source: xplcommon/src/xplcommon/POSIXThread.h@ 1:00e7af4d1367

// Copyright (c) 2013 by István Váradi

// This file is part of libxplcommon, a common utility library for
// development related to X-Plane

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#ifndef XPLCOMMON_POSIXTHREAD_H
#define XPLCOMMON_POSIXTHREAD_H
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include "config.h"

#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H

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

#include <pthread.h>

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

namespace xplcommon {

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

/**
 * A pthreads-based thread implementation.
 */
class POSIXThread
{
private:
    /**
     * The thread-runner function.
     */
    static void* threadFn(void* arg);

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

public:
    /**
     * Virtual destructor.
     */
    virtual ~POSIXThread();

    /**
     * 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();
};

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

/// Common type for OS-independent code
typedef POSIXThread Thread;

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

inline POSIXThread::~POSIXThread()
{
}

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

inline bool POSIXThread::start()
{
    return pthread_create(&thread, 0, &threadFn, this)>=0;
}

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

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

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

} /* namespace xplcommon */

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#endif // HAVE_PTHREAD_H

#endif // XPLCOMMON_POSIXTHREAD_H

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