Mutex Class Reference

#include <Mutex.h>

Public Member Functions
	Mutex (const char *name)
	~Mutex ()
void	lock ()
bool	tryLock ()
void	unlock ()

Friends
class	ConditionVariable

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Mutex ( const char *  name )

explicit

Create the mutex. The mutex is allocated in the unlocked state. name should be a static string which describes the primitive for debugging purposes.

~Mutex

(

)

Destroy the mutex. Destroying the mutex in the locked state has undefined results.

Member Function Documentation

void lock

(

)

Acquire the Mutex. This method will block until the mutex is acquired.

bool tryLock

(

)

Attempt to acquire the Mutex without blocking. Returns true if the mutex was available and actually acquired.

void unlock

(

)

Release the Mutex, unblocking any other threads that are blocked waiting for the Mutex.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

friend class ConditionVariable

friend

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

• Core/Thread/Legacy/Mutex.h
• Core/Thread/Legacy/Thread_none.cc
• Core/Thread/Legacy/Thread_pthreads.cc