lti::semaphore Class Reference

lti semaphore class for inter-thread (not inter-process!) synchronisation More...

#include <ltiSemaphore.h>

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Public Member Functions
	semaphore (const int initialValue=1)
virtual	~semaphore ()
bool	wait ()
bool	tryWait ()
bool	post ()
int	getValue ()
void	reset ()
virtual const char *	getTypeName () const
Protected Attributes
HANDLE	theSemaphore

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Detailed Description

lti semaphore class for inter-thread (not inter-process!) synchronisation

See also:

lti::mutex, lti::thread

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

lti::semaphore::semaphore

(

const int

initialValue = 1

)

default constructor

virtual lti::semaphore::~semaphore

(

)

[virtual]

destructor

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Member Function Documentation

virtual const char* lti::semaphore::getTypeName

(

)

const [virtual]

returns the name of this type

Reimplemented from lti::object.

int lti::semaphore::getValue

(

)

get current value

bool lti::semaphore::post

(

)

post semaphore, i.e.

increase the value

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

void lti::semaphore::reset

(

)

reset value to initialValue

bool lti::semaphore::tryWait

(

)

Try to wait on semaphore, but do not block.

Returns:

true if value was decreased.

bool lti::semaphore::wait

(

)

wait on semaphore, i.e.

decrease the value or wait if counter <= 0

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

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Member Data Documentation

HANDLE lti::semaphore::theSemaphore [protected]

the WIN32 semaphore object

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

• ltiSemaphore.h