nc-photos/app/lib/compute_queue.dart

import 'dart:collection';

import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';

typedef ComputeQueueCallback<U> = void Function(U result);

/// Compute the jobs in the queue one by one sequentially in isolate
class ComputeQueue<T, U> {
  void addJob(T event, ComputeCallback<T, U> callback,
      ComputeQueueCallback<U> onResult) {
    _queue.addLast(_Job(event, callback, onResult));
    if (_queue.length == 1) {
      _startProcessing();
    }
  }

  bool get isProcessing => _queue.isNotEmpty;

  Future<void> _startProcessing() async {
    while (_queue.isNotEmpty) {
      final ev = _queue.first;
      try {
        final result = await compute(ev.callback, ev.message);
        ev.onResult(result);
      } finally {
        _queue.removeFirst();
      }
    }
  }

  final _queue = Queue<_Job<T, U>>();
}

class _Job<T, U> {
  const _Job(this.message, this.callback, this.onResult);

  final T message;
  final ComputeCallback<T, U> callback;
  final ComputeQueueCallback<U> onResult;
}