From 0d57ae3db73d94ab2e7ac0a799a9165c8a221c80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ABeltramo <beltramo.ale@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:24:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: allow control over running it in a separate thread

---
 include/mdns_cpp/mdns.hpp | 2 +-
 src/mdns.cpp              | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/mdns_cpp/mdns.hpp b/include/mdns_cpp/mdns.hpp
index 552b17a..fdff992 100644
--- a/include/mdns_cpp/mdns.hpp
+++ b/include/mdns_cpp/mdns.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class mDNS {
  public:
   ~mDNS();
 
-  void startService();
+  void startService(bool start_thread=true);
   void stopService();
   bool isServiceRunning();
 
diff --git a/src/mdns.cpp b/src/mdns.cpp
index 4a908a1..1978772 100644
--- a/src/mdns.cpp
+++ b/src/mdns.cpp
@@ -377,13 +377,17 @@ int service_callback(int sock, const struct sockaddr *from, size_t addrlen, mdns
 
 mDNS::~mDNS() { stopService(); }
 
-void mDNS::startService() {
+void mDNS::startService(bool start_thread) {
   if (running_) {
     stopService();
   }
 
   running_ = true;
-  worker_thread_ = std::thread([this]() { this->runMainLoop(); });
+  if(start_thread){
+    worker_thread_ = std::thread([this]() { this->runMainLoop(); });
+  } else {
+    this->runMainLoop();
+  }
 }
 
 void mDNS::stopService() {