I have a thread that is invoked with:
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(threadMethod:) toTarget:self
withObject:self];
It uses NSConditionLock and works well.
This thread performs a complex process but does it slowly so as to not use
much processor time. I specify how long I want it to take (1 to 30 minutes)
and use:
// block this task until time has elapsed or an exit signal is received.
if ([[self lock] lockWhenCondition:kConditionThreadMustExit beforeDate:[self
blockUntil]])
[[self lock] unlock];
blockUntil simply checks to see how much work has been done vs how much time
has passed and if 50% of the work has been done, blocks until 50% of the
time has passed. It works well since the work is very linear.
I would like to move this to NSOperation and NSOperationQueue but I see no
way to replicate this behavior. My current thread is limited to a single
processor core and with NSOperation I could split it to multiple cores, but
in so doing I seem to lose this "delay for a while" bit.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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