H3D::HLThread Class Reference

HLThread is a singleton class providing an interface to the scheduler and thread running when using OpenHaptics and HD API. More...

#include <Threads.h>

Inheritance diagram for H3D::HLThread:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
bool	isActive ()
	If the hd scheduler has been started true is returned.
void	setActive (bool _active)
	Set the flag indicating if the hd scheduler has been started or not.
virtual void	synchronousCallback (CallbackFunc func, void *data)
	Add a callback function to be executed in this thread.
virtual void	asynchronousCallback (CallbackFunc func, void *data)
	Add a callback function to be executed in this thread.
Static Public Member Functions
static HLThread *	getInstance ()
	Get the singleton instance of HLThread.
Static Protected Member Functions
static PeriodicThread::CallbackCode	setThreadId (void *_data)
Protected Attributes
bool	is_active
Static Protected Attributes
static HLThread *	singleton = new HLThread

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Detailed Description

HLThread is a singleton class providing an interface to the scheduler and thread running when using OpenHaptics and HD API.

It is used by the HLHapticsDevice and uses its own thread handling. Since only one instance of the HD API scheduler exists it is a singleton class.

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Member Function Documentation

void HLThread::asynchronousCallback (  CallbackFunc  func, void *  data )  [virtual]

Add a callback function to be executed in this thread. The calling thread will continue executing after adding the callback and will not wait for the callback function to execute.

void HLThread::synchronousCallback (  CallbackFunc  func, void *  data )  [virtual]

Add a callback function to be executed in this thread. The calling thread will wait until the callback function has returned before continuing.

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