source: vscpl/src/hu/varadiistvan/scpl/_posix/Thread.h@ 1:ee063b6aaa32

// Copyright (c) 2013 by István Váradi

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#ifndef HU_VARADIISTVAN_SCPL_POSIX_THREAD_H
#define HU_VARADIISTVAN_SCPL_POSIX_THREAD_H
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace hu { namespace varadiistvan { namespace scpl {

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
 * A pthreads-based thread implementation.
 */
class Thread
{
public:
    /**
     * Sleep for the given number of milliseconds.
     */
    static void sleep(unsigned millis);

private:
    /**
     * The thread-runner function.
     */
    static void* threadFn(void* arg);

    /**
     * Indicate if the thread is detached or not.
     */
    bool detached;

    /**
     * The posix thread handle.
     */
    pthread_t thread;

public:
    /**
     * Construct the thread
     */
    Thread(bool detached = false);

    /**
     * Virtual destructor.
     */
    virtual ~Thread();

    /**
     * Start the thread.
     *
     * @return if the thread could be started
     */
    bool start();

    /**
     * Perform the thread's real operation.
     */
    virtual void run() = 0;

    /**
     * Wait for the thread to quit.
     */
    void join();
};

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Inline definitions
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inline void Thread::sleep(unsigned millis)
{
    usleep(static_cast<useconds_t>(millis)*1000);
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inline Thread::Thread(bool detached) :
    detached(detached)
{
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inline Thread::~Thread()
{
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

inline void Thread::join()
{
    pthread_join(thread, 0);
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

} /* namespace hu::varadiistvan::scpl */ } /* namespace hu::varadiistvan */ } /* namespace hu */

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif // HU_VARADIISTVAN_SCPL_POSIX_THREAD_H

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