// Purpose: interface of all thread-related wxWidgets classes
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
*/
virtual ExitCode Entry() = 0;
+ /**
+ Callback called by Delete() before actually deleting the thread.
+
+ This function can be overridden by the derived class to perform some
+ specific task when the thread is gracefully destroyed. Notice that it
+ will be executed in the context of the thread that called Delete() and
+ <b>not</b> in this thread's context.
+
+ TestDestroy() will be true for the thread before OnDelete() gets
+ executed.
+
+ @since 2.9.2
+
+ @see OnKill()
+ */
+ virtual void OnDelete();
+
+ /**
+ Callback called by Kill() before actually killing the thread.
+
+ This function can be overridden by the derived class to perform some
+ specific task when the thread is terminated. Notice that it will be
+ executed in the context of the thread that called Kill() and <b>not</b>
+ in this thread's context.
+
+ @since 2.9.2
+
+ @see OnDelete()
+ */
+ virtual void OnKill();
+
/**
@deprecated
Use CreateThread() instead.
if (m_pThread) // does the thread still exist?
{
- m_out.Printf("MYFRAME: deleting thread");
+ wxMessageOutputDebug().Printf("MYFRAME: deleting thread");
if (m_pThread->Delete() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR )
wxLogError("Can't delete the thread!");
of detached threads.
This function can only be called from another thread context.
+
+ Finally, note that once a thread has completed and its Entry() function
+ returns, you cannot call Run() on it again (an assert will fail in debug
+ builds or @c wxTHREAD_RUNNING will be returned in release builds).
*/
wxThreadError Run();