#pragma once

#include <osg/Referenced>
#include <OpenThreads/Thread>

/**
 * \brief This class is a Thread Object which allows to create Functors and attach them to this thread object.
 * 
 * @author Torben Dannhauer
 * @date  Okt 2012
 */ 
class ChannelWorker : public osg::Referenced, public OpenThreads::Thread
{
public:
	ChannelWorker() ;
	~ChannelWorker();	//Destroying the thread object will implicit call cancel(), then the function will block until the thread has finished.
	virtual void run();
	virtual int cancel();
	
	void setDone(bool done);	// sinbgals the thread to stop but returns immediately. Use cancel if you want to wait blocking until the thread is canceled.
	bool getDone() const { return _done; }	

private:
	bool _done;
};