Altsys Virtuoso 2.0K/virtuoso_20k.iso/NeXTanswers/OpenStepSpec_rtf/FoundationKit/Classes/NSThread.rtf

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(Preliminary Documentation) Copyright \f3 \'e3\f1 1994 by NeXT Computer, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.\
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\fs36 NSThread \
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\fs28 \f0 \b \fs28 Inherits From:    \b0 \fs28 \f1 NSObject \
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\fs28 \s3 \fi-2771 \fs16 \fs28 \f0 \b \fs28 Declared In:    \b0 \fs28 \f1 foundation/NSThread.h \
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\fs28 Creating an NSThread\
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\fs28 \pard \s4 \li7029 \fi-6552 \ri1007 \ql \tx6652 \tx7030 \f1 \b0 \fi-6552 + (NSThread *)\b currentThread\b0     Returns an object representing the current thread of execution.\
\fi-6552 \fi-6552 \fi-6552 + (void)\b detachNewThreadSelector:\b0 (SEL)\i aSelector\i0     Creates and starts a new thread, sending an \i aSelector\i0  \
\fi-6552 \s5 \li7030 \fi-6553 \fi-5796 \b toTarget:\b0 (id)\i aTarget\i0         message to \i aTarget\i0 .  The \i aSelector\i0  message takes the \
\b withObject:\b0 (id)\i anArgument\i0         argument \i anArgument\i0  and has no return value.\
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\fs28 Setting Thread Priority \
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\fs28 \pard \s4 \li7029 \fi-6552 \ri1007 \ql \tx6652 \tx7030 \f1 \b0 \fi-6552 {\f3 -} (void)\b setThreadPriority:\b0 (NSThreadPriority)\i priority\i0     \
\fi-6552 \s5 \li7030 \fi-6553 \fi-5796     Sets the thread priority to NSInteractiveThreadPriority, NSBackgroundThreadPriority, or NSLowThreadPriority.  The thread priority is a hint to the operating system.\
\s4 \li7029 \fi-5794 \fi-6552 \fi-6552 {\f3 -} (NSThreadPriority)\b threadPriority\b0     Returns the priority of the thread.\
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\fs28 Querying a Thread \
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\fs28 \pard \s4 \li7029 \fi-6552 \ri1007 \ql \tx6652 \tx7030 \f1 \b0 \fi-6552 + (BOOL)\b isMultiThreaded\b0     Returns YES if a thread was ever detached.  (Detached threads may have died since).\
\fi-6552 \fi-6552 \fi-6552 {\f3 -} (NSMutableDictionary *)\b threadDictionary\b0     Returns the thread\'27s dictionary, allowing you to add data specific to the receiving thread.  This essentially allows user-defined thread variables.\
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\fs28 Terminating a Thread \
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\fs28 \pard \s4 \li7029 \fi-6552 \ri1007 \ql \tx6652 \tx7030 \f1 \b0 \fi-6552 + (void)\b exit\b0     Terminates the calling thread.  Before exiting that thread, this method posts a notification having the name \'aaNSThreadExiting\'ba and the terminating NSThread as the object argument of the\b  postNotification:object:\b0  message.\
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