CLASS T.thread EXTENDS THREAD.ThreadBase @public

summary

The builtin type thread.

A thread that will execute a method.

Example: run myProc() in a thread:

 thread t = T.thread.NEW(myProc).start()
 t.wait()

Example: subclass

 CLASS MyThread EXTENDS thread
  PROC $body() @replace
    int count
    WHILE TRUE
      IO.print(count)
      ++count
      TIME.sleep(500'000)
    }
  }
 }

 MyThread t = NEW(doSomething)
 t.start()
 TIME.sleepSec(3)
 t.kill()

	NEW(proc) @public	Create a new thread that will execute proc.
	NEW(func) @public	Create a new thread that will execute func.
	$body() @public	The default method to execute: call the method specified at creation or with setProc().
	$setProc(proc) @public	Set the method to be invoked by the default body() method.

Inherited from THREAD.ThreadBase:
string	$name @public	optional name, NIL when not set
THREAD.State	$state @public	state of the thread
Type	$type @public	type of thread
int	$ctxLen @file

	NEW() @public	Create a new thread.
	$setName(name) ThreadBase @file	Set the name of the thread.
	$start() ThreadBase @public	Start executing the thread.
	$wait() @public	Wait in the current thread for the thread of this object to finish.
	$kill() @public	Kill the thread, stop its execution.
	$remove() @public	Not Implemented Yet

members (alphabetically)

PROC NEW(proc<> proc) @public

Create a new thread that will execute proc.

PROC NEW(func< => status> func) @public

Create a new thread that will execute func.

The return value is ignored.

PROC $body() @default @public

The default method to execute: call the method specified at creation or with setProc().

Replace this method in a subclass to have the thread do something else.

PROC $setProc(proc<> proc) @public

Set the method to be invoked by the default body() method.

TODO: return the object.

license

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file or obtain a copy at: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0