type and copies the class instance
* to the task context. The taskFunctionality method is called afterwards.
* @param A pointer to the task object itself is passed as argument.
*/
static TaskReturn_t taskEntryPoint( TaskArgument_t argument );
/**
* @brief The function containing the actual functionality of the task.
* @details The method sets and starts
* the task's period, then enters a loop that is repeated as long as the isRunning
* attribute is true. Within the loop, the object's performFunction method is called, and
* afterwards the checkAndRestartPeriod system call to block the task until the next
* period. On missing the deadline, the deadlineMissedFunction is executed.
*/
void taskFunctionality( void );
public:
/**
* @brief The first of the two standard constructors of the class.
* @details This constructor initializes the object to be executed with the aid of an
* initialization function that returns the pointer to the object.
* In the underlying TaskBase class, a new operating system task is created.
* In addition to the TaskBase parameters, the period, the pointer to the
* aforementioned initialization function and an optional "deadline-missed"
* function pointer is passed.
* @param priority Sets the priority of a task. Values range from a low 0 to a high 99.
* @param stack_size The stack size reserved by the operating system for the task.
* @param setPeriod The length of the period with which the task's functionality will be
* executed. It is expressed in clock ticks.
* @param setDeadlineMissedFunc The function pointer to the deadline missed function
* that shall be assigned.
* @param initFunction A pointer to the initialization function that returns the object to be executed.
*/
ObjectTask( const char *name, TaskPriority_t setPriority, size_t setStack, Interval_t setPeriod, void (*setDeadlineMissedFunc)(), ExecutableObjectIF* (*initFunction)() );
/**
* @brief The second of the two standard constructors of the class.
* @details This constructor initializes the object to be executed with the aid of an
* object id and the global ObjectManager class.
* In the underlying TaskBase class, a new operating system task is created.
* In addition to the TaskBase parameters, the period, the object_id of the
* object to be executed and an optional "deadline-missed" function pointer is passed.
* @param priority Sets the priority of a task. Values range from a low 0 to a high 99.
* @param stack_size The stack size reserved by the operating system for the task.
* @param setPeriod The length of the period with which the task's functionality will be
* executed. It is expressed in clock ticks.
* @param setDeadlineMissedFunc The function pointer to the deadline missed function
* that shall be assigned.
* @param object_id The object id of the object to be executed.
*/
ObjectTask( const char *name, TaskPriority_t setPriority, size_t setStack, Interval_t setPeriod, void (*setDeadlineMissedFunc)(), object_id_t object_id );
/**
* @brief Currently, the executed object's lifetime is not coupled with the task object's
* lifetime, so the destructor is empty.
*/
virtual ~ObjectTask( void );
/**
* @brief The method to start the task.
* @details The method starts the task with the respective system call.
* Entry point is the taskEntryPoint method described below.
* The address of the task object is passed as an argument
* to the system call.
*/
ReturnValue_t startTask( void );
};
#endif /* OBJECTTASK_H_ */