Thread

Thread

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

[ Compact ]
[ Version ( since = "2.32" ) ]
[ CCode ( ref_function = "g_thread_ref" , type_id = "G_TYPE_THREAD" , unref_function = "g_thread_unref" ) ]
public class Thread<T>

The Thread struct represents a running thread.

This struct is returned by Thread or Thread.try. You can obtain the Thread struct representing the current thread by calling self.

GThread is refcounted, see g_thread_ref and g_thread_unref. The thread represented by it holds a reference while it is running, and join consumes the reference that it is given, so it is normally not necessary to manage GThread references explicitly.

The structure is opaque -- none of its fields may be directly accessed.

Namespace: GLib

Package: glib-2.0

Content:

Static methods:

public static void @foreach (Func<Thread<T>> thread_func)
Call thread_func on all Thread s that have been created with create.
public static void @yield ()
Causes the calling thread to voluntarily relinquish the CPU, so that other threads can run.
public static unowned Thread<T> create<T> (owned ThreadFunc<T> func, bool joinable) throws ThreadError
This function creates a new thread.
public static unowned Thread<T> create_full<T> (owned ThreadFunc<T> func, ulong stack_size, bool joinable, bool bound, ThreadPriority priority) throws ThreadError
This function creates a new thread.
public static void exit (T retval)
Terminates the current thread.
public static unowned Thread<T> self<T> ()
This function returns the Thread corresponding to the current thread.
public static bool supported ()
public static void usleep (ulong microseconds)
Pauses the current thread for the given number of microseconds.

Creation methods:

public Thread (string? name, owned ThreadFunc<T> func)
This function creates a new thread.
public Thread.try (string? name, owned ThreadFunc<T> func) throws Error
This function is the same as Thread except that it allows for the possibility of failure.

Methods:

public T join ()
Waits until this finishes, i.
public void set_priority (ThreadPriority priority)
This function does nothing.