Operating system independent abstract thread. More...

Inheritance diagram for MThread:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~MThread ()
	Destructor, destroys the thread object.

unsigned long	GetThreadId () const
	Get thread identifier, a number that is guaranteed to be unique per thread.

InternalHandleType	GetInternalHandle () const volatile
	Get thread handle, operating system dependent thread object manipulator.

Static Public Member Functions
static void	Relinquish ()
	Release the rest of our time slice letting the other threads run.

Protected Member Functions
	MThread (InternalHandleType thread=0)
	Operating system dependent internal handle type. More...

Protected Attributes
volatile InternalHandleType	m_thread
	Thread handle.

Detailed Description

Operating system independent abstract thread.

No instances can be created, look at MThreadWorker and MThreadCurrent for possible concrete classes.

Due to behavior, it is recommended that there is only one thread object created per actual thread.

Because it is common to derive concrete objects from thread, many thread services and attributes have the word Thread in their names.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MThread::MThread ( InternalHandleType thread = 0 )

protected

Operating system dependent internal handle type.

Thread protected constructor. Its behavior is specific to the concrete object which inherits from it.