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// @(#)root/thread:$Id$
// Author: Danilo Piparo August 2017
 
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#ifndef ROOT_TFuture
#define ROOT_TFuture
 
#include "RConfigure.h"
 
#include "ROOT/TTaskGroup.hxx"
 
#include <type_traits>
#include <future>
 
// exclude in case ROOT does not have IMT support
#ifndef R__USE_IMT
// No need to error out for dictionaries.
#if !defined(__ROOTCLING__) && !defined(G__DICTIONARY)
#error "Cannot use ROOT::Experimental::Async without defining R__USE_IMT."
#endif
#else
 
namespace ROOT {
 
// fwd declaration
namespace Experimental {
template <typename T>
class TFuture;
}
 
namespace Detail {
template <typename T>
class TFutureImpl {
   template <typename V>
   friend class Experimental::TFuture;
 
protected:
   using TTaskGroup = Experimental::TTaskGroup;
   std::future<T> fStdFut;
   std::unique_ptr<TTaskGroup> fTg{nullptr};
 
   TFutureImpl(std::future<T> &&fut, std::unique_ptr<TTaskGroup> &&tg) : fStdFut(std::move(fut))
   {
      fTg = std::move(tg);
   };
   TFutureImpl(){};
 
   TFutureImpl(std::future<T> &&fut) : fStdFut(std::move(fut)) {}
 
   TFutureImpl(TFutureImpl<T> &&other) : fStdFut(std::move(other.fStdFut)), fTg(std::move(other.fTg)) {}
 
   TFutureImpl &operator=(std::future<T> &&other) { fStdFut = std::move(other); }
 
   TFutureImpl<T> &operator=(TFutureImpl<T> &&other) = default;
 
public:
   TFutureImpl<T> &operator=(TFutureImpl<T> &other) = delete;
 
   TFutureImpl(const TFutureImpl<T> &other) = delete;
 
   void wait()
   {
      if (fTg)
         fTg->Wait();
   }
 
   bool valid() const { return fStdFut.valid(); };
};
}
 
namespace Experimental {
 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// A TFuture class. It can wrap an std::future.
template <typename T>
class TFuture final : public ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<T> {
   template <class Function, class... Args>
   friend TFuture<
      typename std::result_of<typename std::decay<Function>::type(typename std::decay<Args>::type...)>::type>
   Async(Function &&f, Args &&... args);
 
private:
   TFuture(std::future<T> &&fut, std::unique_ptr<TTaskGroup> &&tg)
      : ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<T>(std::forward<std::future<T>>(fut), std::move(tg)){};
 
public:
   TFuture(std::future<T> &&fut) : ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<T>(std::forward<std::future<T>>(fut)){};
 
   T get()
   {
      this->wait();
      return this->fStdFut.get();
   }
};
/// \cond
// Two specialisations, for void and T& as for std::future
template <>
class TFuture<void> final : public ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<void> {
   template <class Function, class... Args>
   friend TFuture<
      typename std::result_of<typename std::decay<Function>::type(typename std::decay<Args>::type...)>::type>
   Async(Function &&f, Args &&... args);
 
private:
   TFuture(std::future<void> &&fut, std::unique_ptr<TTaskGroup> &&tg)
      : ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<void>(std::forward<std::future<void>>(fut), std::move(tg)){};
 
public:
   TFuture(std::future<void> &&fut) : ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<void>(std::forward<std::future<void>>(fut)){};
 
   void get()
   {
      this->wait();
      fStdFut.get();
   }
};
 
template <typename T>
class TFuture<T &> final : public ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<T &> {
   template <class Function, class... Args>
   friend TFuture<
      typename std::result_of<typename std::decay<Function>::type(typename std::decay<Args>::type...)>::type>
   Async(Function &&f, Args &&... args);
 
private:
   TFuture(std::future<T &> &&fut, std::unique_ptr<TTaskGroup> &&tg)
      : ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<T &>(std::forward<std::future<T &>>(fut), std::move(tg)){};
 
public:
   TFuture(std::future<T &> &&fut) : ROOT::Detail::TFutureImpl<T &>(std::forward<std::future<T &>>(fut)){};
 
   T &get()
   {
      this->wait();
      return this->fStdFut.get();
   }
};
/// \endcond
 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Runs a function asynchronously potentially in a new thread and returns a
/// ROOT TFuture that will hold the result.
template <class Function, class... Args>
TFuture<typename std::result_of<typename std::decay<Function>::type(typename std::decay<Args>::type...)>::type>
Async(Function &&f, Args &&... args)
{
   // The return type according to the standard implementation of std::future
   // the long type is due to the fact that we want to be c++11 compatible.
   // A more elegant version would be:
   // std::future<std::result_of_t<std::decay_t<Function>(std::decay_t<Args>...)>>
   using Ret_t = typename std::result_of<typename std::decay<Function>::type(typename std::decay<Args>::type...)>::type;
 
   auto thisPt = std::make_shared<std::packaged_task<Ret_t()>>(std::bind(f, args...));
   std::unique_ptr<ROOT::Experimental::TTaskGroup> tg(new ROOT::Experimental::TTaskGroup());
   tg->Run([thisPt]() { (*thisPt)(); });
 
   return ROOT::Experimental::TFuture<Ret_t>(thisPt->get_future(), std::move(tg));
}
}
}
 
#endif
#endif