From 4c4ce6e5388e733741ff830419452e4a15bf31fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gtm.daemon" <gtm.daemon@7dc7ac4e-7543-0410-b95c-c1676fc8e2a3>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:30:11 +0000
Subject: [Author: dmaclach]

Add GTMSimpleWorkerThread for easily creating a thread that just handles blocks and performSelector calls.

R=thomasvl
DELTA=52  (52 added, 0 deleted, 0 changed)
---
 Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.h | 11 +++++++++++
 Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.m | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)

(limited to 'Foundation')

diff --git a/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.h b/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.h
index 755f1ce..4d92b31 100644
--- a/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.h
+++ b/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.h
@@ -36,3 +36,14 @@
 @end
 
 #endif  // NS_BLOCKS_AVAILABLE
+
+// A simple thread that does nothing but handle performBlock and
+// performSelector calls.
+@interface GTMSimpleWorkerThread : NSThread {
+ @private
+  CFRunLoopRef runLoop_;
+}
+
+// Will stop the thread.
+- (void)stop;
+@end
diff --git a/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.m b/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.m
index 70ee5b6..6757363 100644
--- a/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.m
+++ b/Foundation/GTMNSThread+Blocks.m
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 #import "GTMNSThread+Blocks.h"
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #if NS_BLOCKS_AVAILABLE
 
 @implementation NSThread (GTMBlocksAdditions)
@@ -49,3 +51,42 @@
 @end
 
 #endif  // NS_BLOCKS_AVAILABLE
+
+@implementation GTMSimpleWorkerThread
+
+- (void)main {
+  [self setThreadDebuggerName:[self name]];
+
+  // Add a port to the runloop so that it stays alive. Without a port attached
+  // to it, a runloop will immediately return when you call run on it.
+  NSPort *tempPort = [NSPort port];
+  NSRunLoop *loop = [NSRunLoop currentRunLoop];
+  [loop addPort:tempPort forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
+
+  // Run the loop using CFRunLoopRun because [NSRunLoop run] will sometimes nest
+  // runloops making it impossible to stop.
+  runLoop_ = [loop getCFRunLoop];
+  CFRunLoopRun();
+}
+
+- (void)setThreadDebuggerName:(NSString *)name {
+  // [NSThread setName:] doesn't actually set the name in such a way that the
+  // debugger can see it. So we handle it here instead.
+  pthread_setname_np([name UTF8String]);
+}
+
+- (void)stop {
+  CFRunLoopStop(runLoop_);
+}
+
+- (void)setName:(NSString *)name {
+  if ([self isExecuting]) {
+    [self performSelector:@selector(setThreadDebuggerName:)
+                 onThread:self
+               withObject:name
+            waitUntilDone:YES];
+  }
+  [super setName:name];
+}
+
+@end
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