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#ifndef DBCONNTHREAD_HXX
#define DBCONNTHREAD_HXX

#include "ConnectionManager.hxx"
#include "ThreadIf.hxx"

/** DBConnThread periodically checks all the connections
  * in DBConPool. It calls checkDBConns() function to 
  * delete those connections which are broken or older
  * than a specific time.
  *
  * DBConnThread.hxx   version 1.0 -- 14 Mar 2003
  *                    Suha Cubukcuoglu
  */

/** Time period after which DBConnThread wakes up */
#define SLEEP_TIME 60

 
class DBConnThread : public ThreadIf {

    public:
        /** Constructor */
        DBConnThread(ConnectionManager *conMgr);
        /** Destructor */
        ~DBConnThread();
        
    protected:
        /** Overrides thread() function in the ThreadIf.cxx.
         */
        virtual void thread();
    
    private:
        /** Pointer to the ConnectionManager which contains
         *  the pool of DBConnections to be checked.
         */
        ConnectionManager *myConnMgr;
};

#endif // DBCONNTHREAD_HXX