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{Thread|_of_execution}



CLASS {Thread|_of_execution}
, UNTESTED, NATIVE:



 The {Thread} class purpose is to provide running code in a separate thread or
 process totally isolated from other (and from the main) threads. The only
 data which can be (partially) sharing is the thread object itself.

 Be sure that threading does not make your application faster in most cases.
 E.g. you can not use multi-threading to speed up sorting large arrays, or
 make a lot of calculations with a lot of data. But it is possible to await
 asynchronous operations.





IMPORT : 
{NATIVE_Thread}
 .



INT 
Handle|_of_thread
 , READ






BOOL 
Is_controller|_of_thread
 , READ





  







FUNCTION 
Is_main_thread

 ==> BOOL 












FUNCTION 
Count_threads

 ==> INT 








------------------------------------------------- 'controlling from parent'

   






METHOD 
Running|_now

 ==> BOOL 











METHOD 
Run|_thread_return_controller

 ==> {Thread} 
 , NEW











METHOD 
Ended|_thread

 ==> BOOL 







BOOL 
Stopping|_called
 , READ






BOOL 
Terminating





  






METHOD 
Stop|_thread

(
BOOL 
Terminate
)












FUNCTION 
Wait|_until_all_threads_ended

(

     {Thread} 
A|rray_of_threads
[*]
, 

     INT 
Max|imal_time_milliseconds_0_to_wait_infinite
)
 ==> BOOL 
 , NATIVE








------------------------------------------------ 'pass objects to {Thread}'

 






METHOD 
Take|_objects_to_handle

(

     {Object} 
A|rray_of_objects_passing
[*]
, 

     BOOL 
Together|_with_hard_linked_objects
)








---------------------------------------------------------------- 'priority'

   




ENUMERATION {priority} : 

        'BACKGROUND'
 ,

        'LOW|_PRIORITY'
 ,

        'NORMAL|_PRIORITY'
 ,

        'HIGH|_PRIORITY'
 ,

        'HIGHEST|_PRIORITY'
 .











METHOD 
Priority

 ==> {priority} 











METHOD 
Set_priority

(
{priority} 
Value|_to_set
)








-------------------------------------------------------- 'exchange objects'


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