NO-JIRA: create branch for qpid-cpp 0.34 RC process

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/branches/qpid-cpp-0.34-rc@1687469 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

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+#ifndef _Runnable_
+#define _Runnable_
+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <boost/function.hpp>
+#include "qpid/CommonImportExport.h"
+
+namespace qpid {
+namespace sys {
+
+/**
+ * Interface for objects that can be run, e.g. in a thread.
+ */
+class QPID_COMMON_CLASS_EXTERN Runnable
+{
+  public:
+    /** Type to represent a runnable as a Functor */
+    typedef boost::function0<void> Functor;
+
+    QPID_COMMON_EXTERN virtual ~Runnable();
+
+    /** Derived classes override run(). */
+    virtual void run() = 0;
+
+    /** Create a functor object that will call this->run(). */
+    Functor functor();
+};
+
+}}
+
+
+#endif