#pragma once

// TODO: I really don't like the interface for this

class IThread

{

public:

typedef void (* MainProcPtr)(void * param);

IThread();

~IThread();

void Start(MainProcPtr proc, void * procParam = NULL);

void Stop(void);

void ForceStop(void);

bool IsRunning(void) { return isRunning; }

bool StopRequested(void) { return stopRequested; }

HANDLE GetHandle(void) { return theThread; }

protected:

MainProcPtr mainProc;

void * mainProcParam;

volatile bool stopRequested;

bool isRunning;

HANDLE theThread;

UInt32 threadID;

private:

static UInt32 WINAPI _ThreadProc(void * param);

};