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#ifndef TQTHREAD_H
#define TQTHREAD_H

#if defined(TQT_THREAD_SUPPORT)

#ifndef QT_H
#include "tqwindowdefs.h"
#endif // QT_H

#include <limits.h>

class TQThreadInstance;

class TQ_EXPORT TQThread : public TQt
{
public:
    static TQt::HANDLE currentThread();

    static void initialize();
    static void cleanup();

    static void exit();

#ifdef Q_QDOC
    TQThread( unsigned int stackSize = 0 );
#else
    TQThread( unsigned int stackSize );
    TQThread();
#endif

    virtual ~TQThread();

    // default argument causes thread to block indefinately
    bool wait( unsigned long time = ULONG_MAX );

    enum Priority {
	IdlePriority,

	LowestPriority,
	LowPriority,
	NormalPriority,
	HighPriority,
	HighestPriority,

	TimeCriticalPriority,

	InheritPriority
    };

#ifdef Q_QDOC
    void start( Priority = InheritPriority );
#else
    void start( Priority );
    void start();
#endif

    void terminate();

    bool finished() const;
    bool running() const;

    enum CleanupType {
	CleanupNone,
	CleanupMergeObjects
    };

    CleanupType cleanupType() const;
    void setCleanupType(CleanupType);

    bool threadPostedEventsDisabled() const;
    void setThreadPostedEventsDisabled(bool);

protected:
    virtual void run() = 0;

    static void sleep( unsigned long );
    static void msleep( unsigned long );
    static void usleep( unsigned long );

private:
    TQThreadInstance * d;
    friend class TQThreadInstance;
    friend class TQThreadStorageData;
    friend class TQCoreApplicationThread;
    friend class TQApplication;
    friend class TQEventLoop;

#if defined(TQ_DISABLE_COPY)
    TQThread( const TQThread & );
    TQThread &operator=( const TQThread & );
#endif // TQ_DISABLE_COPY

public:
    static TQThread* currentThreadObject();
};

class TQ_EXPORT TQEventLoopThread : public TQThread
{
    public:
        TQEventLoopThread();
        ~TQEventLoopThread();
        virtual void run();
};

#endif // TQT_THREAD_SUPPORT

#endif // TQTHREAD_H
