Thread and static objects

Hi,
I have a static function that is the entry point for a thread.

Code:

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static DWORD WINAPI readPacket(LPVOID thisObject)

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thisObject is a pointer to the class where the thread is instantiated.

Since the thread accesses data and functions found in the class, I had to make them static and define them outside of the class.

Code:

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};
static FILE *filterPacket_logfile; /* The logfile to log errors in*/
static std::string error; /*This is the error printed to the logfile*/
static int (*callback_Function)(unsigned char *, int);

static void writeError(const char *errorString, int init_write);

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The problem is that other objects outside of the class now have access to the variables and can modify them.

Is there any way I can have variables that the thread can access but that other objects outside of the class cannot access.

I tried accessing the private data members of the class using thisObject but the compiler says it's an error. The compiler is MS visual Studio .NET 2003.

error C2248: 'filterPacket::port_Name' : cannot access private member declared in class 'filterPacket'

Thanks a lot for any help,
Amish

you shouldn't have to declare any of the variables as 'static'. just declare the thread entry point within the class with the 'friend' qualifier and it should work.

Code:

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struct filterPacket
{
        friend
        DWORD
        WINAPI
        readPacket(LPVOID thisObject)
        {
                ((filterPacket*)thisObject)->port = 80;
        }
       
        private:
       
        unsigned short port;
};

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by Sebastiani

you shouldn't have to declare any of the variables as 'static'. just declare the thread entry point within the class with the 'friend' qualifier and it should work.

Code:

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struct filterPacket
{
        friend
        DWORD
        WINAPI
        readPacket(LPVOID thisObject)
        {
                ((filterPacket*)thisObject)->port = 80;
        }
       
        private:
       
        unsigned short port;
};

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That does not quite work. I get the following errors:
error C2255: 'readPacket' : a friend function can only be declared in a class
error C2556: 'void readPacket(LPVOID)' : overloaded function differs only by return type from 'DWORD readPacket(LPVOID)'

with the following code:

Code:

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riend DWORD WINAPI readPacket(LPVOID thisObject)
{
        int errorCode = 0; /* This is the error code that is returned  */
        filterPacket * filterPacketPtr = (filterPacket*)thisObject;
...

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do you have another declaration of readPacket outside of the class?

Sorry
you were correct. I had the friend modifier in both the declaration and instantiation of the thread. It works now. Thanks a lot,
Amish