Class thread

include/asio/thread.hpp:48–86

A simple abstraction for starting threads. * The asio::thread class implements the smallest possible subset of the * functionality of boost::thread. It is intended to be used only for starting * a thread and waiting for it to exit. If more extensive threading * capabilities are required, you are strongly advised to use something else. * * @par Thread Safety * @e Distinct @e objects: Safe.@n

 * t.join(); @endcode
 */
class thread
  : private noncopyable
{
public:
  /// Start a new thread that executes the supplied function.
  /**
   * This constructor creates a new thread that will execute the given function
   * or function object.
   *
   * @param f The function or function object to be run in the thread. The
   * function signature must be: @code void f(); @endcode
   */
  template <typename Function>
  explicit thread(Function f)
    : impl_(f)
  {
  }

  /// Destructor.
  ~thread()
  {
  }

  /// Wait for the thread to exit.
  /**
   * This function will block until the thread has exited.
   *
   * If this function is not called before the thread object is destroyed, the
   * thread itself will continue to run until completion. You will, however,
   * no longer have the ability to wait for it to exit.
   */
  void join()
  {
    impl_.join();
  }

private:
  detail::thread impl_;
};

} // namespace asio