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Thread Class Reference

Thread abstraction. More...

#include <Thread.unix.h>

Collaboration diagram for Thread:

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Public Methods
	Thread ()
	Default constructor.
virtual	~Thread ()
bool	isActive ()
	True iff the thread is running.
virtual void *	run ()=0
	Synchronously run the thread.
void *	start ()
	Asynchronously run the thread. More...
void	join ()
	Synchronize with the thread. More...
	Thread ()
	Default constructor.
virtual	~Thread ()
bool	isActive ()
	True iff the thread is running.
virtual void *	run ()=0
	Synchronously run the thread.
void *	start ()
	Asynchronously run the thread.
void	join ()
	Synchronize with the thread.
Friends
void *	threadFunc (void *obj)
	Function to be run in OS thread. More...
DWORD	threadFunc (void *obj)
	Function to be run in OS thread. More...

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Detailed Description

Thread abstraction.

The Thread class abstracts from the OS dependent thread calls. Currently two versions exists: one based on WIN32 and one on POSIX MT.

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Member Function Documentation

void Thread::join (    )

Synchronize with the thread. Wait for the thread to complete. Precondition: Thread is started asynchronously. Postcondition: OS thread has ended.

void * Thread::start (    )

Asynchronously run the thread. Creates a OS thread and call Thread::run in it. Precondition: none. Postcondition: A OS thread has been created. active == true.

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

DWORD threadFunc (  void *    obj )  [friend]

Function to be run in OS thread. Runs the Thread::run method in a seperate thread. See also: Thread::run Parameters: obj  Thread this pointer cast to void*. Precondition: obj->mutex has been locked before thread creation. obj->active == true. Postcondition: obj->mutex is released. obj->active == false. Returns: Returns the value that Thread::run returns.

void* threadFunc (  void *    obj )  [friend]

Function to be run in OS thread. Runs the Thread::run method in a seperate thread. See also: Thread::run Parameters: obj  Thread this pointer cast to void*. Precondition: obj->mutex has been locked before thread creation. obj->active == true. Postcondition: obj->mutex is released. obj->active == false. Returns: Returns the value that Thread::run returns.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Thread.unix.h
• Thread.win32.h
• Thread.unix.cpp
• Thread.win32.cpp

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