//
//  MPT_Scheduler.h
//  AUCoderDemo
//
//  Created by Andrew Salamon on 6/5/08.
//  Copyright 2008 Machine Perception Laboratory, University of California San Diego.. All rights reserved.
//

#import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>

@protocol SchedulerDelegateProtocol
- (void)handleResults:(NSDictionary *)results;
- (void)handleUnsortedResults:(NSDictionary *)pluginResults;
@end

@interface MPT_Scheduler : NSObject
{
	id delegate;
	id oneProc; // used if there is only one processor object.
	NSArray *processors;
	NSMutableArray *available;
	
	NSConditionLock *condLock;
	
	BOOL stopping;
	
	int maxThreads; // we may have more processors than this, but should only use up to this many at a time.
}
+ (unsigned int)availableCPUs;
+ (unsigned int)numThreads;
+ (void)setNumThreads:(unsigned int)value;

- (id)initWithDelegate:(id)_delegate;
- (void)createProcessors;

- (void)scheduleInput:(NSDictionary *)inputs;
- (BOOL)doesScheduleInput:(NSDictionary *)inputs;
- (BOOL)isEmpty;
- (BOOL)isAvailable; // Are there any available processors?

- (void)cleanup; // only call this when the application is quitting

- (id)delegate;
- (void)setDelegate:(id)value;

- (int)maxThreads;
- (void)setMaxThreads:(int)value;
@end