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author | Mike Buland <eichlan@xagasoft.com> | 2012-11-05 22:41:51 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Buland <eichlan@xagasoft.com> | 2012-11-05 22:41:51 +0000 |
commit | ec05778d5718a7912e506764d443a78d6a6179e3 (patch) | |
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12 | 12 | ||
13 | namespace Bu | 13 | namespace Bu |
14 | { | 14 | { |
15 | /** | 15 | /** |
16 | * Simple mutex wrapper. Currently this doesn't do anything extra for you | 16 | * Simple mutex wrapper. Currently this doesn't do anything extra for you |
17 | * except keep all of the functionality together in an OO sorta' way and | 17 | * except keep all of the functionality together in an OO sorta' way and |
18 | * keep you from having to worry about cleaning up your mutexes properly, | 18 | * keep you from having to worry about cleaning up your mutexes properly, |
19 | * or initing them. | 19 | * or initing them. |
20 | *@ingroup Threading | 20 | *@ingroup Threading |
21 | */ | 21 | */ |
22 | class Mutex | 22 | class Mutex |
23 | { | 23 | { |
24 | public: | 24 | public: |
25 | /** | 25 | /** |
26 | * Create an unlocked mutex. | 26 | * Create an unlocked mutex. |
27 | */ | 27 | */ |
28 | Mutex(); | 28 | Mutex(); |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | /** | 30 | /** |
31 | * Destroy a mutex. This can only be done when a mutex is unlocked. | 31 | * Destroy a mutex. This can only be done when a mutex is unlocked. |
32 | * Failure to unlock before destroying a mutex object could cause it to | 32 | * Failure to unlock before destroying a mutex object could cause it to |
33 | * wait for the mutex to unlock, the odds of which are usually farily | 33 | * wait for the mutex to unlock, the odds of which are usually farily |
34 | * low at deconstruction time. | 34 | * low at deconstruction time. |
35 | */ | 35 | */ |
36 | ~Mutex(); | 36 | ~Mutex(); |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | /** | 38 | /** |
39 | * Lock the mutex. This causes all future calls to lock on this | 39 | * Lock the mutex. This causes all future calls to lock on this |
40 | * instance of mutex to block until the first thread that called mutex | 40 | * instance of mutex to block until the first thread that called mutex |
41 | * unlocks it. At that point the next thread that called lock will get | 41 | * unlocks it. At that point the next thread that called lock will get |
42 | * a chance to go to work. Because of the nature of a mutex lock it is | 42 | * a chance to go to work. Because of the nature of a mutex lock it is |
43 | * a very bad idea to do any kind of serious or rather time consuming | 43 | * a very bad idea to do any kind of serious or rather time consuming |
44 | * computation within a locked section. This can cause thread-deadlock | 44 | * computation within a locked section. This can cause thread-deadlock |
45 | * and your program may hang. | 45 | * and your program may hang. |
46 | */ | 46 | */ |
47 | int lock(); | 47 | int lock(); |
48 | 48 | ||
49 | /** | 49 | /** |
50 | * Unlock the mutex. This allows the next thread that asked for a lock | 50 | * Unlock the mutex. This allows the next thread that asked for a lock |
51 | * to lock the mutex and continue with execution. | 51 | * to lock the mutex and continue with execution. |
52 | */ | 52 | */ |
53 | int unlock(); | 53 | int unlock(); |
54 | 54 | ||
55 | /** | 55 | /** |
56 | * Try to lock the mutex. This is the option to go with if you cannot | 56 | * Try to lock the mutex. This is the option to go with if you cannot |
57 | * avoid putting lengthy operations within a locked section. trylock | 57 | * avoid putting lengthy operations within a locked section. trylock |
58 | * will attempt to lock the mutex, if the mutex is already locked this | 58 | * will attempt to lock the mutex, if the mutex is already locked this |
59 | * function returns immediately with an error code. | 59 | * function returns immediately with an error code. |
60 | */ | 60 | */ |
61 | int trylock(); | 61 | int trylock(); |
62 | 62 | ||
63 | protected: | 63 | protected: |
64 | pthread_mutex_t mutex; /**< The internal mutex reference. */ | 64 | pthread_mutex_t mutex; /**< The internal mutex reference. */ |
65 | }; | 65 | }; |
66 | } | 66 | } |
67 | 67 | ||
68 | #endif | 68 | #endif |