#ifndef HANDLER_THREAD_H
# define HANDLER_THREAD_H

#include <stdio.h>       /* standard I/O routines                     */
#include <pthread.h>     /* pthread functions and data structures     */

/* handler thread parameters structure.                      */
/* this is used to pass a thread several parameters,         */
/* even thought a thread's function gets only one parameter. */
struct handler_thread_params {
    int thread_id;			/* 'id' of thread                  */
    pthread_mutex_t* request_mutex;	/* mutex to access requests queue. */
    pthread_cond_t*  got_request;       /* condition variable of queue.    */
    struct requests_queue* requests;    /* queue of pending requests.      */
};

/* a handler thread's main loop function */
extern void*
handle_requests_loop(void* thread_params);

#endif /* HANDLER_THREAD_H */