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+
+// IsThread.h
+
+// Interfaces to the cIsThread class representing an OS-independent wrapper for a class that implements a thread.
+// This class will eventually suupersede the old cThread class
+
+/*
+Usage:
+To have a new thread, declare a class descending from cIsClass.
+Then override its Execute() method to provide your thread processing.
+In the descending class' constructor call the Start() method to start the thread once you're finished with initialization.
+*/
+
+
+
+
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef CISTHREAD_H_INCLUDED
+#define CISTHREAD_H_INCLUDED
+
+
+
+
+
+class cIsThread
+{
+protected:
+	/// This is the main thread entrypoint
+	virtual void Execute(void) = 0;
+
+	/// The overriden Execute() method should check this value periodically and terminate if this is true
+	volatile bool m_ShouldTerminate;
+	
+public:
+	cIsThread(const AString & iThreadName);
+	~cIsThread();
+	
+	/// Starts the thread; returns without waiting for the actual start
+	bool Start(void);
+	
+	/// Signals the thread to terminate and waits until it's finished
+	void Stop(void);
+	
+	/// Waits for the thread to finish. Doesn't signalize the ShouldTerminate flag
+	bool Wait(void);
+	
+	/// Returns the OS-dependent thread ID for the caller's thread
+	static unsigned long GetCurrentID(void);
+
+protected:
+	AString m_ThreadName;
+	
+	// Value used for "no handle":
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+		#define NULL_HANDLE NULL
+	#else
+		#define NULL_HANDLE 0
+	#endif
+
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+	
+		HANDLE m_Handle;
+		
+		static DWORD_PTR __stdcall thrExecute(LPVOID a_Param)
+		{
+			// Create a window so that the thread can be identified by 3rd party tools:
+			HWND IdentificationWnd = CreateWindow("STATIC", ((cIsThread *)a_Param)->m_ThreadName.c_str(), 0, 0, 0, 0, WS_OVERLAPPED, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+			
+			// Run the thread:
+			((cIsThread *)a_Param)->Execute();
+			
+			// Destroy the identification window:
+			DestroyWindow(IdentificationWnd);
+			
+			return 0;
+		}
+		
+	#else  // _WIN32
+	
+		pthread_t m_Handle;
+		
+		static void * thrExecute(void * a_Param)
+		{
+			((cIsThread *)a_Param)->Execute();
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		
+	#endif  // else _WIN32
+} ;
+
+
+
+
+
+#endif  // CISTHREAD_H_INCLUDED
+
+
+
+