thread.h

/*
 * GearBox Project: Peer-Reviewed Open-Source Libraries for Robotics
 *               http://gearbox.sf.net/
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Alex Brooks, Alexei Makarenko, Tobias Kaupp
 *
 * This distribution is licensed to you under the terms described in
 * the LICENSE file included in this distribution.
 *
 */

#ifndef GBXICEUTILACFR_THREAD_H
#define GBXICEUTILACFR_THREAD_H

#include <IceUtil/Thread.h>
#include <gbxutilacfr/stoppable.h>
// this is not needed for implementation of this class.
// it's included for convenience of users of Thread class.
#include <gbxsickacfr/gbxiceutilacfr/threadutils.h>

namespace gbxiceutilacfr {

class Thread : public IceUtil::Thread, public gbxutilacfr::Stoppable
{
public:

    Thread();

    void stop();

    // from gbxutilacfr::Stoppable
    virtual bool isStopping();

    bool isStarted();

    bool isActive() { return !isStopping(); };

protected:

    void waitForStop();

private:
    bool isStopping_;
};
typedef IceUtil::Handle<gbxiceutilacfr::Thread> ThreadPtr;

void stop( gbxiceutilacfr::Thread* thread );

void stopAndJoin( gbxiceutilacfr::Thread* thread );

inline void stop( const gbxiceutilacfr::ThreadPtr& thread )
{ stop(thread.get()); }

inline void stopAndJoin( const gbxiceutilacfr::ThreadPtr& thread )
{ stopAndJoin(thread.get()); }

} // end namespace

#endif