You can save the NSThread instance in an ivar (after alloc/init'ing it), and then use all the NSThread methods to figure out what to do. (Don't forget to -start the thread when you're ready to kick it off)
Dave On Oct 16, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Shane wrote: > I have an application which launches worker threads via NSThread's > detachNewThreadSelector: method, and once the thread is setup, it's > listening for commands from the main GUI thread. > > So, what I'd like to do is know how to check to see if a thread exists > when a button is clicked where it would normally setup a new thread. I > guess I could just send a command to the thread and try to get a > response, and upon error, just assume that it should create a new > thread. But I'd think there's a better way for checking thread > existence. > > Anyone have ideas on how to do this?
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