csp::BlackHoleChannel< DATA_TYPE > Class Template Reference
[Channels]

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Detailed Description

template<typename DATA_TYPE>
class csp::BlackHoleChannel< DATA_TYPE >

A "one-to-none" channel.

Sometimes when constructing a process network, you will find that a process is writing to a channel where you have no need of that data. In this case you effectively want to discard the data. One way of doing this is to have a receiver process on the reading end of the channel that does nothing with the data. However, this is wasteful - so this black-hole channel is provided for that use. It is particularly useful for testing processes.

All data written to a black-hole channel - as its name suggests - is lost. It should only be used by one writer. The channel does support poison - although only the writer can poison it or detect the poison, so it is fairly useless.

DATA_TYPE Requirements

DATA_TYPE* must be a valid type; DATA_TYPE cannot be a reference. No further restrictions are placed on DATA_TYPE.

Public Member Functions
Chanout< DATA_TYPE >	writer ()
	Gets a writing end of the channel.

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Member Function Documentation

template<typename DATA_TYPE>

Chanout<DATA_TYPE> csp::BlackHoleChannel< DATA_TYPE >::writer

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Gets a writing end of the channel.

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