Listing 1: A method of encapsulating a thread

#include <pthread.h>

class Thread {
protected:
   pthread_t _threadptr;
   void Run() {}
public:
   void Create() 
   { pthread_create(&_threadptr, NULL, thread_func, this); } 

   ~Thread() { pthread_join(_threadptr, NULL); }
   friend void *thread_func(void *);
};

void *thread_func(void *p) {
   Thread *t=reinterpret_cast<Thread *>(p);
   if (t)
      t->Run();
   return 0;
}

int main() {
   Thread t;
   t.Create();
   return 0;
}