IAsyncWorkProcessorFactory.h

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#ifndef __IASYNCWORKPROCESSORFACTORY__
#define __IASYNCWORKPROCESSORFACTORY__

#include "AsyncWork.h"
#include "AppFrameworkID.h"


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class IAsyncWorkProcessorFactory : public IPMUnknown
{ 
public:

 enum { kDefaultIID = IID_IASYNCWORKPROCESSORFACTORY };

 enum LoadModel
 {
 kComputationBound = 1, // your code does mostly computation
 kExternalWait = 2, // your code mostly waits on I/O or external things
 kMixed = 3 // you have no clue what your code does
 };

 virtual bool IsThreadable () const = 0; 

 virtual LoadModel GetLoadModel () const = 0;

 virtual uint32 GetMaximumInstances (uint32 nCPUCores) const = 0;

 virtual AsyncWorkProcessor *CreateProcessorInstance () const = 0;
};

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#endif // __IASYNCWORKPROCESSORFACTORY__