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#ifndef FXRUNNABLE_H
#define FXRUNNABLE_H


namespace FX {


/**
* FXRunnable represents a generic runnable thing.  It serves primarily
* as a base class for FXThread and jobs in FXThreadPool.
* FXRunnable must be subclassed to reimplement an overloaded run() function,
* which is typically invoked by some thread.
*/
class FXAPI FXRunnable {
private:
  FXRunnable(const FXRunnable&);
  FXRunnable &operator=(const FXRunnable&);
public:

  /// Construct a runnable
  FXRunnable(){}

  /// Subclasses should overload this function to perform actual work
  virtual FXint run() = 0;

  /// Destroy a runnable
  virtual ~FXRunnable(){}
  };

}

#endif

