Code Salvage

- Integrated some code from the (soon to be obsolete) 2.0.0 branch,
  which is general in nature and will be needed.
- And the corresponding unit tests.

src/Thread.h

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+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006 - 2010, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+// the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+// Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+// version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+// details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+// this program; if not, write to the
+//
+//     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+//     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+//     Boston, MA
+//     02110-1301
+//     USA
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifndef INCLUDED_THREAD
+#define INCLUDED_THREAD
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+class Thread
+{
+public:
+  Thread ();
+  virtual ~Thread ();
+  int start (void* arg);
+  void wait ();
+  void cancel ();
+  void detach ();
+  void* arg ();
+
+protected:
+  static void* entryPoint (void*);
+  virtual void execute (void*) = 0;
+
+private:
+  pthread_t mTID;
+  void* mArg;
+};
+
+#endif
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////