Threads

CThreadObj.cpp

bool CMyObj::StartThread()
{
  m_Running = true;
	m_hThreadHandle = CreateThread(NULL,0,ThreadFunction,this,0,&this->m_ThreadID);
	
	if(m_hThreadHandle == nullptr)
		m_Running = false;
	
	return m_Running
}


void CMyObj::StopThread()
{
	m_Running = false;
	
	WaitForSingleObject(m_hThreadHandle, INFINITE)
	//for multiple threads, create an array of handle and use WaitForMultipleObjects(name_of_array, INIFINITE)
	
	CloseHandle(m_hThreadHandle);
	
	m_hThreadHandle = nullptr;
}


DWORD WINAPI CMyObj::ThreadFunction(LPVOID arg)
{
	CMyObject* _this = (CMyObject *) arg;
	
	while(_this->m_Running)
	{
		//do stuff
	}
	
	return 0;
}

CThreadObj.h

class CMyObj
{
  public:
    CMyObj();
  
    ~CMyObj();
  
    bool StartThread();

    void StopThread();

private:
  HANDLE m_hThreadHandle;
  DWORD m_ThreadID;
  bool m_Running;

  static DWORD WINAPI ThreadFunction(LPVOID arg);
};