/* $Id$ */
-/* timed_thread.h
- * Author: Philip Kovacs
+/*
+ * timed_thread.h: Abstraction layer for timed threads
*
- * Abstraction layer for timed threads
- * */
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Philip Kovacs pkovacs@users.sourceforge.net
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
+ * USA.
+ *
+ */
#ifndef _TIMED_THREAD_H_
#define _TIMED_THREAD_H_
-#define MINIMUM_INTERVAL_USECS 50000 /* 50000 microseconds = 50 ms = 0.05 sec */
+#define MINIMUM_INTERVAL_USECS 10000 /* 10000 microseconds = 10 ms = 0.01 sec */
/* opaque structure for clients */
typedef struct _timed_thread timed_thread;
-/* create a timed thread */
+/* create a timed thread (object creation only) */
timed_thread* timed_thread_create (void *(*start_routine)(void*), void *arg, unsigned int interval_usecs);
+/* run a timed thread (drop the thread and run it) */
+int timed_thread_run (timed_thread* p_timed_thread);
+
/* destroy a timed thread */
void timed_thread_destroy (timed_thread* p_timed_thread, timed_thread** addr_of_p_timed_thread);