/*  =========================================================================
    zthread - working with system threads

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Copyright (c) 1991-2013 iMatix Corporation <www.imatix.com>
    Copyright other contributors as noted in the AUTHORS file.

    This file is part of CZMQ, the high-level C binding for 0MQ:
    http://czmq.zeromq.org.

    This 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 3 of the License, or (at your 
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    ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General 
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    =========================================================================
*/

#ifndef __ZTHREAD_H_INCLUDED__
#define __ZTHREAD_H_INCLUDED__

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

//  @interface
//  Detached threads follow POSIX pthreads API
typedef void *(zthread_detached_fn) (void *args);

//  Attached threads get context and pipe from parent
typedef void (zthread_attached_fn) (void *args, zctx_t *ctx, void *pipe);

//  Create a detached thread. A detached thread operates autonomously
//  and is used to simulate a separate process. It gets no ctx, and no
//  pipe.
CZMQ_EXPORT int
    zthread_new (zthread_detached_fn *thread_fn, void *args);

//  Create an attached thread. An attached thread gets a ctx and a PAIR
//  pipe back to its parent. It must monitor its pipe, and exit if the
//  pipe becomes unreadable. Do not destroy the ctx, the thread does this
//  automatically when it ends.
CZMQ_EXPORT void *
    zthread_fork (zctx_t *ctx, zthread_attached_fn *thread_fn, void *args);

//  Self test of this class
CZMQ_EXPORT int
    zthread_test (bool verbose);
//  @end

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif