godot/core/os/thread.h

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/*  thread.h                                                             */
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#ifndef THREAD_H
#define THREAD_H


#include "typedefs.h"
/**
	@author Juan Linietsky <reduzio@gmail.com>
*/

#include "ustring.h"

typedef void (*ThreadCreateCallback)(void *p_userdata);

class Thread {
public:
			
	enum Priority {
		
		PRIORITY_LOW,
  		PRIORITY_NORMAL,
		PRIORITY_HIGH
	};
	
	struct Settings {
		
		Priority priority;
		Settings() { priority=PRIORITY_NORMAL; }
	};
	


	typedef uint64_t ID;

protected:	
	static Thread* (*create_func)(ThreadCreateCallback p_callback,void *,const Settings&);
	static ID (*get_thread_ID_func)();
	static void (*wait_to_finish_func)(Thread*);

    friend class Main;

    static ID _main_thread_id;


	Thread();
public:
		

	virtual Error set_name(const String& p_name);
		
	virtual ID get_ID() const=0;
	
	_FORCE_INLINE_ static ID get_main_ID() { return _main_thread_id; } ///< get the ID of the main thread
	static ID get_caller_ID(); ///< get the ID of the caller function ID
	static void wait_to_finish(Thread *p_thread); ///< waits until thread is finished, and deallocates it.
	static Thread * create(ThreadCreateCallback p_callback,void * p_user,const Settings& p_settings=Settings()); ///< Static function to create a thread, will call p_callback
	
	
	virtual ~Thread();

};

#endif