Add method to schedule main thread task (#1570)

* Add method to schedule main thread task
* ChatBot API: New delay task method
* Add sealed attribute to ChatBot internal method

MinecraftClient/ChatBot.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         private ChatBot master = null;
         private List<string> registeredPluginChannels = new List<String>();
         private List<string> registeredCommands = new List<string>();
+        private object delayTasksLock = new object();
+        private List<DelayedTask> delayTasks = new List<DelayedTask>();
         private McClient Handler
         {
             get
@@ -53,6 +55,39 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Will be called every ~100ms.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// <see cref="Update"/> method can be overridden by child class so need an extra update method
+        /// </remarks>
+        public sealed void UpdateInternal()
+        {
+            lock (delayTasksLock)
+            {
+                if (delayTasks.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    List<int> tasksToRemove = new List<int>();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < delayTasks.Count; i++)
+                    {
+                        if (delayTasks[i].Tick())
+                        {
+                            Handler.ScheduleTask(delayTasks[i].Task);
+                            tasksToRemove.Add(i);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (tasksToRemove.Count > 0)
+                    {
+                        tasksToRemove.Sort((a, b) => b.CompareTo(a)); // descending sort
+                        foreach (int index in tasksToRemove)
+                        {
+                            delayTasks.RemoveAt(index);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /* ================================================== */
         /*   Main methods to override for creating your bot   */
         /* ================================================== */
@@ -1354,6 +1389,38 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
             return Handler.GetProtocolVersion();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Schedule a task to run on main thread
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="task">Task to run</param>
+        /// <param name="delayTicks">Run the task after X ticks (1 tick delay = ~100ms). 0 for no delay</param>
+        /// <example>
+        /// // Delay ~10 seconds
+        /// ScheduleTask(delegate () 
+        /// { 
+        ///     /** Your code here **/
+        ///     Console.WriteLine("10 seconds has passed");
+        /// }, 100);
+        /// </example>
+        protected void ScheduleTask(Action task, int delayTicks = 0)
+        {
+            if (task != null)
+            {
+                if (delayTicks <= 0)
+                {
+                    // Immediately schedule to run on next update
+                    Handler.ScheduleTask(task);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    lock (delayTasksLock)
+                    {
+                        delayTasks.Add(new DelayedTask(task, delayTicks));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Command runner definition.
         /// Returned string will be the output of the command
@@ -1398,5 +1465,46 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 this.Runner = callback;
             }
         }
+
+        private class DelayedTask
+        {
+            private Action task;
+            private int Counter;
+
+            public Action Task { get { return task; } }
+
+            public DelayedTask(Action task)
+                : this(task, 0)
+            { }
+
+            public DelayedTask(Action task, int delayTicks)
+            {
+                this.task = task;
+                Counter = delayTicks;
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Tick the counter
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <returns>Return true if counted to zero</returns>
+            public bool Tick()
+            {
+                Counter--;
+                if (Counter <= 0)
+                    return true;
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Execute the task
+            /// </summary>
+            public void Execute()
+            {
+                if (task != null)
+                {
+                    task();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

MinecraftClient/McClient.cs

@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
         private readonly Dictionary<Guid, string> onlinePlayers = new Dictionary<Guid, string>();
 
         private static bool commandsLoaded = false;
-        private Queue<string> commandQueue = new Queue<string>();
 
         private Queue<string> chatQueue = new Queue<string>();
         private static DateTime nextMessageSendTime = DateTime.MinValue;
 
+        private Action threadTasks;
+        private object threadTasksLock = new object();
+
         private readonly List<ChatBot> bots = new List<ChatBot>();
         private static readonly List<ChatBot> botsOnHold = new List<ChatBot>();
         private static Dictionary<int, Container> inventories = new Dictionary<int, Container>();
@@ -310,10 +312,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 while (client.Client.Connected)
                 {
                     string text = ConsoleIO.ReadLine();
-                    lock (commandQueue)
+                    ScheduleTask(delegate () { HandleCommandPromptText(text); });
-                    {
-                        commandQueue.Enqueue(text);
-                    }
                 }   
             }
             catch (IOException) { }
@@ -579,6 +578,7 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 try
                 {
                     bot.Update();
+                    bot.UpdateInternal();
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
@@ -590,14 +590,6 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 }
             }
 
-            lock (commandQueue)
-            {
-                if (commandQueue.Count > 0)
-                {
-                    HandleCommandPromptText(commandQueue.Dequeue());
-                }
-            }
-
             lock (chatQueue)
             {
                 if (chatQueue.Count > 0 && nextMessageSendTime < DateTime.Now)
@@ -648,6 +640,15 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
                 if (respawnTicks == 0)
                     SendRespawnPacket();
             }
+
+            if (threadTasks != null)
+            {
+                lock (threadTasksLock)
+                {
+                    threadTasks();
+                    threadTasks = null;
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -692,6 +693,18 @@ namespace MinecraftClient
             else return false;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Schedule a task to run on the main thread
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="task">Task to run</param>
+        public void ScheduleTask(Action task)
+        {
+            lock (threadTasksLock)
+            {
+                threadTasks += task;
+            }
+        }
+
         #region Management: Load/Unload ChatBots and Enable/Disable settings
 
         /// <summary>