#ifndef __QuickDeadmanTimer_h_
#define __QuickDeadmanTimer_h_

#include "../shared/ThreadClass.h"

/* This is specifically aimed at the VF proxy.  When things are going well, we
 * expect more than one time / heartbeat message per second.  When we get
 * disconnected, the API should tell us, but I've never seen it.  It usually hangs.
 * So this class will sit around and wait for missing heartbeat messages and kill
 * the process after 5 missed messages.
 */

class QuickDeadmanTimer : private ThreadClass
{
private:
  volatile bool _signaled;
  volatile bool _stop;
protected:
  virtual void threadFunction();
public:
  QuickDeadmanTimer();
  ~QuickDeadmanTimer();
  void signal() { _signaled = true; }
};

#endif