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/* Description: This module hides the os-dependent implementation to      */
/*              start a thread.                                           */
/*                                                                        */
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/* Attention : Callbacks are running concurrent in other threads so all   */
/*             printf statements should be synchronized. But this sample  */
/*             application doesn't synchronize for simplicity  !          */
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#ifndef _THREAD_H
#define _THREAD_H

/* encapsulation of os-dependend thread mechanism */

struct OsThread;
typedef struct Thread
{
	struct OsThread* os_thread;
}Thread;

/* thread implementation prototype */
typedef void (*ThreadRoutine)(void* pParam);
/* start a thread */
void ThreadStart(Thread* thread, ThreadRoutine pFunc, void* pParam);
/* wait for a thread to finish */
void ThreadJoin(Thread* thread);
/* delete a thread object (does not end the thread) */
void ThreadFree(Thread* thread);


#endif /* _THREAD_H */
