2 Copyright 2004-2005 Chris Tallon
4 This file is part of VOMP.
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30 class ThreadP : public Thread
33 // Override this method in derived classes
34 virtual void threadMethod()=0;
35 virtual void threadPostStopCleanup()=0;
37 // Methods to use from outside the thread
38 int threadStart(); // start the thread. threadMethod() will be called in derived class
39 void threadStop(); // stop the thread nicely. thread will be stopped when it next calls threadCheckExit()
40 void threadCancel(); // stop thread immediately. thread will be stopped at the next cancellation point
41 void threadSignal(); // releases a thread that has called threadWaitForSignal
42 void threadSignalNoLock(); // same as above but without locking guarantees. probably not a good idea.
44 // Methods to use from inside the thread
46 void threadSetKillable(); // allows threadCancel() to work
47 void threadCheckExit(); // terminates thread if threadStop() has been called
48 void threadWaitForSignal(); // pauses thread until threadSignal() is called
49 void threadWaitForSignalTimed(struct timespec*); // pauses thread until threadSignal() is called or timer expires
50 void threadLock(); // locks the mutex used for internal cond/signal stuff
51 void threadUnlock(); // unlocks.
53 // Internal bits and pieces
56 pthread_cond_t threadCond;
57 pthread_mutex_t threadCondMutex;
60 pthread_t getThreadID(); // returns the ID of the thread represented by this object
63 static pthread_t thisThreadID(); // Self identification - returns ID of calling thread
64 static void threadSuicide(); // Self termination