Threads

Namespaces
	pthread::this_thread

Classes
class	pthread::runnable
class	pthread::thread
class	pthread::abstract_thread
class	pthread::thread_group

Enumerations
enum	pthread::thread_status { pthread::thread_status::not_a_thread, pthread::thread_status::a_thread }

Functions
void *	pthread::thread_startup_runnable (void *)
void	pthread::this_thread::sleep_for (const int millis)
pthread_t	pthread::this_thread::get_id ()

Detailed Description

Set of classes that handle threads

Author

herbert koelman (herbe.nosp@m.rt.k.nosp@m.oelma.nosp@m.n@me.nosp@m..com)

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum pthread::thread_status

strong

current status of a thread instance

Enumerator
not_a_thread	this not a thread (i.e. after a move operation)
a_thread	a valid thread

Definition at line 47 of file thread.hpp.

Function Documentation

pthread_t pthread::this_thread::get_id

(

)

Returns

current thread id/reference

Examples:

synchronized_queue_tests.cpp.

Definition at line 21 of file thread.cpp.

void pthread::this_thread::sleep_for

(

const int

millis

)

let the current thread sleep for the given milliseconds.

Parameters

millis

time to wait.

Examples:

synchronized_queue_tests.cpp.

Definition at line 17 of file thread.cpp.

void * pthread::thread_startup_runnable

(

void *

runner

)

Function used to startup a thread.

it expects a reference to a runnable instance

This function is a helper function. It has normal C linkage, and is the base for newly created Thread objects. It runs the run method on the thread object passed to it (as a void *).

Definition at line 215 of file thread.cpp.