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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+ * Licensed 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.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <hicn/transport/errors/runtime_exception.h>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <asio.hpp>
+
+namespace utils {
+
+class EventThread {
+ private:
+  // No copies
+  EventThread(const EventThread&) = delete;  // non construction-copyable
+  EventThread& operator=(const EventThread&) = delete;  // non copyable
+
+ public:
+  explicit EventThread(asio::io_service& io_service)
+      : internal_io_service_(nullptr),
+        io_service_(io_service),
+        work_(io_service_),
+        thread_(nullptr) {
+    run();
+  }
+
+  explicit EventThread()
+      : internal_io_service_(std::make_unique<asio::io_service>()),
+        io_service_(*internal_io_service_),
+        work_(io_service_),
+        thread_(nullptr) {
+    run();
+  }
+
+  ~EventThread() { stop(); }
+
+  void run() {
+    if (stopped()) {
+      io_service_.reset();
+    }
+
+    thread_ = std::make_unique<std::thread>([this]() { io_service_.run(); });
+  }
+
+  std::thread::id getThreadId() const {
+    if (thread_) {
+      return thread_->get_id();
+    } else {
+      throw errors::RuntimeException("Event thread is not running.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  template <typename Func>
+  void add(Func&& f) {
+    // If the function f
+    // TODO USe post in mac os, asio->post in xenial
+    io_service_.post(std::forward<Func&&>(f));
+  }
+
+  template <typename Func>
+  void tryRunHandlerNow(Func&& f) {
+    io_service_.dispatch(std::forward<Func&&>(f));
+  }
+
+  void stop() {
+    TRANSPORT_LOGI("Stopping event thread!");
+
+    io_service_.stop();
+
+    if (thread_ && thread_->joinable()) {
+      thread_->join();
+    }
+
+    thread_.reset();
+  }
+
+  bool stopped() { return io_service_.stopped(); }
+
+  asio::io_service& getIoService() { return io_service_; }
+
+ private:
+  std::unique_ptr<asio::io_service> internal_io_service_;
+  asio::io_service& io_service_;
+  asio::io_service::work work_;
+  std::unique_ptr<std::thread> thread_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace utils
+\ No newline at end of file