Re: Multi-Threading Advice Needed
On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:29:50 -0700, James Appleby wrote:
Hello,
I'm designing an application and was hoping to seek some advice on the
threading portion of the design. The application features multiple
components presenting data to the user. (Tables, graphs, etc.) At any
point, the user can refresh the data, causing the data to be updated.
Each component is presenting different information, so having an MVC
solution with a single model is not a solution. Each component must
exist as a separate model with its own data.
One or multiple components may be in focus at the point of refresh due
to the nature of the interface. It is a simple task for each component
to track whether is it on screen (active) or not. If a component is
active when the user requests a refresh, it performs work to update the
data within its model. If it isn't active, it records that it now has a
stale cache and when it gains focus, it performs a refresh on the data
held within it.
In both the circumstances, the data load must be asynchronous so that it
doesn't interfere with the graphical interface. In an ideal world, I
would have each component existing as a thread that starts each time it
needs to perform a data load. But you can't start a thread twice, so
this is not an option.
There's the problem with multithreading and GUI's: they don't mix (well).
I can see two design solutions. I am seeking advice on whether my
preference is viable and whether anyone can see other solutions to the
issue.
Option #3: From what I can tell, your application is essentially a set of
components. You want each component to be able to be reloaded
asynchronously. In this case, a boss/worker thread seems ideal: the event
handlers put refresh events onto a queue that is processed by one or more
supplementary, continuously-running threads.
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