The multi_threaded_queue_service is a class that operates as a message processing service. It provides the following functionalities:
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A service via a thread-safe function (write_queue()) to allow a client/producer to write to its internal FIFO/queue. When the queue is full, it will disallow writing and wait for a signal indicating that it can resume because reader threads have popped messages off of the queue/FIFO.
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Built-in internal "consumer/service/reader" threads. The number of these threads is configurable. They are reused after they finish processing an associated message from the queue, thereby eliminating the expense of dynamically creating threads as needed.
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Conditional_variable functionality for signaling to and between all pending threads so they know when it is and is not appropriate to attempt their respective queue operations (reads/writes).
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A customizable read_queue() thread function to process the message that is read from the queue as required by the application.
Note: The queue currently contains string elements (as messages to process) in this implementation. It is expected that the format of the message will be modified as needed (based on application requirements).
Several STL templates and classes are used to accomplish the aforementioned functionalities, including:
std::vector std::thread read_threads; // vector of the internal read threads
std::atomic execute_threads; // flag telling if we should execute or not
std::queue std::string msg_queue; // queue to write to and read from
std::mutex mtx; // shared mutex, managed by a per thread queue_lock
std::condition_variable check_queue_readiness_cv; // cv for accessing msg_queue