casacore::Mutex Class Reference

Wrapper around a pthreads mutex. More...

#include <Mutex.h>

List of all members.

Public Types
enum	Type {   Normal,   ErrorCheck,   Recursive,   Default,   Auto }
	Define the type of mutex. More...
Public Member Functions
	Mutex (Type type=Auto)
	Create the mutex.
	~Mutex ()
	Destroy the mutex.
void	lock ()
	Set a lock on the mutex.
void	unlock ()
	Unlock the mutex.
bool	trylock ()
	Try to lock the mutex.
Private Member Functions
	Mutex (const Mutex &)
	Forbid copy constructor.
Mutex &	operator= (const Mutex &)
	Forbid assignment.
Private Attributes
void *	itsMutex

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Detailed Description

Wrapper around a pthreads mutex.

Intended use:

Public interface

Review Status

Reviewed By:

UNKNOWN

Date Reviewed:

before2004/08/25

Synopsis

This class is a wrapper around a phtreads mutex.
Although the Mutex class has a lock function, class ScopedMutexLock should be used to obtain a lock, because it makes locking exception-safe.

Definition at line 49 of file Mutex.h.

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Member Enumeration Documentation

enum casacore::Mutex::Type

Define the type of mutex.

(see phtread_mutexattr_settype for their meaning). In Debug mode, type Auto will use PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK, otherwise PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT.

Enumerator:

Normal
ErrorCheck
Recursive
Default
Auto

Definition at line 56 of file Mutex.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

casacore::Mutex::Mutex

(

Type

type = Auto

)

Create the mutex.

casacore::Mutex::~Mutex

(

)

Destroy the mutex.

casacore::Mutex::Mutex

(

const Mutex &

)

[private]

Forbid copy constructor.

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Member Function Documentation

void casacore::Mutex::lock

(

)

Set a lock on the mutex.

It waits till it gets the lock.

Referenced by casacore::ScopedMutexLock::ScopedMutexLock().

Mutex& casacore::Mutex::operator=

(

const Mutex &

)

[private]

Forbid assignment.

bool casacore::Mutex::trylock

(

)

Try to lock the mutex.

True is returned if it succeeded.

void casacore::Mutex::unlock

(

)

Unlock the mutex.

Referenced by casacore::ScopedMutexLock::~ScopedMutexLock().

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Member Data Documentation

void* casacore::Mutex::itsMutex [private]

Definition at line 81 of file Mutex.h.

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

• casacore/casa/OS/Mutex.h