cmtk::ThreadSemaphore Class Reference [cmtkSystem Library]

Semaphore for thread synchronization. More...

#include <cmtkThreadSemaphore.h>

Inheritance diagram for cmtk::ThreadSemaphore:

Collaboration diagram for cmtk::ThreadSemaphore:

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Public Member Functions
	ThreadSemaphore (const unsigned int initial=0)
	Initialize semaphore.
	~ThreadSemaphore ()
	Destroy semaphore object.
void	Post (const unsigned int increment=1)
	Post semaphore.
void	Wait ()
	Wait for semaphore.

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Detailed Description

Semaphore for thread synchronization.

Because apparently Apple engineers are incapable of implementing an interface for unnamed semaphores as provided by <semaphore.h>, we are building the semaphore ourselves on the Mac OS platform using a mutex and a condition variable.

Definition at line 62 of file cmtkThreadSemaphore.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

cmtk::ThreadSemaphore::ThreadSemaphore

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const unsigned int

initial = 0 )

Initialize semaphore.

Definition at line 51 of file cmtkThreadSemaphore.cxx.

cmtk::ThreadSemaphore::~ThreadSemaphore

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Destroy semaphore object.

Definition at line 54 of file cmtkThreadSemaphore.cxx.

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Member Function Documentation

void cmtk::ThreadSemaphore::Post

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const unsigned int

increment = 1 )

Post semaphore.

Definition at line 58 of file cmtkThreadSemaphore.cxx.

Referenced by cmtk::ThreadPool::EndThreads(), and cmtk::ThreadPool::ThreadFunction().

void cmtk::ThreadSemaphore::Wait

(

)

Wait for semaphore.

Definition at line 62 of file cmtkThreadSemaphore.cxx.

Referenced by cmtk::ThreadPool::ThreadFunction().

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

• libs/System/cmtkThreadSemaphore.h
• libs/System/cmtkThreadSemaphore.cxx
• libs/System/cmtkThreadSemaphoreAppleIsRetarded.txx
• libs/System/cmtkThreadSemaphorePOSIX.txx
• libs/System/cmtkThreadSemaphoreWindows.txx