// Allen Kennedy Jr.
// ThreadClass.cpp

#include "ThreadClass.h"
#include <process.h>

ThreadClass::ThreadClass()
{
}

ThreadClass::~ThreadClass()
{
}

void ThreadClass::Start()
{
	go = true;
	_beginthread( ThreadClass::Running, 0, this);
}

void ThreadClass::Stop()
{
	go = false;
}

void ThreadClass::Running(void *Mythis)
{
	// recast 'this' pointer from void to ThreadClass so that this static 
	// member function may access private member variables.
	ThreadClass * InstPtr = (ThreadClass *) Mythis;

	while(1)
	{
		// do something interesting Here
		// like calculating pi to it's last digit.
		// or call another member function!

		// check to see if the thread should stop now
		if (InstPtr->go == false)
			break;
	}
	
	// Stop the thread
	_endthread();
}