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#pragma once

#include <ICLUtils/CompatMacros.h>
#include <ICLUtils/ShallowCopyable.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Mutex.h>

namespace icl{
  namespace utils{

    class ICLUtils_API ThreadImpl;
    struct ICLUtils_API ThreadImplDelOp{
      static void delete_func( ThreadImpl* impl );
    };

    class ICLUtils_API Thread : public ShallowCopyable<ThreadImpl, ThreadImplDelOp>{
      public:

      Thread();

      virtual ~Thread();


      void start();

      virtual void stop();


      void wait();

      virtual void run()=0;

      virtual void finalize(){}


      static void usleep(unsigned int usec);


      static void msleep(unsigned int msecs);


      static void sleep(float secs);


      bool running() const;


      bool runningNoLock() const;

      protected:

      void exit();


      void lock();

      int trylock();

      void unlock();

      void join();
    };



    template<class T>
    static inline void saveDelete(T* &pointer){
      static Mutex m;
      m.lock();
      ICL_DELETE(pointer);
      m.unlock();
    }

    template<class T, void (T::*func)()>
    static inline void saveCall(T *obj){
      static Mutex m;
      m.lock();
      (obj->*func)();
      m.unlock();
    }
  } // namespace utils
}