From d4c12f3b092f30d6218f0c0a4c2eec2f619aaf96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hwinkel <winkelh@hsu-hh.de>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 22:46:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ADD: added asyncworker to utilsfunctions

---
 include/SimCore/UtilFunctions.hpp | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/SimCore/UtilFunctions.hpp b/include/SimCore/UtilFunctions.hpp
index 10f5378..4305fcb 100644
--- a/include/SimCore/UtilFunctions.hpp
+++ b/include/SimCore/UtilFunctions.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <netdb.h>
 
+#include <iostream>
+#include <thread>
+#include <atomic>
 
 
 namespace SimCore {
@@ -25,4 +28,33 @@ namespace SimCore {
 
     };
 
+
+class AsyncWorker {
+	std::atomic<bool> active{true};
+	
+    public:
+        ~AsyncWorker(){
+            stop();
+        }
+
+        void work(auto function)
+        {
+           active = true;
+        std::thread t([=,this]() {
+            while(active.load()) {
+            function();
+        }
+        });
+        t.detach();
+        }
+        void stop()
+        {
+            active = false;
+
+        }
+
+};
+
+
+
 }
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