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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Source/charon/queues/job_queue.h b/Source/charon/queues/job_queue.h
index 48b6f07c1..9fcf08001 100644
--- a/Source/charon/queues/job_queue.h
+++ b/Source/charon/queues/job_queue.h
@@ -29,17 +29,22 @@
typedef struct job_queue_t job_queue_t;
/**
- * @brief Job-Queue
+ * @brief The job queue stores jobs, which will be processed by the thread_pool_t.
*
+ * Jobs are added from various sources, from the threads and
+ * from the event_queue_t.
* Although the job-queue is based on a linked_list_t
* all access functions are thread-save implemented.
*
+ * @b Constructors:
+ * - job_queue_create()
+ *
* @ingroup queues
*/
struct job_queue_t {
/**
- * @brief returns number of jobs in queue
+ * @brief Returns number of jobs in queue.
*
* @param job_queue_t calling object
* @returns number of items in queue
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ struct job_queue_t {
int (*get_count) (job_queue_t *job_queue);
/**
- * @brief get the next job from the queue
+ * @brief Get the next job from the queue.
*
* If the queue is empty, this function blocks until a job can be returned.
* After using, the returned job has to get destroyed by the caller.
@@ -59,7 +64,7 @@ struct job_queue_t {
job_t *(*get) (job_queue_t *job_queue);
/**
- * @brief adds a job to the queue
+ * @brief Adds a job to the queue.
*
* This function is non blocking and adds a job_t to the list.
* The specific job object has to get destroyed by the thread which
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ struct job_queue_t {
void (*add) (job_queue_t *job_queue, job_t *job);
/**
- * @brief destroys a job_queue object
+ * @brief Destroys a job_queue object.
*
* @warning The caller of this function has to make sure
* that no thread is going to add or get a job from the job_queue
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ struct job_queue_t {
/**
* @brief Creates an empty job_queue.
*
- * @return job_queue_t empty job_queue
+ * @return job_queue_t object
*
* @ingroup queues
*/