/*
 * Copyright 2004-2010 H2 Group. Multiple-Licensed under the H2 License,
 * Version 1.0, and under the Eclipse Public License, Version 1.0
 * (http://h2database.com/html/license.html).
 * Initial Developer: H2 Group
 */
package org.h2.store;

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.security.AccessControlException;
import org.h2.engine.Constants;
import org.h2.engine.Database;
import org.h2.message.Trace;
import org.h2.message.TraceSystem;

/**
 * The writer thread is responsible to flush the transaction transaction log
 * from time to time.
 */
public class WriterThread implements Runnable {

    /**
     * The reference to the database.
     *
     * Thread objects are not garbage collected
     * until they returned from the run() method
     * (even if they where never started)
     * so if the connection was not closed,
     * the database object cannot get reclaimed
     * by the garbage collector if we use a hard reference.
     */
    private volatile WeakReference<Database> databaseRef;

    private int writeDelay;
    private Thread thread;
    private volatile boolean stop;

    private WriterThread(Database database, int writeDelay) {
        this.databaseRef = new WeakReference<Database>(database);
        this.writeDelay = writeDelay;
    }

    /**
     * Change the write delay
     *
     * @param writeDelay the new write delay
     */
    public void setWriteDelay(int writeDelay) {
        this.writeDelay = writeDelay;
    }

    /**
     * Create and start a new writer thread for the given database. If the
     * thread can't be created, this method returns null.
     *
     * @param database the database
     * @param writeDelay the delay
     * @return the writer thread object or null
     */
    public static WriterThread create(Database database, int writeDelay) {
        try {
            WriterThread writer = new WriterThread(database, writeDelay);
            writer.thread = new Thread(writer);
            writer.thread.setName("H2 Log Writer " + database.getShortName());
            writer.thread.setDaemon(true);
            return writer;
        } catch (AccessControlException e) {
            // // Google App Engine does not allow threads
            return null;
        }
    }

    public void run() {
        while (!stop) {
            Database database = databaseRef.get();
            if (database == null) {
                break;
            }
            int wait = writeDelay;
            try {
                if (database.isFileLockSerialized()) {
                    wait = Constants.MIN_WRITE_DELAY;
                    database.checkpointIfRequired();
                } else {
                    database.flush();
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                TraceSystem traceSystem = database.getTraceSystem();
                if (traceSystem != null) {
                    traceSystem.getTrace(Trace.DATABASE).error(e, "flush");
                }
            }
            // TODO log writer: could also flush the dirty cache
            // when there is low activity

            // wait 0 mean wait forever, which is not what we want
            wait = Math.max(wait, Constants.MIN_WRITE_DELAY);
            do {
                // wait 100 ms at a time
                int w = Math.min(wait, 100);
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(w);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // ignore
                }
                wait -= w;
            } while (wait > 0 && !stop);
        }
        databaseRef = null;
    }

    /**
     * Stop the thread. This method is called when closing the database.
     */
    public void stopThread() {
        stop = true;
    }

    /**
     * Start the thread. This method is called after opening the database
     * (to avoid deadlocks)
     */
    public void startThread() {
        thread.start();
        this.thread = null;
    }

}
