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#ifndef SD_TIMER_BASED_TASK_EXECUTION_HXX
#define SD_TIMER_BASED_TASK_EXECUTION_HXX

#include <vcl/timer.hxx>

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace sd { namespace tools {

class AsynchronousTask;

/** Execute an AsynchronousTask timer based, i.e. every
    nMillisecondsBetweenSteps milliseconds as much steps are executed as fit
    into a nMaxTimePerStep millisecond intervall.

    When a task is executed completely, i.e. HasNextStep() returns <FALSE/>,
    the TimerBasedTaskExecution destroys itself.  This, of course, works
    only if the creating instance does not hold a shared_ptr to  that object.
*/
class TimerBasedTaskExecution
{
public:
    /** Create a new object of this class.
        @param rpTask
            The AsynchronousTask that is to be executed.
        @param nMillisecondsBetweenSteps
            Wait at least this long between the execution of steps.  Note
            that more than one step may be executed in succession.
        @param nMaxTimePerStep
            The maximal time for executing steps without yielding control.
    */
    static ::boost::shared_ptr<TimerBasedTaskExecution> Create (
        const ::boost::shared_ptr<AsynchronousTask>& rpTask,
        sal_uInt32 nMillisecondsBetweenSteps,
        sal_uInt32 nMaxTimePerStep);

    /** Stop the execution of the task and release the shared pointer to
        itself so that it will eventually be destroyed.
    */
    void Release (void);

    /** Convenience method that calls Release() on the given task.  It
        checks the given weak_ptr for being expired and catches bad_weak_ptr
        exceptions.
    */
    static void ReleaseTask (const ::boost::weak_ptr<TimerBasedTaskExecution>& rpTask);

private:
    ::boost::shared_ptr<AsynchronousTask> mpTask;
    Timer maTimer;
    /** This shared_ptr to this is used to destroy a TimerBasedTaskExecution
        object when its task has been executed completely.
    */
    ::boost::shared_ptr<TimerBasedTaskExecution> mpSelf;
    sal_uInt32 mnMaxTimePerStep;

    TimerBasedTaskExecution (
        const ::boost::shared_ptr<AsynchronousTask>& rpTask,
        sal_uInt32 nMillisecondsBetweenSteps,
        sal_uInt32 nMaxTimePerStep);
    ~TimerBasedTaskExecution (void);
    void SetSelf (const ::boost::shared_ptr<TimerBasedTaskExecution>& rpSelf);

    class Deleter;
    friend class Deleter;

    DECL_LINK(TimerCallback,Timer*);
};

} } // end of namespace ::sd::tools

#endif