init libxcam source code
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+/*
+ * xcam_thread.h - Thread
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2014 Intel Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Author: Wind Yuan <feng.yuan@intel.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef XCAM_THREAD_H
+#define XCAM_THREAD_H
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "xcam_defs.h"
+#include "xcam_common.h"
+#include "xcam_mutex.h"
+
+namespace XCam {
+
+class Thread {
+public:
+    Thread (const char *name = NULL);
+    virtual ~Thread ();
+
+    bool start ();
+    bool stop ();
+    bool is_running ();
+
+protected:
+    // return true to start loop, else the thread stopped
+    virtual bool started ();
+    virtual void stopped ();
+    // return true to continue; false to stop
+    virtual bool loop () = 0;
+private:
+    XCAM_DEAD_COPY (Thread);
+
+
+private:
+    static int thread_func (void *user_data);
+
+private:
+    char           *_name;
+    pthread_t       _thread_id;
+    XCam::Mutex     _mutex;
+    XCam::Cond      _exit_cond;
+    bool            _started;
+};
+
+};
+
+#endif //XCAM_THREAD_H