CLK/ClockReceiver/DeferredQueue.hpp

//
//  DeferredQueue.hpp
//  Clock Signal
//
//  Created by Thomas Harte on 23/08/2018.
//  Copyright © 2018 Thomas Harte. All rights reserved.
//

#pragma once

#include <functional>
#include <vector>

/*!
	Provides the logic to insert into and traverse a list of future scheduled items.
*/
template <typename TimeUnit> class DeferredQueue {
	public:
		/*!
			Schedules @c action to occur in @c delay units of time.
		*/
		void defer(TimeUnit delay, const std::function<void(void)> &action) {
			// Apply immediately if there's no delay (or a negative delay).
			if(delay <= TimeUnit(0)) {
				action();
				return;
			}

			if(!pending_actions_.empty()) {
				// Otherwise enqueue, having subtracted the delay for any preceding events,
				// and subtracting from the subsequent, if any.
				auto insertion_point = pending_actions_.begin();
				while(insertion_point != pending_actions_.end() && insertion_point->delay < delay) {
					delay -= insertion_point->delay;
					++insertion_point;
				}
				if(insertion_point != pending_actions_.end()) {
					insertion_point->delay -= delay;
				}

				pending_actions_.emplace(insertion_point, delay, action);
			} else {
				pending_actions_.emplace_back(delay, action);
			}
		}

		/*!
			@returns The amount of time until the next enqueued action will occur,
				or TimeUnit(-1) if the queue is empty.
		*/
		TimeUnit time_until_next_action() const {
			if(pending_actions_.empty()) return TimeUnit(-1);
			return pending_actions_.front().delay;
		}

		/*!
			Advances the queue the specified amount of time, performing any actions it reaches.
		*/
		void advance(TimeUnit time) {
			auto erase_iterator = pending_actions_.begin();
			while(erase_iterator != pending_actions_.end()) {
				erase_iterator->delay -= time;
				if(erase_iterator->delay <= TimeUnit(0)) {
					time = -erase_iterator->delay;
					erase_iterator->action();
					++erase_iterator;
				} else {
					break;
				}
			}
			if(erase_iterator != pending_actions_.begin()) {
				pending_actions_.erase(pending_actions_.begin(), erase_iterator);
			}
		}

	private:
		// The list of deferred actions.
		struct DeferredAction {
			TimeUnit delay;
			std::function<void(void)> action;

			DeferredAction(TimeUnit delay, const std::function<void(void)> &action) : delay(delay), action(std::move(action)) {}
		};
		std::vector<DeferredAction> pending_actions_;
};

/*!
	A DeferredQueue maintains a list of ordered actions and the times at which
	they should happen, and divides a total execution period up into the portions
	that occur between those actions, triggering each action when it is reached.

	This list is efficient only for short queues.
*/
template <typename TimeUnit> class DeferredQueuePerformer: public DeferredQueue<TimeUnit> {
	public:
		/// Constructs a DeferredQueue that will call target(period) in between deferred actions.
		constexpr DeferredQueuePerformer(std::function<void(TimeUnit)> &&target) : target_(std::move(target)) {}

		/*!
			Runs for @c length units of time.

			The constructor-supplied target will be called with one or more periods that add up to @c length;
			any scheduled actions will be called between periods.
		*/
		void run_for(TimeUnit length) {
			auto time_to_next = DeferredQueue<TimeUnit>::time_until_next_action();
			while(time_to_next != TimeUnit(-1) && time_to_next <= length) {
				target_(time_to_next);
				length -= time_to_next;
				DeferredQueue<TimeUnit>::advance(time_to_next);
			}

			DeferredQueue<TimeUnit>::advance(length);
			target_(length);

			// TODO: optimise this to avoid the multiple std::vector deletes. Find a neat way to expose that solution, maybe?
		}

	private:
		std::function<void(TimeUnit)> target_;
};