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Thread Class Reference

Inherited by seda_clock_thread, SEDAStage< In, void >::my_thread, and Threaded< T >.

List of all members.

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Detailed Description

A Thread of control.

Public Types
typedef pthread_t	id_type
Public Methods
	Thread (string name=string())
	Constructor (does not launch the Thread; for that use start()).
virtual	~Thread ()
	Destructor.
void	start ()
	Starts the Thread by invoking run() in the new Thread.
void	join ()
	Blocks until the Thread is finished.
void	detach ()
	Detaches a Thread so that it never needs to be joined.
string	as_string () const
	Returns a string describing the Thread.
Static Public Methods
id_type	self_id ()
void	sleep (Time duration)
	Sleeps for a certain duration.
Thread &	self ()
	Returns an object for the currently running Thread.
Protected Methods
virtual void	run ()=0
void	delete_on_completion ()

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Member Typedef Documentation

typedef pthread_t Thread::id_type

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Thread::Thread (  string    name = string() )

Constructor (does not launch the Thread; for that use start()).

virtual Thread::~Thread (    )  [virtual]

Destructor. Note that a Thread should never delete itself; it may invoke delete_on_completion() from within run() to cause it to be deleted once the run() method has returned.

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Member Function Documentation

string Thread::as_string (    )  const

Returns a string describing the Thread.

void Thread::delete_on_completion (    )  [protected]

void Thread::detach (    )

Detaches a Thread so that it never needs to be joined.

void Thread::join (    )

Blocks until the Thread is finished. To be invoked only from a different Thread than this one.

virtual void Thread::run (    )  [protected, pure virtual]

Implemented in seda_clock_thread, and Threaded< T >.

Thread& Thread::self (    )  [static]

Returns an object for the currently running Thread.

id_type Thread::self_id (    )  [static]

void Thread::sleep (  Time    duration )  [static]

Sleeps for a certain duration.

void Thread::start (    )

Starts the Thread by invoking run() in the new Thread.

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

• thread

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