SensorInterface.hpp

/*
 * 
 * Stores the interface for building a sensor thread
 * implementation.
 *
 */

#include <Windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>


class SensorThread
{
public:

	// Thread start 'caller' function
	static DWORD __stdcall threadStart(LPVOID pUserData) {
		((SensorThread*) pUserData)->threadRuntime();
		return 0;
	}
	// Thread routine for implementation to override
	virtual void threadRuntime() = 0;

	// Async control
	UINT8 startThread(LPVOID targs)s
	{
		threadArgs = targs;
		hThread = CreateThread(
			NULL,                   // default security attributes
			0,                      // use default stack size  
			threadStart,            // thread function name
			this,                   // argument to thread function 
			0,                      // use default creation flags 
			&dwThreadId);			// returns the thread identifier 
		return TRUE;
	};
	BOOL waitForThread()
	{
		WaitForSingleObject(hThread, INFINITE);
		return TRUE;
	};

	// Sync control
	BOOLEAN bufferDataAvailable() { return TRUE; };
	SIZE_T getBufferData(LPCSTR* bufferKeyArray, LPCSTR* bufferValueArray) { return 0; };
	VOID setDataStoreValue(LPCSTR key, LPCVOID value, SIZE_T valueSize) {};
protected:
	LPCVOID threadArgs;
	DWORD dwThreadId;
	HANDLE hThread;
};