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Public Member Functions | |
bool | joinable () const |
Returns whether the thread is joinable. | |
void | join () |
Waits until the thread finishes. | |
void | set_priority (ThreadPriority priority) |
Changes the priority of the thread to priority. | |
ThreadPriority | get_priority () const |
Returns the priority of the thread. | |
GThread* | gobj () |
const GThread* | gobj () const |
Static Public Member Functions | |
static Thread* | create (const sigc::slot<void>& slot, bool joinable) |
Creates a new thread with the priority THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL . | |
static Thread* | create (const sigc::slot<void>& slot, unsigned long stack_size, bool joinable, bool bound, ThreadPriority priority) |
Creates a new thread with the priority priority. | |
static Thread* | self () |
Returns the Thread* corresponding to the calling thread. | |
static void | yield () |
Gives way to other threads waiting to be scheduled. | |
Related Functions | |
(Note that these are not member functions.) | |
Thread* | wrap (GThread* gobject) |
Classes | |
class | Exit |
Exception class used to exit from a thread. More... |
An instance of this class can only be obtained with create(), self(), or wrap(GThread*). It's not possible to delete a Thread object. If the thread is not joinable, its resources will be freed automatically when it exits. Otherwise, if the thread is joinable, you must call join() to avoid a memory leak.
You might have noticed that the thread entry slot doesn't have the usual void* return value. If you want to return any data from your thread you can pass an additional output argument to the thread's entry slot.
static Thread* Glib::Thread::create | ( | const sigc::slot< void > & | slot, | |
bool | joinable | |||
) | [static] |
Creates a new thread with the priority THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
.
If joinable is true
, you can wait for this thread's termination by calling join(). Otherwise the thread will just disappear, when ready.
The new thread executes the function or method slot points to. You can pass additional arguments using sigc::bind(). If the thread was created successfully, it is returned, otherwise a ThreadError exception is thrown.
slot | A slot to execute in the new thread. | |
joinable | Should this thread be joinable? |
Glib::ThreadError |
static Thread* Glib::Thread::create | ( | const sigc::slot< void > & | slot, | |
unsigned long | stack_size, | |||
bool | joinable, | |||
bool | bound, | |||
ThreadPriority | priority | |||
) | [static] |
Creates a new thread with the priority priority.
The stack gets the size stack_size or the default value for the current platform, if stack_size is 0
.
If joinable is true
, you can wait for this thread's termination by calling join(). Otherwise the thread will just disappear, when ready. If bound is true
, this thread will be scheduled in the system scope, otherwise the implementation is free to do scheduling in the process scope. The first variant is more expensive resource-wise, but generally faster. On some systems (e.g. Linux) all threads are bound.
The new thread executes the function or method slot points to. You can pass additional arguments using sigc::bind(). If the thread was created successfully, it is returned.
Glib::THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL
here as a default.Only use the extended create(const sigc::slot<void>&, unsigned long, bool, bool, ThreadPriority) function, when you really can't use the simple create(const sigc::slot<void>&, bool) instead. The latter overload does not take stack_size, bound and priority as arguments, as they should only be used for cases, where it is inevitable.
slot | A slot to execute in the new thread. | |
stack_size | A stack size for the new thread, or 0 . | |
joinable | Should this thread be joinable? | |
bound | Should this thread be bound to a system thread? | |
priority | A priority for the thread. |
Glib::ThreadError |
static Thread* Glib::Thread::self | ( | ) | [static] |
Returns the Thread* corresponding to the calling thread.
bool Glib::Thread::joinable | ( | ) | const |
Returns whether the thread is joinable.
void Glib::Thread::join | ( | ) |
Waits until the thread finishes.
Waits until the thread finishes, i.e. the slot, as given to create(), returns or g_thread_exit() is called by the thread. (Calling g_thread_exit() in a C++ program should be avoided.) All resources of the thread including the Glib::Thread object are released. The thread must have been created with joinable = true
.
void Glib::Thread::set_priority | ( | ThreadPriority | priority | ) |
Changes the priority of the thread to priority.
root
can increase priorities. On other systems (e.g. Solaris) there doesn't seem to be different scheduling for different priorities. All in all try to avoid being dependent on priorities. priority | A new priority for the thread. |
ThreadPriority Glib::Thread::get_priority | ( | ) | const |
Returns the priority of the thread.
static void Glib::Thread::yield | ( | ) | [static] |
Gives way to other threads waiting to be scheduled.
This function is often used as a method to make busy wait less evil. But in most cases, you will encounter, there are better methods to do that. So in general you shouldn't use this function.
GThread* Glib::Thread::gobj | ( | ) | [inline] |
const GThread* Glib::Thread::gobj | ( | ) | const [inline] |