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thread.hh

/*
*  Name:      thread.hh
*  Author:    Rafael Jesus Alcantara Perez
*  Summary:   Base thread
*  Date:      $Date: 2003/04/14 00:18:31 $
*  Revision:  $Revision: 1.1 $
*
*  Copyright (C) 1994-2002  Rafael Jesus Alcantara Perez <rafa@dedalo-ing.com>
*
*  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
*  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
*  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
*  (at your option) any later version.
*
*  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
*
*  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
*  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
*  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
*  MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/

#ifndef _MPCL_SYSTEM_THREAD__
#define _MPCL_SYSTEM_THREAD__

#include "defs.hh"


namespace mpcl
{

  namespace system
  {

    class IThread
    {

      protected:

        virtual void exit (void) = 0;


      public:

        //
        //  C O N S T R U C T O R S
        //

        virtual ~IThread (void) {}

        virtual void start (void) = 0;

        virtual void join (void) = 0;


      protected:

        //
        //  C O N S T R U C T O R S
        //

        virtual void body (void) = 0;

    };  // class IThread

  }  // namespace system

}  // namespace mpcl


#endif  // not _MPCL_SYSTEM_THREAD__

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