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+#ifndef BU_ITO_H
+#define BU_ITO_H
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+namespace Bu
+{
+        /**
+         * Simple thread class.  This wraps the basic pthread (posix threads) system in
+         * an object oriented sort of way.  It allows you to create a class with
+         * standard member variables and callable functions that can be run in it's own
+         * thread, one per class instance.
+         *@author Mike Buland
+         */
+        class Ito
+        {
+        public:
+                /**
+                 * Construct an Ito thread.
+                 */
+                Ito();
+
+                /**
+                 * Destroy an Ito thread.
+                 */
+                virtual ~Ito();
+
+                /**
+                 * Begin thread execution.  This will call the overridden run function,
+                 * which will simply execute in it's own thread until the function exits,
+                 * the thread is killed, or the thread is cancelled (optionally).  The
+                 * thread started in this manner has access to all of it's class variables,
+                 * but be sure to protect possible multiple-access with ItoMutex objects.
+                 *@returns True if starting the thread was successful.  False if something
+                 * went wrong and the thread has not started.
+                 */
+                bool start();
+
+                /**
+                 * Forcibly kill a thread.  This is not generally considered a good thing to
+                 * do, but in those rare cases you need it, it's invaluable.  The problem
+                 * with stopping (or killing) a thread is that it stops it the moment you
+                 * call stop, no matter what it's doing.  The object oriented approach to
+                 * this will help clean up any class variables that were used, but anything
+                 * not managed as a member variable will probably create a memory leak type
+                 * of situation.  Instead of stop, consider using cancel, which can be
+                 * handled by the running thread in a graceful manner.
+                 *@returns True if the thread was stopped, false otherwise.  When this
+                 * function returns the thread may not have stopped, to ensure that the
+                 * thread has really stopped, call join.
+                 */
+                bool stop();
+
+                /**
+                 * The workhorse of the Ito class.  This is the function that will run in
+                 * the thread, when this function exits the thread dies and is cleaned up
+                 * by the system.  Make sure to read up on ItoMutex, ItoCondition, and
+                 * cancel to see how to control and protect everything you do in a safe way
+                 * within this function.
+                 *@returns I'm not sure right now, but this is the posix standard form.
+                 */
+                virtual void *run()=0;
+
+                /**
+                 * Join the thread in action.  This function performs what is commonly
+                 * called a thread join.  That is that it effectively makes the calling
+                 * thread an the Ito thread contained in the called object one in the same,
+                 * and pauses the calling thread until the called thread exits.  That is,
+                 * when called from, say, your main(), mythread.join() will not return until
+                 * the thread mythread has exited.  This is very handy at the end of
+                 * programs to ensure all of your data was cleaned up.
+                 *@returns True if the thread was joined, false if the thread couldn't be
+                 * joined, usually because it isn't running to begin with.
+                 */
+                bool join();
+
+        private:
+                pthread_t ptHandle;     /**< Internal handle to the posix thread. */
+                int nHandle;    /**< Numeric handle to the posix thread. */
+
+        protected:
+                /**
+                 * This is the hidden-heard of the thread system.  While run is what the
+                 * user gets to override, and everything said about it is true, this is
+                 * the function that actually makes up the thread, it simply calls the
+                 * run member function in an OO-friendly way.  This is what allows us to
+                 * use member variables from within the thread itself.
+                 *@param Should always be this.
+                 *@returns This is specified by posix, I'm not sure yet.
+                 */
+                static void *threadRunner( void *pThread );
+
+                void yield();
+                
+        };
+}
+
+#endif