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package neko.vm;

/**
	Core native User Interface support. This API uses native WIN32 API
	on Windows, Carbon API on OSX, and GTK2 on Linux.
 */
class Ui {
	/**
		Tells if the current thread is the main loop thread or not.
		The main loop thread is the one in which the first "ui"
		library primitive has been loaded.
	**/
	public static function isMainThread() {
		return _is_main_thread();
	}

	/**
		Starts the native UI event loop. This method can only be called
		from the main thread.
	**/
	public static function loop() {
		_loop();
	}

	/**
		Stop the native UI event loop. This method can only be called
		from the main thread.
	**/
	public static function stopLoop() {
		_sync(_stop_loop);
	}

	/**
		Queue a method call callb to be executed by the main thread while
		running the UI event loop. This can be used to perform UI updates
		in the UI thread using results processed by another thread.
	**/
	public static function sync(f:Void->Void) {
		_sync(f);
	}

	public static function syncResult<T>(f:Void->T):T {
		if (isMainThread())
			return f();
		var l = new Lock();
		var tmp = null;
		var exc = null;
		_sync(function() {
			try {
				tmp = f();
			} catch (e:Dynamic) {
				exc = {v: e};
			}
			l.release();
		});
		l.wait();
		if (exc != null)
			throw exc.v;
		return tmp;
	}

	static var _is_main_thread = neko.Lib.load("ui", "ui_is_main", 0);
	static var _loop = neko.Lib.load("ui", "ui_loop", 0);
	static var _stop_loop = neko.Lib.load("ui", "ui_stop_loop", 0);
	static var _sync = neko.Lib.load("ui", "ui_sync", 1);
}
