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+/*
+
+ Copyright (C) 2011 Grame
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This library 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
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+ Grame Research Laboratory, 9 rue du Garet, 69001 Lyon - France
+ research@grame.fr
+
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef __TThreads__
+#define __TThreads__
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+
+ #include <windows.h>
+ #define ThreadAPI(proc, arg) DWORD WINAPI proc (LPVOID arg)
+
+ typedef LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE ThreadProcPtr;
+ typedef HANDLE ThreadHandle;
+
+#else
+
+ #include <pthread.h>
+ #define ThreadAPI(proc, arg) void * proc (void * arg)
+
+ typedef void * ( * ThreadProcPtr) (void * ptr);
+ typedef pthread_t ThreadHandle;
+
+#endif
+
+//___________________________________________________________________
+/*!
+ \brief cross platform threads support
+
+ Based on pthread on linux and mac and
+ Windows native threads on Windows
+*/
+class TThreads
+{
+ public:
+ enum { kNormalPriority=0 };
+
+ TThreads ();
+ virtual ~TThreads () { quit (); }
+
+ virtual void run() = 0;
+
+ bool start (int priority = kNormalPriority);
+ bool isRunning () const { return fRunning; }
+ void quit();
+
+ void running (bool state) { fRunning = state; }
+
+ private:
+ int SetPriority (int priority);
+
+ bool fRunning;
+ ThreadHandle fThread; // the thread handler
+};
+
+#endif