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 Classes: Processor

 Description: Properties of class 'Processor':
    input: a. a stream 
           b. a message queue
    output: a. none
            b. a stream
            c. one or multiple message queues
    action: any kind message processing actions
   
 Author: Nicole Nie

 History:
   Date     Who ID    Description
   -------- --- ---   -----------
   02/10/09 nieyy      Initial code (D153875)

****************************************************************************/

#ifndef _PROCESSOR_HPP
#define _PROCESSOR_HPP

#include <string>

using namespace std;

#include "thread.hpp"

class Message;

class Processor : public Thread 
{      
    protected:
        string              name;

        // for performance counting
        int                 totalCount;
        int                 totalSize;
        

    public:
        Processor(int hndl = -1);

        virtual void run();

        virtual Message * read() = 0;
        virtual void process(Message *msg) = 0;
        virtual void write(Message *msg) = 0;
        virtual void seize() = 0;
        virtual void clean() = 0;

        virtual bool isActive() = 0;
        
        void dump();
        void setName(string str) { name = str; }
        string getName() { return name; }
};

#endif