ThreadLock Class Reference

The ThreadLock class impliments a thread rwlock for optimal reader performance on systems which have rwlock support, and reverts to a simple mutex for those that do not. More...

#include <thread.h>

Inheritance diagram for ThreadLock:

Collaboration diagram for ThreadLock:

Public Member Functions
	ThreadLock ()
	Create a process shared thread lock object. More...
virtual	~ThreadLock ()
	Destroy a process shared thread lock object. More...
void	readLock (void)
	Aquire a read lock for the current object. More...
void	writeLock (void)
	Aquire a write lock for the current object. More...
bool	tryReadLock (void)
	Attempt read lock for current object. More...
bool	tryWriteLock (void)
	Attempt write lock for current object. More...
void	unlock (void)
	Release any held locks. More...

Private Attributes
Mutex	mutex

Detailed Description

The ThreadLock class impliments a thread rwlock for optimal reader performance on systems which have rwlock support, and reverts to a simple mutex for those that do not.

Author

David Sugar dyfet.nosp@m.@ost.nosp@m.el.co.nosp@m.m Posix rwlock extension for protected access.

Definition at line 357 of file thread.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ThreadLock::ThreadLock

(

)

Create a process shared thread lock object.

virtual ThreadLock::~ThreadLock ( )

virtual

Destroy a process shared thread lock object.

Member Function Documentation

void ThreadLock::readLock

(

void

)

Aquire a read lock for the current object.

bool ThreadLock::tryReadLock

(

void

)

Attempt read lock for current object.

Returns

true on success.

bool ThreadLock::tryWriteLock

(

void

)

Attempt write lock for current object.

Returns

true on success.

void ThreadLock::unlock

(

void

)

Release any held locks.

void ThreadLock::writeLock

(

void

)

Aquire a write lock for the current object.

Field Documentation

Mutex ThreadLock::mutex

private

Definition at line 363 of file thread.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• thread.h