lib/cpp/src/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.h

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#ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_BOOSTTHREADFACTORY_H_
#define _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_BOOSTTHREADFACTORY_H_ 1

#include "Thread.h"

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

namespace apache { namespace thrift { namespace concurrency {

/**
 * A thread factory to create posix threads
 *
 * @version $Id:$
 */
class BoostThreadFactory : public ThreadFactory {

 public:

  /**
   * Boost thread factory.  All threads created by a factory are reference-counted
   * via boost::shared_ptr and boost::weak_ptr.  The factory guarantees that threads and
   * the Runnable tasks they host will be properly cleaned up once the last strong reference
   * to both is given up.
   *
   * Threads are created with the specified boost policy, priority, stack-size. A detachable thread is not
   * joinable.
   *
   * By default threads are not joinable.
   */

  BoostThreadFactory(bool detached=true);

  // From ThreadFactory;
  boost::shared_ptr<Thread> newThread(boost::shared_ptr<Runnable> runnable) const;

  // From ThreadFactory;
  Thread::id_t getCurrentThreadId() const;

  /**
   * Sets detached mode of threads
   */
  virtual void setDetached(bool detached);

  /**
   * Gets current detached mode
   */
  virtual bool isDetached() const;

private:
  class Impl;
  boost::shared_ptr<Impl> impl_;
};

}}} // apache::thrift::concurrency

#endif // #ifndef _THRIFT_CONCURRENCY_BOOSTTHREADFACTORY_H_