/* This file is part of Raul. * Copyright 2007-2011 David Robillard * * Raul is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later * version. * * Raul is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY * WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ #ifndef RAUL_THREAD_HPP #define RAUL_THREAD_HPP #include #include #include #include #include "raul/Noncopyable.hpp" namespace Raul { /** 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. * * \ingroup raul */ class Thread : Noncopyable { public: virtual ~Thread() { stop(); } static Thread* create(const std::string& name="") { return new Thread(name); } /** Must be called from thread */ static Thread* create_for_this_thread(const std::string& name="") { return new Thread(pthread_self(), name); } static Thread& get(); virtual void start(); virtual void stop(); virtual void join(); void set_scheduling(int policy, unsigned int priority); const std::string& name() const { return _name; } void set_name(const std::string& name) { _name = name; } bool is_context(unsigned context) const { return _contexts.find(context) != _contexts.end(); } void set_context(unsigned context) { _contexts.insert(context); } protected: explicit Thread(const std::string& name=""); Thread(pthread_t thread, const std::string& name=""); /** 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. */ virtual void _run() {} bool _exit_flag; private: static void* _static_run(void* me); /** Allocate thread-specific data key */ static void thread_key_alloc() { pthread_key_create(&_thread_key, NULL); } /* Key for the thread-specific buffer */ static pthread_key_t _thread_key; /* Once-only initialisation of the key */ static pthread_once_t _thread_key_once; std::set _contexts; std::string _name; bool _pthread_exists; bool _own_thread; pthread_t _pthread; }; } // namespace Raul #endif // RAUL_THREAD_HPP