IMutex Class Reference

The mutex class is a synchronization primitive that can be used to protect shared data from being simultaneously accessed by multiple threads. More...

#include <Mutex.h>

Public Member Functions
virtual	~IMutex ()
	Destructor.
virtual void	lock ()=0
	Locks the mutex. More...
virtual void	unlock ()=0
	Unlocks the mutex.
virtual void *	handle ()=0
	Returns the platform dependent handle associated to this object.

Static Public Member Functions
static IMutex *	create ()
	Creates one new mutex. More...

Detailed Description

The mutex class is a synchronization primitive that can be used to protect shared data from being simultaneously accessed by multiple threads.

Member Function Documentation

static IMutex* IMutex::create ( )

static

Creates one new mutex.

A mutual exclusion object (mutex) is an object that can be owned by one single thread at the same time. Threads can use mutexes to performs operation on block of shared variables atomically.

virtual void IMutex::lock ( )

pure virtual

Locks the mutex.

The calling thread try to get the exclusive ownership over the mutex or wait until it manage to

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

• src/Mutex.h