#ifndef PARALLELPOOL_H
#define PARALLELPOOL_H

#include "system_global.h"

#include <vector>

namespace paysages {
namespace system {

/**
 * Pool to handle a group of threads doing the same task.
 */
class SYSTEMSHARED_EXPORT ParallelPool {
  public:
    ParallelPool();
    virtual ~ParallelPool();

    /**
     * Start the effective work.
     */
    void start(int thread_count = -1);

    /**
     * Method called from each thread to do actual work.
     */
    virtual void work() = 0;

    /**
     * Method called once to interrupt all threads.
     */
    virtual void interrupt();

  protected:
    bool running;

  private:
    vector<Thread *> threads;
};
}
}

#endif // PARALLELPOOL_H