/*
* Copyright (c) 2008 - 2009
* Jonathan Schleifer <js@webkeks.org>
*
* All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of libobjfw. It may be distributed under the terms of the
* Q Public License 1.0, which can be found in the file LICENSE included in
* the packaging of this file.
*/
#ifndef _WIN32
#include <pthread.h>
#else
#include <windows.h>
#endif
#import "OFObject.h"
/**
* The OFThread class provides portable threads.
*
* To use it, you should create a new class derived from it and reimplement
* main.
*/
@interface OFThread: OFObject
{
id object;
#ifndef _WIN32
pthread_t thread;
#else
HANDLE thread;
@public
id retval;
#endif
}
/**
* \param obj An object that is passed to the main method
* \return A new, autoreleased thread
*/
+ threadWithObject: (id)obj;
/**
* \param obj An object that is passed to the main method
* \return An initialized OFThread.
*/
- initWithObject: (id)obj;
/**
* The main routine of the thread. You need to reimplement this!
*
* It can access the object passed to the threadWithObject or initWithObject
* method using the instance variable named object.
*
* \return The object the join method should return when called for this thread
*/
- (id)main;
/**
* Joins a thread.
*
* \return The object returned by the main method of the thread.
*/
- join;
@end