Subprograms declared in the process declaration region are converted into member functions of the process class. Further, each process class includes three additional methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| 'ProcessClass'(
'ArchitectureClass' *architecture, name_stack &iname) |
``architecture'' points to the architecture instance of the process. ``iname'' is the instance names of the process. During execution the declaration part of the process is elaborated. Additionally, all copies of architecture-entity objects are initialised. |
| ~ 'ProcessClass' () | Destructor to clean up memory if the process is terminated. |
| bool execute() | This function is called by the kernel to execute the process. It returns whether it resumed its execution (true) or remains suspended because of a conditional wait condition (false). The return value is used only if the process is currently suspended by a conditional wait. |