/// <summary>
/// Enqueue the url for downloading
/// </summary>
/// <param name="url">url to download</param>
/// <param name="highPriority">priority to use</param>
public static void prefetch(string url, bool highPriority)
{
if (fetchProcesses.ContainsKey(url))
{
//update the process, as a priority change
((DownloadThread)fetchProcesses[url]).highPriority = highPriority;
}
else
{
//create a new process
DownloadThread f = new DownloadThread(url, highPriority);
fetchProcesses.Add(url, f);
}
}
protected static void retreivalThread()
{
string url = null;
while (true)
{
//long wait for 1/10th of a second
Thread.Sleep(100);
lock (fetchProcesses)
{
url = getNextProcessToService();
}
//is there a url to service
if (url != null)
{
DownloadThread f = (DownloadThread)fetchProcesses[url];
//lock the fetchProcess and start retrieving
if (f.locked.WaitOne(1000, false))
{
f.flagStarted();
try
{
//TODO: must set up a single monitior thread to terminate any instances of this
// thread that lock indefinatly in this function call
object data = retriveURL(f.url);
if (data == null)
{
f.flagFailed();
}
else
{
//TODO: Parse in the actual file time stamp
f.setData(data, DateTime.Now);
}
}
finally
{
f.locked.ReleaseMutex();
}
}
}
}
}
