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thread
Defined in header file:  thread.hh

Description

Example

class mythread : public thread {
public:
    mythread() { }

    virtual void run() {
        int i = 0;
        while (true) {
            cout << ++i << endl;
            sleep(1);
        }
    }
};
    
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    mythread t; 
    t.start();
    sleep(5);
}       

output:
1
2
3
4
5
  

Public base classes

Constructors

Constructor	Description
thread()	Constructor.

Members

Types	Description
Methods
bool  start(bool detached = true)	Starts the thread and returns immediately to the caller. If detached is set to true the state of the thread is set to PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED otherwise to PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE. Returns true on succhess.
virtual void  run()   = 0	Abstract method that is started by start().
bool  finished()	Checks whether the thread has been finished.
bool  cancel()	Cancels the thread.
bool  join()	Joins the thread. To join a thread it must not have been detached. At most one thread can wait for the termination of a given thread.
void  set_exit_callback(void(*)(void*)   )	Sets a callback method which is called as soon as the thread has been finished.

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