Abstract base class for a thread. More...

#include <Thread.hpp>

Public Member Functions
virtual void	start ()
	Launch and start the thread.
virtual void	stop ()
	Stop and terminate the thread.
virtual void	join ()
void	set_scheduling (int policy, unsigned int priority)
const std::string &	name () const
void	set_name (const std::string &name)
bool	is_context (unsigned context) const
void	set_context (unsigned context)
Static Public Member Functions
static Thread *	create (const std::string &name="")
static Thread *	create_for_this_thread (const std::string &name="")
	Must be called from thread.
static Thread &	get ()
	Return the calling thread.
Protected Member Functions
	Thread (const std::string &name="")
	Thread (pthread_t thread, const std::string &name="")
	Must be called from thread.
virtual void	_run ()
	Thread function to execute.
Protected Attributes
bool	_exit_flag

Detailed Description

Abstract base class for a thread.

Extend this and override the _run method to easily create a thread to perform some task.

The current Thread can be accessed using the get() method.

Member Function Documentation

Thread & Raul::Thread::get ( ) [static]

Return the calling thread.

The return value of this should NOT be cached unless the thread is explicitly user created with create().

void Raul::Thread::start ( ) [virtual]

Launch and start the thread.

void Raul::Thread::stop ( ) [virtual]

Stop and terminate the thread.

virtual void Raul::Thread::_run ( ) [inline, protected, virtual]

Thread function to execute.

This is called once on start, and terminated on stop. Implementations likely want to put some infinite loop here.

When _exit_flag becomes true (via a call to stop()) the loop should exit.

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