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SbThread Class Reference
[Portable thread-handling abstractions]

#include <Inventor/threads/SbThread.h>

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Detailed Description

A class for managing threads.

This class provides a portable framework around the tasks of instantiating, starting, stopping and joining threads.

It wraps the underlying native thread-handling toolkit in a transparent manner, to make multiplatform threads programming straightforward for the application programmer.


Public Member Functions

SbBool join (void **retval=0L)

Static Public Member Functions

static SbThreadcreate (void *(*func)(void *), void *closure)
static void destroy (SbThread *thread)
static SbBool join (SbThread *thread, void **retval=0L)

Protected Member Functions

 SbThread (cc_thread *thrd)
 ~SbThread (void)


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SbThread::SbThread cc_thread *  thread  )  [inline, protected]
 

Protected constructor handling the internal thread ADT.

See also:
SbThread::create

SbThread::~SbThread void   )  [inline, protected]
 

Destructor.

See also:
SbThread::destroy


Member Function Documentation

static SbThread * SbThread::create void *(*)(void *)  func,
void *  closure
[inline, static]
 

This function creates a new thread, or returns NULL on failure.

static void SbThread::destroy SbThread thread  )  [inline, static]
 

This function destroys a thread.

int SbThread::join void **  retval = 0L  )  [inline]
 

This function waits on the death of the given thread, returning the thread's return value at the location pointed to by retval.

static int SbThread::join SbThread thread,
void **  retval = 0L
[inline, static]
 

This function waits on the death of the given thread, returning the thread's return value at the location pointed to by retval.


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