lti::thread Class Reference

lti thread class. More...

#include <ltiThread.h>

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List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	thread ()
virtual	~thread ()
virtual void	start ()
virtual void	stop ()
virtual void	join ()
bool	isAlive () const
bool	representsCalledThread () const
virtual const char *	getTypeName () const
Protected Member Functions
virtual void	run ()=0
virtual void	cleanUp ()

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Detailed Description

lti thread class.

representiation of a system thread (currently a posix thread for Unix systems, and WIN32 thread for windows systems)

If you need a thread, just inherit from this class and reimplement the member run:

 class myThread : public thread {
 protected:
   void run() {
     // your thread's job here!
   }
 };

 ...

 // somewhere else in your code:

 myThread aThread;
 aThread.start(); // do your threads job...
 // continue with other things (your thread runs in parallel...)

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

lti::thread::thread

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default constructor

virtual lti::thread::~thread

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[virtual]

destructor.

If the thread is still executing while destroying the thread object, the thread will be forced to stop. Use join() to wait for the thread to terminate itself.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual void lti::thread::cleanUp

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)

[inline, protected, virtual]

method to be called when finishing regulary or cancelling the thread; something like a destructor for the run() method

Reimplemented in lti::gtkServer::guiThread.

virtual const char* lti::thread::getTypeName

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const [virtual]

returns the name of this type

Reimplemented from lti::object.

bool lti::thread::isAlive

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const

test if the thread is alive

virtual void lti::thread::join

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[virtual]

wait for thread termination

bool lti::thread::representsCalledThread

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const

returns whether the thread object represents the called thread i.e.

true if called within the run() method.

virtual void lti::thread::run

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)

[protected, pure virtual]

method to be called when starting the thread; contains the job the thread has to execute

Implemented in lti::gtkServer::guiThread.

virtual void lti::thread::start

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)

[virtual]

start thread

Reimplemented in lti::gtkServer::guiThread.

virtual void lti::thread::stop

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)

[virtual]

forces the thread to stop executing.

overload this function to cleanup things run leaves after cancellation.

Reimplemented in lti::gtkServer::guiThread.

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

• ltiThread.h