exp backoff and theads handling

client-network/src/threads_handling.rs

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+use std::sync::{
+    Arc,
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+};
+use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+
+pub enum WorkerType {
+    MSGRECEPTION,
+    MSGSENDER,
+    PING,
+    MSGRETRY,
+}
+
+pub struct Worker {
+    thread: Option<JoinHandle<()>>,
+    stop: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    workertype: WorkerType,
+}
+
+impl Worker {
+    pub fn spawn(thread: JoinHandle<()>, workertype: WorkerType) -> Self {
+        Worker {
+            stop: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
+            thread: Some(thread),
+            workertype,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn stop(mut self) {
+        self.stop.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        if let Some(h) = self.thread.take() {
+            let _ = h.join();
+        }
+    }
+}