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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef AXUTIL_THREAD_POOL_H
+#define AXUTIL_THREAD_POOL_H
+
+/**
+ * @file axutil_thread_pool.h
+ * @brief Axis2 thread pool interface
+ */
+
+#include <axutil_utils_defines.h>
+#include <axutil_allocator.h>
+#include <axutil_thread.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+    /**
+     * @defgroup axutil_thread_pool thread pool
+     * @ingroup axis2_util
+     * @{
+     */
+
+    typedef struct axutil_thread_pool axutil_thread_pool_t;
+    struct axutil_env;
+
+    /**
+     * Retrives a thread from the thread pool
+     * @param func function to be executed in the new thread
+     * @param data arguments to be passed to the function
+     * @return pointer to a thread in ready state.
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN axutil_thread_t *AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_thread_pool_get_thread(
+        axutil_thread_pool_t * pool,
+        axutil_thread_start_t func,
+        void *data);
+
+    /**
+     * Blocks until the desired thread stops executing.
+     * @param thd The thread to joined
+     * @return status of the operation
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_thread_pool_join_thread(
+        axutil_thread_pool_t * pool,
+        axutil_thread_t * thd);
+
+    /**
+     * Stop the execution of current thread
+     * @param thd thread to be stopped
+     * @return status of the operation
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_thread_pool_exit_thread(
+        axutil_thread_pool_t * pool,
+        axutil_thread_t * thd);
+
+    /**
+     * Detaches a thread
+     * @param thd thread to be detached
+     * @return status of the operation
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_thread_pool_thread_detach(
+        axutil_thread_pool_t * pool,
+        axutil_thread_t * thd);
+
+    /**
+     * Frees resources used by thread_pool
+     * @param pool thread_pool to be freed
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN void AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_thread_pool_free(
+        axutil_thread_pool_t * pool);
+
+    /**
+    * Initializes (creates) an thread_pool.
+    * @param allocator user defined allocator for the memory allocation.
+    * @return initialized thread_pool. NULL on error.
+    */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN axutil_thread_pool_t *AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_thread_pool_init(
+        axutil_allocator_t * allocator);
+
+    /**
+     * This function can be used to initialize the environment in case of
+     * spawning a new thread via a thread function
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN struct axutil_env *AXIS2_CALL
+                axutil_init_thread_env(
+                    const struct axutil_env *system_env);
+
+    /**
+     * This function can be used to free the environment that was used
+     * in a thread function
+     */
+    AXIS2_EXTERN void AXIS2_CALL
+    axutil_free_thread_env(
+        struct axutil_env *thread_env);
+
+    /** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif                          /* AXIS2_THREAD_POOL_H */