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CAVERNts_thread_c.hxx

/******************************************************************
 * CAVERNsoft
 * Copyright (C) 1994-2000 Electronic Visualization Laboratory,
 * all rights reserved
 * By Jason Leigh, Yong-joo Cho, Naveen Krishnaprasad, Chris Scharver,
 * Stuart Bailey, Atul Nayak, Shalini Venkataraman
 * University of Illinois at Chicago
 * 
 * This publication and its text and code may not be copied for commercial 
 * use without the express written permission of the University of Illinois
 * at Chicago.
 * The contributors disclaim any representation of warranty: use this
 * code at your own risk.
 * Direct questions, comments etc to cavern@evl.uic.edu
 ******************************************************************/

#ifndef _CAVERNPLUS_THREAD_C
#define _CAVERNPLUS_THREAD_C

#include "CAVERN.hxx"

typedef void* (*CAVERN_THREADED_FUNC)(void*);

#ifdef CAVERN_USE_GLOBUS_THREADS
    typedef globus_thread_t CAVERN_THREAD_T;
#elif defined(CAVERN_USE_PTHREADS)
        typedef pthread_t CAVERN_THREAD_T;
#elif defined(WIN32) && defined(CAVERN_USE_WINDOWSTHREADS)
    typedef unsigned CAVERN_THREAD_T;
//    typedef unsigned (__stdcall *CAVERN_THREADED_FUNC)(void *);
//      typedef unsigned (__stdcall *THREAD_START) (void *);
#else
        #error One of CAVERN_USE_GLOBUS_THREADS, CAVERN_USE_PTHREADS, or CAVERN_USE_WINDOWSTHREADS must be defined.
#endif

class CAVERNts_thread_c {
public:

        int create(void * (*threaded_func)(void *), void *arg);

        CAVERN_THREAD_T *getThread();
    
    //Pthread exit function - works only for Unix based systems with pthread support

private:
        CAVERN_THREAD_T itsThread;
        
};
#endif

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