DAQpp::Thread Class Reference

class Thread. More...

#include <Thread.h>

Inheritance diagram for DAQpp::Thread:

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List of all members.

Public Types
enum	CancelType { deferred, asynchronous, disable }
Public Member Functions
	Thread ()
	constructor
virtual	~Thread ()
	destructor
void	nice (int x)
	Sets the nice value of the thread process.
void	test_cancel ()
	test if the thread has been cancelled
void	set_cancel (CancelType)
	sets the way the thread can be cancelled.
void	exit (int v=0)
	exits the thread
virtual void	start ()
	Starts the thread.
virtual void	stop ()
	Stops the thread.
virtual void	run ()=0
	The method that gets executed in the thread.
bool	is_running ()
	Checks if the thread is running.
bool	is_stopped ()
	Checks if the thread has stopped.
Static Public Member Functions
static void *	_run (void *)
	Internal.
Private Attributes
pthread_t	_thread
	The thread we are wrapping.
bool	_started
	says if the thread has already started
bool	_stopped
	says if the thread has stopped
int	_nice
	The nice value for the trhead process.

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Detailed Description

class Thread.

This class represents a thread. It is an abstract class and the objects deriving from it should implement the run() method, which defines what the thread will execute. The thread will start running when the start() method is called and can be stopped by calling the stop() method.

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Member Function Documentation

void Thread::set_cancel

(

CancelType

ct

)

sets the way the thread can be cancelled.

It is any of the options in CancelType

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

• Thread.h
• Thread.cc