#ifndef COIN_SBTHREAD_H
#define COIN_SBTHREAD_H

/**************************************************************************\
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#include <Inventor/SbBasic.h>
#include <Inventor/C/threads/thread.h>

class SbThread {
public:
  static SbThread * create(void *(*func)(void *), void * closure) {
    return new SbThread(cc_thread_construct(func, closure));
  }
  static void destroy(SbThread * thread) {
    cc_thread_destruct(thread->thread);
    delete thread;
  }

  SbBool join(void ** retval = 0L) {
    return cc_thread_join(this->thread, retval) == CC_OK;
  }
  static SbBool join(SbThread * thread, void ** retval = 0L) {
    return cc_thread_join(thread->thread, retval) == CC_OK;
  }

protected:
  SbThread(cc_thread * thrd) { this->thread = thrd; }
  ~SbThread(void) {}

private:
  cc_thread * thread;
};

#endif // !COIN_SBTHREAD_H
