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at::Task Class Reference

#include <at_thread.h>

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Public Types
typedef SYS_TaskID	TaskID
Public Methods
	Task ()
virtual	~Task ()
virtual void	Work ()=0 throw ()
void	Start ()
void	Wait ()
void	Wait (const TimeInterval &i_time)
TaskID	GetThisId ()
Static Public Methods
TaskID	GetSelfId ()
Friends
struct	TaskContext

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Detailed Description

Task is the base "task" class that implements the threading interface for Austria threads. The application is required to implement the "Work" method. Once the class has been created the "Start" method may be called to commence the new thread. The thread

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Member Typedef Documentation

typedef SYS_TaskID at::Task::TaskID

TaskID is system specific. The only operations that will be supported across all platforms are ostream << TaskID, equality and less than.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

at::Task::Task (    )

Task constructor.

at::Task::~Task (    )  [virtual]

The Task destructor will implicitly wait for the thread to terminate.

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Member Function Documentation

Task::TaskID at::Task::GetSelfId (    )  [static]

Get the thread ID of the calling thread. Returns: nothing

Task::TaskID at::Task::GetThisId (    )

Get the thread ID of the this thread. Returns: The thread ID of this thread.

void at::Task::Start (    )

Start will initiate the created thread. Start must be called exactly once. Returns: nothing

void at::Task::Wait (  const TimeInterval &    i_time )

Wait will wait for the termination of this thread. (also called join). This version of wail will not wait more than i_time. Parameters: i_time  The maximum time to wait. Returns: nothing

void at::Task::Wait (    )

Wait will wait for the termination of this thread. (also called join). Returns: nothing

virtual void at::Task::Work (    )  throw () [pure virtual]

Work is derived by the application to perform the work required by the task. Returns: nothing Implemented in Task_Test.

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Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend struct TaskContext [friend]

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• at_thread.h
• at_win32_thread.cpp

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