High Level Asynchronous Service Handling

• Introduction to active objects and the active scheduler
  This document provides a short introduction to active objects and active schedulers.
• Active objects
  This document describes the functionality and class membership of active objects.
• Active Scheduler
  This document describes how active objects are queued using active schedulers.
• How to construct an active object
  This document describes how to construct an active object to encapsulate a service provider.
• How to issue requests
  This document describes how an active object issues a request for a service.
• How to complete requests
  This document describes how to complete a request for a service.
• How to handle completed requests
  This document describes how an active scheduler handles a completed request.
• How to cancel requests
  This document describes how to cancel a previously scheduled request.
• How to start active objects
  This document describes how to start active objects.
• How to renew a request from the active scheduler
  This document describes how to maintain an outstanding request from an active scheduler.
• How to use multiple active objects
  This document illustrates how to use one active object to control another.
• Long-running services and background objects
  This document describes the use of background objects to respond to requests for long-running services.
• Non pre-emptive servicing
  This document describes how requests to active objects are serviced non pre-emptively.
• Simple encapsulation of a service provider
  This document describes how to use derived active object classes to encapsulate services.
• Life cycle of active objects
  This document describes the life cycle of an active objet.
• Using CActive
  This document describes the use of the CActive class to implement asynchronous services and requests.
• Using CAsyncOneShot
  This document descrbes the use of the CAsyncOneShot class in scheduling.
• Using CIdle
  This document describes how to use the CIdle class to implement long running background tasks.
• Using TCallBack
  This document describes the TCallBack class.
• Using TRequestStatus
  This document describes the use of TRequestStatus objects to hold the completion status of an asynchronous request.