Thread.cpp

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// SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
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// Headers
#include <SFML/System/Win32/Thread.hpp>
#include <process.h>
#include <iostream>
 
 
namespace sf
{
Thread::Thread() :
myHandle  (NULL),
myFunction(NULL),
myUserData(NULL)
{
 
}
 

Thread::Thread(Thread::FuncType Function, void* UserData) :
myHandle  (NULL),
myFunction(Function),
myUserData(UserData)
{
 
}
 

Thread::~Thread()
{
    // Wait for the thread to finish before destroying the instance
    Wait();
}
 

void Thread::Launch()
{
    // Wait for the thread to finish, in case it was already running
    Wait();
 
    // Create the thread
    myHandle = reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(_beginthreadex(NULL, 0, &Thread::ThreadFunc, this, 0, NULL));
 
    // Error ?
    if (myHandle == NULL)
        std::cerr << "Failed to create thread" << std::endl;
}
 

void Thread::Wait()
{
    if (myHandle)
    {
        // Wait for the thread to finish, no timeout
        WaitForSingleObject(myHandle, INFINITE);
 
        // Don't forget to close the thread handle (__endthreadex doesn't do it)
        CloseHandle(myHandle);
        myHandle = NULL;
    }
}
 

void Thread::Terminate()
{
    if (myHandle)
    {
        TerminateThread(myHandle, 0);
        myHandle = NULL;
    }
}
 

void Thread::Run()
{
    if (myFunction)
        myFunction(myUserData);
}
 

unsigned int __stdcall Thread::ThreadFunc(void* UserData)
{
    // The Thread instance is stored in the user data
    Thread* ThreadInstance = reinterpret_cast<Thread*>(UserData);
 
    // Forward to the instance
    ThreadInstance->Run();
 
    // Optional, but it is cleaner
    _endthreadex(0);
 
    return 0;
}
 
} // namespace sf