First rough outline of the network client thread. More to be done soon.

src/core/thread.cpp

@@ -111,3 +111,10 @@ Thread::ShouldTerminate() const
 	return lock.locked();
 }
 
+bool
+Thread::IsRunning() const
+{
+	boost::mutex::scoped_lock threadLock(m_threadObjMutex);
+	return (m_threadObj.get() != NULL);
+}
+

src/core/thread.h

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ protected:
 	// Checks whether termination has been requested.
 	bool ShouldTerminate() const;
 
+	// Checks whether the thread is running.
+	bool IsRunning() const;
+
 private:
 
 	// Flag specifying whether the application code within the

src/net/clientthread.h

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2007 by Lothar May                                      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+/* Network client thread. */
+
+#include <core/thread.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <memory>
+
+class ClientData;
+
+class ClientThread : public Thread
+{
+public:
+	ClientThread();
+	virtual ~ClientThread();
+
+	// Set the parameters. Does not do any error checking.
+	// Error checking will be done during connect
+	// (i.e. after starting the thread).
+	void Init(const std::string &serverAddress, unsigned serverPort, bool ipv6, const std::string &pwd);
+
+protected:
+
+	// Main function of the thread.
+	virtual void Main();
+
+private:
+
+	std::auto_ptr<ClientData> m_data;
+};
+

src/net/common/clientthread.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2007 by Lothar May                                      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.             *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include <net/clientthread.h>
+#include <net/socket_helper.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+class ClientData
+{
+public:
+	ClientData()
+	: sockfd(INVALID_SOCKET), addrFamily(AF_INET), serverPort(0) {}
+	int GetServerAddrSize() const
+	{
+		return addrFamily == AF_INET6 ? sizeof(sockaddr_in6) : sizeof(sockaddr_in);
+	}
+
+	SOCKET		sockfd;
+	int			addrFamily;
+	string		serverAddr;
+	unsigned	serverPort;
+	string		password;
+};
+
+ClientThread::ClientThread()
+{
+	m_data.reset(new ClientData);
+}
+
+ClientThread::~ClientThread()
+{
+}
+
+void
+ClientThread::Init(const string &serverAddress, unsigned serverPort, bool ipv6, const string &pwd)
+{
+	if (IsRunning())
+		return; // TODO: throw exception
+	m_data->addrFamily = ipv6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET;
+	m_data->serverAddr = serverAddress;
+	m_data->serverPort = serverPort;
+	m_data->password = pwd;
+}
+
+void
+ClientThread::Main()
+{
+	while (!this->ShouldTerminate())
+	{
+		// TODO.
+	}
+}
+