thread Class
Defines an object that's used to observe and manage a thread of execution within an application.
class thread;
Remarks
You can use a thread object to observe and manage a thread of execution within an application. A thread object that's created by using the default constructor is not associated with any thread of execution. A thread object that's constructed by using a callable object creates a new thread of execution and calls the callable object in that thread. Thread objects can be moved but not copied. Therefore, a thread of execution can be associated with only one thread object.
Every thread of execution has a unique identifier of type thread::id. The function this_thread::get_id returns the identifier of the calling thread. The member function thread::get_id returns the identifier of the thread that's managed by a thread object. For a default-constructed thread object, the thread::get_id method returns an object that has a value that's the same for all default-constructed thread objects and different from the value that's returned by this_thread::get_id for any thread of execution that could be joined at the time of the call.
Members
Public Classes
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Uniquely identifies the associated thread. |
Public Constructors
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Constructs a thread object. |
Public Methods
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Detaches the associated thread from the thread object. |
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Returns the unique identifier of the associated thread. |
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Static. Returns an estimate of the number of hardware thread contexts. |
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Blocks until the associated thread completes. |
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Specifies whether the associated thread is joinable. |
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Returns the implementation-specific type that represents the thread handle. |
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Swaps the object state with a specified thread object. |
Public Operators
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Associates a thread with the current thread object. |
Requirements
Header: thread
Namespace: std