interrupt_operatorinterrupt_operatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperator (Operator)

Name

interrupt_operatorinterrupt_operatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperator — Attempt to interrupt an operator running in a different thread.

Signature

Description

interrupt_operatorinterrupt_operatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperator attempts to gracefully interrupt the operator currently running in the HALCON thread represented by HThreadIDHThreadIDHThreadIDHThreadIDHThreadID. If that currently running operator supports interruption, it will abort its execution depending on ModeModeModeModemode (see below). If the thread is currently not executing any operator, or if the currently running operator does not support interruptions, interrupt_operatorinterrupt_operatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperator is a no-op. The execution of any future operator in the other thread is not affected.

The ID representing a thread can be obtained with get_current_hthread_idget_current_hthread_idGetCurrentHthreadIdGetCurrentHthreadIdGetCurrentHthreadId.

interrupt_operatorinterrupt_operatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperator supports currently only one type of interruption, which can be set in ModeModeModeModemode. Note that the corresponding type must also be supported by the operator currently running in the other thread. To determine if an operator is interruptible and which kind of interrupts it supports, please see the "Execution Information" section of the operator documentation or query the information using the parameter 'interrupt_mode'"interrupt_mode""interrupt_mode""interrupt_mode""interrupt_mode" of the operator get_operator_infoget_operator_infoGetOperatorInfoGetOperatorInfoGetOperatorInfo.

Some operators, for which no interruptibility is mentioned in the reference documentation, can still be interrupted at some points of their execution. However, such interruptabilities are not guaranteed and can change without further notice between different versions of HALCON.

'cancel'"cancel""cancel""cancel""cancel":

Abort the execution of the operator. All results computed by the operator are discarded and the operator returns the error code H_ERR_CANCEL (22).

Attention

Note that not all operators support interruption. If a given operator supports interruptions and which modes are supported is described in the execution information section of the reference documentation of the corresponding operator.

Also note that there is no hard guarantee about the granularity of the interruption. The granularity can depend on the operator, its input data and the speed of the device. It is typically finer than 10 ms.

Execution Information

• Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
• Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
• Processed without parallelization.

Parameters

Example (HDevelop)

global tuple HThreadID
get_current_hthread_id (HThreadID)
* call some slow operator...

* In a different thread
wait_seconds(2)
* Interrupt the long-running operator in the other thread
interrupt_operator (HThreadID, 'cancel')

Result

If all the operator parameters are valid, interrupt_operatorinterrupt_operatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperatorInterruptOperator returns 2 (H_MSG_TRUE). Otherwise an exception is raised.

Possible Predecessors

get_current_hthread_idget_current_hthread_idGetCurrentHthreadIdGetCurrentHthreadIdGetCurrentHthreadId

Alternatives

set_operator_timeoutset_operator_timeoutSetOperatorTimeoutSetOperatorTimeoutSetOperatorTimeout

See also

get_current_hthread_idget_current_hthread_idGetCurrentHthreadIdGetCurrentHthreadIdGetCurrentHthreadId, set_operator_timeoutset_operator_timeoutSetOperatorTimeoutSetOperatorTimeoutSetOperatorTimeout

Module

Foundation