Thrift Server Issue - Server Thread

class thrift_server_thread
{
 public:
  server_thread(shared_state & shared_state);

  //Entry point for thread wherein Thrift server is started.
  //The TSimpleServer instance(on which I was previously
  //invoking stop from the main thread) is owned(?) by this thread/class.
  void operator()();

  //I modified the design for it to be invoked in the same thread/object
  //which seems to have resolved the issue
  void stop()
  {
    _server->stop();
  }

 private:
  boost::shared_ptr<apache::thrift::server::TSimpleServer> _server;

  //Design note: the thrift server needs a handler class for the various
  //endpoints exposed. This handler is typically implemented as a separate
  //class from 'the context' in which the server is started.
  //However when 'stop server' becomes an endpoint, the handler needs a
  //a way to invoke stop on the server - which leads to a circular
  //dependency for which I have a rather hacky solution. Any suggestions
  //in this regard would be appreciated.
};