AbstractWorkerThread.h

// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
//
// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Bastian Holst <bastianholst@gmx.de>
//
 
#ifndef MARBLE_ABSTRACTWORKERTHREAD_H
#define MARBLE_ABSTRACTWORKERTHREAD_H
 
// Marble
#include "marble_export.h"
 
// Qt
#include <QThread>
 
namespace Marble
{
 
class AbstractWorkerThreadPrivate;
 
/**
 * The AbstractWorkerThread is a class written for small tasks that have to run
 * multiple times on different data asynchronously.
 * You should be able to use this class for many different tasks, but you'll have to
 * think about Multi-Threading additionally.
 * The AbstractWorkerThread runs the function work() as long as workAvailable()
 * returns true. If there is no work available for a longer time, the thread will
 * switch itself off. As a result you have to call ensureRunning() every time you
 * want something to be worked on. You'll probably want to call this in your
 * addSchedule() function.
 */
class MARBLE_EXPORT AbstractWorkerThread : public QThread
{
    Q_OBJECT
 
public:
    explicit AbstractWorkerThread(QObject *parent = nullptr);
    ~AbstractWorkerThread() override;
 
    void ensureRunning();
 
protected:
    virtual bool workAvailable() = 0;
    virtual void work() = 0;
 
    void run() override;
 
private:
    AbstractWorkerThreadPrivate *const d;
};
 
}
 
#endif