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    Default QThread not running in different thread

    I am trying to create a thread with an object inside it that does some work periodically (using a QTimer). My idea was to subclass QThread and have all communication as well as the timed event run through the event-loop. But with my current example, everything seems to still run in the same thread.

    This is the thread-class.
    Qt Code:
    1. class thread : public QThread
    2. {
    3. Q_OBJECT
    4.  
    5. private:
    6. QTimer *_timer;
    7.  
    8. public:
    9. void run(void);
    10.  
    11. public slots:
    12. void startTimer(int timeout);
    13. void _timeout(void);
    14.  
    15. };
    16.  
    17. void
    18. thread::run(void) {
    19. /* start the event-loop */
    20. exec();
    21. }
    22.  
    23. void
    24. thread::startTimer(int timeout) {
    25. if(!_timer)
    26. _timer = new QTimer();
    27.  
    28. QObject::connect(_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(_timeout()));
    29.  
    30. _timer->setInterval(timeout);
    31. _timer->start();
    32. }
    33.  
    34. void
    35. threadn::_timeout(void) {
    36. qDebug() << "timeout from" << QThread::currentThreadId();
    37. }
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    This is what I run from my 'main' thread:
    Qt Code:
    1. MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    2. QMainWindow(parent),
    3. ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
    4. {
    5. ui->setupUi(this);
    6.  
    7. thread *t = new thread();
    8.  
    9. QObject::connect(this, SIGNAL(startTimer(int)), t, SLOT(startTimer(mode,int)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
    10. t->start(QThread::HighestPriority);
    11.  
    12. qDebug() << "Hello from " << QThread::currentThreadId();
    13.  
    14. emit startTimer(1000);
    15. }
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    Last edited by lauwe; 28th February 2011 at 00:03.

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    Default Re: QThread not running in different thread

    Thanks for the link!

    After reading some more I found that threading in Qt does not work as I thought. The following does seem to work:
    Qt Code:
    1. /* notice that thread no longer inherits from QThread */
    2. class thread : public QObject
    3. {
    4. Q_OBJECT
    5.  
    6. private:
    7. QTimer *_timer;
    8.  
    9. public slots:
    10. void startTimer(int timeout);
    11. void _timeout(void);
    12.  
    13. };
    14.  
    15. void
    16. thread::startTimer(int timeout) {
    17. if(!_timer)
    18. _timer = new QTimer();
    19.  
    20. QObject::connect(_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(_timeout()));
    21.  
    22. _timer->setInterval(timeout);
    23. _timer->start();
    24. }
    25.  
    26. void
    27. threadn::_timeout(void) {
    28. qDebug() << "timeout from" << QThread::currentThreadId();
    29. }
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    Now create a QThread object and move the instance of 'thread' to it.
    Qt Code:
    1. MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    2. QMainWindow(parent),
    3. ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
    4. {
    5. ui->setupUi(this);
    6.  
    7. thread *t = new thread();
    8. QThread *qthread = new QThread();
    9.  
    10. QObject::connect(this, SIGNAL(startTimer(int)), t, SLOT(startTimer(mode,int)), Qt::QueuedConnection);
    11. t->moveToThread(qthread);
    12.  
    13. qthread->start(QThread::HighestPriority);
    14.  
    15. qDebug() << "Hello from " << QThread::currentThreadId();
    16.  
    17. emit startTimer(1000);
    18. }
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