2 Copyright 2004-2005 Chris Tallon
4 This file is part of VOMP.
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30 // Override this method in derived classes
31 virtual void threadMethod()=0;
33 // Methods to use from outside the thread
34 int threadStart(); // start the thread. threadMethod() will be called in derived class
35 void threadStop(); // stop the thread nicely. thread will be stopped when it next calls threadCheckExit()
36 void threadCancel(); // stop thread immediately. thread will be stopped at the next cancellation point
37 void threadSignal(); // releases a thread that has called threadWaitForSignal
38 void threadSignalNoLock(); // same as above but without locking guarantees. probably not a good idea.
39 char threadIsActive(); // returns 1 if thread has been started but not stop() or cancel() 'd
41 // Methods to use from inside the thread
42 void threadCheckExit(); // terminates thread if threadStop() has been called
43 void threadWaitForSignal(); // pauses thread until threadSignal() is called
45 // Internal bits and pieces
50 pthread_cond_t threadCond;
51 pthread_mutex_t threadCondMutex;
55 void threadInternalStart2();