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//! [0]
class Worker : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT

public slots:
    void doWork() {
        ...
    }
};

void MyObject::putWorkerInAThread()
{
    Worker *worker = new Worker;
    QThread *workerThread = new QThread(this);

    connect(workerThread, &QThread::started, worker, &Worker::doWork);
    connect(workerThread, &QThread::finished, worker, &Worker::deleteLater);
    worker->moveToThread(workerThread);

    // Starts an event loop, and emits workerThread->started()
    workerThread->start();
}
//! [0]

//! [1]
class AdvancedThreadManager : public QThread
{
protected:
    void run()
    {
        /* ... other code to initialize thread... */

        // Begin event handling
        exec();
    }
};
//! [1]