BugID: 331

Lofar_threads makes use of boost threads easier.

LCS/Common/include/Common/lofar_thread.h

+//#  lofar_thread.h: basic header for the Thread package
+//#
+//#  Copyright (C) 2002
+//#  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
+//#  P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, seg@astron.nl
+//#
+//#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//#  (at your option) any later version.
+//#
+//#  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+//#
+//#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//#
+//#  $Id$
+
+#ifndef LOFAR_COMMON_THREAD_H
+#define LOFAR_COMMON_THREAD_H
+
+// \file lofar_thread.h
+
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <Common/CheckConfig.h>
+
+namespace LOFAR
+{
+  using namespace boost::thread;
+}
+
+    
+// You should invoke CHECK_CONFIG_THREADS(id) in every header file 
+// that defines a data structure that depends on USE_THREADs.
+#ifdef USE_THREADS
+  #define CHECK_CONFIG_THREADS(id) CHECK_CONFIG(id,UseThreads,yes);
+#else
+  #define CHECK_CONFIG_THREADS(id) CHECK_CONFIG(id,UseThreads,no);
+#endif
+    
+#endif
+    

LCS/Common/src/Makefile.am

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ INSTHDRS = \
         KeyValueMap.h \
         lofar_algorithm.h \
         lofar_complex.h \
+        lofar_datetime.h \
         lofar_deque.h \
         lofar_fstream.h \
         lofar_global_symbol_warning.h \
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ INSTHDRS = \
         lofar_stack.h \
         lofar_string.h \
         lofar_strstream.h \
+        lofar_thread.h \
         LofarTypedefs.h \
         LofarTypes.h \
         lofar_vector.h \

LCS/Common/src/lofar_thread.h

+//#  lofar_thread.h: basic header for the Thread package
+//#
+//#  Copyright (C) 2002
+//#  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
+//#  P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, seg@astron.nl
+//#
+//#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//#  (at your option) any later version.
+//#
+//#  This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+//#
+//#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//#
+//#  $Id$
+
+#ifndef LOFAR_COMMON_THREAD_H
+#define LOFAR_COMMON_THREAD_H
+
+// \file lofar_thread.h
+
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <Common/CheckConfig.h>
+
+namespace LOFAR
+{
+  using namespace boost::thread;
+}
+
+    
+// You should invoke CHECK_CONFIG_THREADS(id) in every header file 
+// that defines a data structure that depends on USE_THREADs.
+#ifdef USE_THREADS
+  #define CHECK_CONFIG_THREADS(id) CHECK_CONFIG(id,UseThreads,yes);
+#else
+  #define CHECK_CONFIG_THREADS(id) CHECK_CONFIG(id,UseThreads,no);
+#endif
+    
+#endif
+