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  Library: CTK

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    Division of Medical and Biological Informatics

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#ifndef CTKEADEFAULTTHREADPOOL_P_H
#define CTKEADEFAULTTHREADPOOL_P_H

#include "ctkEAPooledExecutor_p.h"

/**
 * A thread pool that allows to execute tasks using pooled threads in order
 * to ease the thread creation overhead.
 */
class ctkEADefaultThreadPool : public ctkEAPooledExecutor
{

public:

  /**
   * Create a new pool.
   */
  ctkEADefaultThreadPool(int poolSize, bool syncThreads);

  /**
   * Configure a new pool size.
   */
  void configure(int poolSize);

  /**
   * Close the pool i.e, stop pooling threads. Note that subsequently, task will
   * still be executed but no pooling is taking place anymore.
   */
  void close();

  /**
   * Execute the task in a free thread or create a new one.
   * @param task The task to execute
   */
  void executeTask(ctkEARunnable* task);

};

#endif // CTKEADEFAULTTHREADPOOL_P_H