Keep a reference to an NSThread around and message its objects?
- by RickiG
Hi
I am a bit uncertain on how to do this:
I start a "worker-thread" that runs for the duration of my apps "life".
[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(updateModel) toTarget:self withObject:nil];
then
- (void) updateModel {
NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
BackgroundUpdate *update = [[BackgroundUpdate alloc] initWithTimerInterval:5];
[[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] run]; //keeps it going 'forever'
[update release];
[pool release];
}
Now the thread "wakes" up every 5 seconds(initWithTimerInterval) to see if
there are any tasks it can do. All the tasks in the BackGroundUpdate Class are only time dependent for now. I would like to have a few that were "event dependent". e.g. I would like to call the Background Object from my main thread and tell it to "speedUp", "slowDown", "reset" or any method on the object.
To do this I guess I need something like performSelectorOnThread but how to get a reference to the NSthread and the Background Object?
