Adding priority support to GenericThread

interface/src/FileLogger.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const QString LOGS_DIRECTORY = "Logs";
 
 class FilePersistThread : public GenericQueueThread < QString > {    
 public:
-    FilePersistThread(FileLogger& logger) : _logger(logger) {
+    FilePersistThread(const FileLogger& logger) : _logger(logger) {
         setObjectName("LogFileWriter");
     }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ protected:
         return true;
     }
 private:
-    FileLogger& _logger;
+    const FileLogger& _logger;
 };
 
 static FilePersistThread* _persistThreadInstance;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ FileLogger::FileLogger(QObject* parent) :
     _logData("")
 {
     _persistThreadInstance = new FilePersistThread(*this);
-    _persistThreadInstance->initialize(true);
+    _persistThreadInstance->initialize(true, QThread::LowestPriority);
 
     _fileName = FileUtils::standardPath(LOGS_DIRECTORY);
     QHostAddress clientAddress = getLocalAddress();

libraries/shared/src/GenericThread.cpp

@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ GenericThread::~GenericThread() {
     }
 }
 
-void GenericThread::initialize(bool isThreaded) {
+void GenericThread::initialize(bool isThreaded, QThread::Priority priority) {
     _isThreaded = isThreaded;
     if (_isThreaded) {
         _thread = new QThread(this);
 
         // match the thread name to our object name
         _thread->setObjectName(objectName());
+        _thread->setPriority(priority);
 
         // when the worker thread is started, call our engine's run..
         connect(_thread, SIGNAL(started()), this, SLOT(threadRoutine()));

libraries/shared/src/GenericThread.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public:
 
     /// Call to start the thread.
     /// \param bool isThreaded true by default. false for non-threaded mode and caller must call threadRoutine() regularly.
-    void initialize(bool isThreaded = true);
+    void initialize(bool isThreaded = true, QThread::Priority priority = QThread::NormalPriority);
 
     /// Call to stop the thread
     void terminate();