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core.thread.threadgroup

The osthread module provides types used in threads modules.
License:
Distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE)
Authors:
Sean Kelly, Walter Bright, Alex Rønne Petersen, Martin Nowak

Source core/thread/osthread.d

class ThreadGroup;
This class is intended to simplify certain common programming techniques.
final Thread create(void function() fn);
Creates and starts a new Thread object that executes fn and adds it to the list of tracked threads.
Parameters:
void function() fn The thread function.
Returns:
A reference to the newly created thread.
final Thread create(void delegate() dg);
Creates and starts a new Thread object that executes dg and adds it to the list of tracked threads.
Parameters:
void delegate() dg The thread function.
Returns:
A reference to the newly created thread.
final void add(Thread t);
Add t to the list of tracked threads if it is not already being tracked.
Parameters:
Thread t The thread to add.

In t must not be null.

final void remove(Thread t);
Removes t from the list of tracked threads. No operation will be performed if t is not currently being tracked by this object.
Parameters:
Thread t The thread to remove.

In t must not be null.

final int opApply(scope int delegate(ref Thread) dg);
Operates on all threads currently tracked by this object.
final void joinAll(bool rethrow = true);
Iteratively joins all tracked threads. This function will block add, remove, and opApply until it completes.
Parameters:
bool rethrow Rethrow any unhandled exception which may have caused the current thread to terminate.
Throws:
Any exception not handled by the joined threads.