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/**
 * @Author Dario Rekowski
 * 
 * @Date 13.08.12
 * 
 * @Desc Class for easy handling threading
 */
 
#ifndef __DR_UNIVERSUM_LIB_THREAD__
#define __DR_UNIVERSUM_LIB_THREAD__

//#include "Timer.h"
//#include <sdl/SDL_thread.h>
#include "Poco/Thread.h"
#include "Poco/Mutex.h"
#include "Poco/Semaphore.h"
#include "Poco/Condition.h"

namespace UniLib {
    namespace lib {
        class Thread : public Poco::Runnable
        {
        public:
            //! \param threadName used since SDL 1.3, for BeOS max. 32, for Linux max 16, for Visual Studio 6.0 max 9 char
			//! \param createInConstructor set to false if thread shouldn't create in constructor, for example if SDL isn't loaded yet
            Thread(const char* threadName = NULL, bool createInConstructor = true);
            virtual ~Thread();

            inline void threadLock() {mutex.lock();}
			inline void threadUnlock() {mutex.unlock();}
            // signal data chance, will continue thread, if he is paused
            int condSignal();

			//! \param threadName used since SDL 1.3, for BeOS max. 32, for Linux max 16, for Visual Studio 6.0 max 9 char
			int init(const char* threadName);

			void run();
        protected:
            //! \brief will be called every time from thread, when condSignal was called
            //! will be called from thread with locked working mutex,<br>
            //! mutex will be unlock after calling this function
            //! \return if return isn't 0, thread will exit
            virtual int ThreadFunction() = 0;

            

            Poco::Mutex		   mutex;
            Poco::Thread*      mPocoThread;
            Poco::Condition	   condition;
            //Poco::Semaphore	   semaphore;
            bool               exitCalled;
        };

    }
}


#endif //__DR_UNIVERSUM_LIB_THREAD__