servo/components/compositing/scrolling.rs

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//! A timer thread that gives the painting task a little time to catch up when the user scrolls.

use compositor_task::{CompositorProxy, Msg};

use std::old_io::timer;
use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Sender, channel};
use std::thread::Builder;
use std::time::duration::Duration;
use time;

/// The amount of time in nanoseconds that we give to the painting thread to paint new tiles upon
/// processing a scroll event that caused new tiles to be revealed. When this expires, we give up
/// and composite anyway (showing a "checkerboard") to avoid dropping the frame.
static TIMEOUT: i64 = 12_000_000;

pub struct ScrollingTimerProxy {
    sender: Sender<ToScrollingTimerMsg>,
}

pub struct ScrollingTimer {
    compositor_proxy: Box<CompositorProxy>,
    receiver: Receiver<ToScrollingTimerMsg>,
}

enum ToScrollingTimerMsg {
    ExitMsg,
    ScrollEventProcessedMsg(u64),
}

impl ScrollingTimerProxy {
    pub fn new(compositor_proxy: Box<CompositorProxy+Send>) -> ScrollingTimerProxy {
        let (to_scrolling_timer_sender, to_scrolling_timer_receiver) = channel();
        Builder::new().spawn(move || {
            let mut scrolling_timer = ScrollingTimer {
                compositor_proxy: compositor_proxy,
                receiver: to_scrolling_timer_receiver,
            };
            scrolling_timer.run();
        });
        ScrollingTimerProxy {
            sender: to_scrolling_timer_sender,
        }
    }

    pub fn scroll_event_processed(&mut self, timestamp: u64) {
        self.sender.send(ToScrollingTimerMsg::ScrollEventProcessedMsg(timestamp)).unwrap()
    }

    pub fn shutdown(&mut self) {
        self.sender.send(ToScrollingTimerMsg::ExitMsg).unwrap()
    }
}

impl ScrollingTimer {
    pub fn run(&mut self) {
        loop {
            match self.receiver.recv() {
                Ok(ToScrollingTimerMsg::ScrollEventProcessedMsg(timestamp)) => {
                    let target = timestamp as i64 + TIMEOUT;
                    let delta = target - (time::precise_time_ns() as i64);
                    timer::sleep(Duration::nanoseconds(delta));
                    self.compositor_proxy.send(Msg::ScrollTimeout(timestamp));
                }
                Ok(ToScrollingTimerMsg::ExitMsg) | Err(_) => break,
            }
        }
    }
}