MultiThreader.h

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#pragma once

#include <ICLUtils/Semaphore.h>
#include <ICLUtils/Mutex.h>
#include <ICLUtils/ShallowCopyable.h>
#include <vector>

namespace icl{
  namespace utils{
  
    class MultiThreaderImpl;
    class MultiThreaderImplDelOp{
      public: static void delete_func(MultiThreaderImpl *impl);
    };


    class MultiThreader : public ShallowCopyable<MultiThreaderImpl,MultiThreaderImplDelOp>{
      public:
      
      class Work{
        public:
        virtual ~Work(){}
        virtual void perform()=0;
      };
  

      class MTWorkThread;

      typedef std::vector<Work*> WorkSet;
      
      MultiThreader();
      
      MultiThreader(int nThreads);
      
      void operator()(WorkSet &ws);
      
      int getNumThreads() const;
    };
  } // namespace utils
}