Added a thread utility class to factor out operations on threads.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/rt/sync/sync.h b/src/rt/sync/sync.h
index 8c9a13f0f4a..562d2a1b7cd 100644
--- a/src/rt/sync/sync.h
+++ b/src/rt/sync/sync.h
@@ -11,4 +11,25 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Thread utility class. Derive and implement your own run() method.
+ */
+class rust_thread {
+public:
+#if defined(__WIN32__)
+    HANDLE thread;
+#else
+    pthread_t thread;
+#endif
+    void start();
+
+    virtual void run() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    void join();
+
+    bool is_running();
+};
+
 #endif /* SYNC_H */