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//  (C) Copyright 2009   Swiss SIMTEC AG
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//  Implementation of the Class PrtCnvThread
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#pragma once

#include "IAppComponent.hpp"
#include "logger.h"
#include <QObject>


namespace PrtCnv
{
  class PrtCnvThreadStarter;
    /**
   * The father-class of all threads in protocol-converter. It implements access to
   * config-system and knows whether we have a restart after crash or a normal start
   * (from scratch).
   * @author wia
   * @version 1.0
   * @updated 21-Jan-2010 08:38:23
   */
  class PrtCnvThread : public QObject, public N_AppComponent::IAppComponent
  {
    Q_OBJECT
protected:
    /**
     * Used to get configuration-parameter
     */
    NGL::Settings* m_Config;
    /**
     * Pointer to ThreadStarter
     */
    PrtCnvThreadStarter *m_Parent;
    /**
     * @brief The Id of the current thread (for debug purposes)
     */
    Qt::HANDLE m_currentThreadId;
    /**
      * The logger object
      */
    NGL::INGLLogger &m_logger;

  public:
    /**
     * Indicates what happens with the DB while startup. True => it will be cleant;
     * False => it will be restored (after crash). This variable will be True at
     * startup when you use the parameter --cleandb when starting PrtCnv.
     */
    static bool m_DoCleanDb;
    /**
     * Constructor with thread-starter as parameter
     *
     * @param a_parent
     */
    PrtCnvThread(PrtCnvThreadStarter* a_parent, const char *loggerName);


    int32_t create(NGL::Settings *settings) override;


    int32_t init() override;


    int32_t start()  override;


    int32_t stop() override;


    int32_t deinit() override;


    int32_t destroy() override;

  };

}