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// Allen Kennedy Jr.
// ThreadClass.h
class ThreadClass
{
private:
// private because it recasts the 'void*' to 'this'
// And it doesn't like it if other objects do nasty things like that
static void Running(void * duh);
public:
void Stop();
virtual void Start();
ThreadClass();
virtual ~ThreadClass();
private:
bool go;
};
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// 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();
}