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

#include "PrtCnvApplication.hpp"
#include <QtCore/QThread>

namespace NGL {
  class Settings;
}

namespace PrtCnv
{
  class PrtCnvThread;
    /**
   * This class is responsible for starting threads. It also impelements an access
   * to other threads.
   * @author wia
   * @version 1.0
   * @updated 21-Jan-2010 08:33:58
   */
  class PrtCnvThreadStarter : public QThread
  {
    Q_OBJECT
protected:
    /**
     * Pointer to the started thread
     */
    PrtCnvThread *m_Thread;
    /**
     * Pointer to main-application
     */
    PrtCnvApplication *m_Application;
    /**
     * The id of the thread
     */
    PrtCnvApplication::E_ThreadId m_Id;
    /**
      * The settings object
      */
    NGL::Settings *m_settings;
    /**
      * The logger object
      */
    NGL::INGLLogger &m_logger;

  public:
    /**
     * Constructor with id and ptr to main-app as parameters.
     *
     * @param a_id
     * @param a_mainApp    The pointer to the main-app
     */
    PrtCnvThreadStarter(const PrtCnvApplication::E_ThreadId a_id,
                        const QString &settingsFile,
                        PrtCnvApplication *a_mainApp);

    ~PrtCnvThreadStarter();

    PrtCnvThread *getThread() const { return m_Thread; }
    PrtCnvApplication *getMainApp() const { return m_Application; }
    /**
     * Returns the desired thread.
     * 
     * @param a_threadId    The id of the desired thread.
     */
    PrtCnvThread *getOtherThread(PrtCnvApplication::E_ThreadId a_threadId) const;
  protected:
    /**
     * The run()-function, which will be called by Qt-Framework, when starting the
     * thread.
     */
    void run() override;
  };

}