Decoupling background work and foreground work

摘要

Systems, methods, and apparatus for separately loading and managing foreground work and background work of an application. In some embodiments, a method is provided for use by an operating system executing on at least one computer. The operating system may identify at least one foreground component and at least one background component of an application, and may load the at least one foreground component for execution separately from the at least one background component. For example, the operating system may execute the at least one foreground component without executing the at least one background component. In some further embodiments, the operating system may use a specification associated with the application to identify at least one piece of computer executable code implementing the at least one background component.

主权项

1. A method of controlling resource consumption by a background component that consumes resources when executed, the method comprising:
detecting an occurrence of a trigger; identifying a brokered event associated with the trigger based upon a data structure comprising one or more entries corresponding to one or more registered triggers; determining whether one or more conditions specified for the brokered event are satisfied; responsive to determining that the one or more conditions are satisfied, determining whether one or more broker limitations applicable to the brokered event are satisfied; responsive to determining that the one or more broker limitations are satisfied, signaling the brokered event, where the background component is executed responsive to the signaling.