Effort/Revise OOo Multi-Threading
Status: in progress
Type: effort
Revision of OOos usage of Multi Threading
The OOo Threading Effort attempts to clean-up OOos threading model (how to use threads) and to implement a specified threading architecture (where and when to use threads), providing an overview and documentation of the threads used in OOo. Further improvement is planned to be implemented in another effort, eventually leading to an advanced threading architecture.
Problem
More or less frequently people complain about OOo in respect to multi threading. Either because it is complicated to implement a service, or that there is only few documentation, or that the UNO API is not thread safe, or that it does not scale etc.
Solution
Analyse the current state. Find and propose a solution, ideally based on Uno, and implement it.
Time Frame
Current understanding of the topic lets us think, that the changes of OOo on behalf of the threading clean up effort are going to be integrated into some of the next updates and will probably mostly be finished until mid 2006.
Tasks
The below list of efforts and tasks shows what needs to be done.
| Title | State |
| Analyse OOo Multi-Threading | finished |
| Define Goals for OOo Threading Model/Architecture | finished |
| Implement Uno Threading Framework supporting the Threading Model | in progress |
| Specify Uno Threading Architecture | in progress |
| Implement Binary Uno Threading Architecture | in progress |
| Define OOo Threading Model | finished |
| Define OOo Threading Architecture | draft |
| Thread Transparent VCL | in progress (UTF2) |
| Implement OOo Threading Architecture | in progress (UTF2) |
| Effort/Threading Clean Up | open |
