Policy

Description:

public enum Policy

Policy determines what happens on exit from Context.

DEFAULT - Performs default action on exit from thread.
FREE - Goes through the free list and attempts to free un-freed elements until all elements are freed.
RELEASE - Release the un-freed elements to either helper thread or to main loop. Please note it may block while adding to queue.
THREAD_EXIT - Performs the same action as on exit from current thread.
TRY_FREE - Goes through the free list and attempts to free un-freed elements.
TRY_RELEASE - Release the un- freed elements to either helper thread or to main loop. Please note if the operation would block it is not performed.

public bool is_blocking ()
Checks if policy blocks or is lock-free. Please note that it works on a concrete policy only.
public bool is_concrete ()
Checks if the policy is concrete or if it depends on global variables.
public bool is_safe ()
Checks if policy guarantees freeing all elements. Please note that it works on a concrete policy only.
public Policy to_concrete ()
Finds concrete policy which corresponds to given policy.