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VCF::Lock Class Reference

The Lock class represents a way to automatically lock or unlock a syncronizeable primitive, like a thread, mutex, or semaphore, by having the lifetime of the Lock stack based. More...

#include <vcf/FoundationKit/Lock.h>

Inheritance diagram for VCF::Lock:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	Lock (VCF::SynchObject &synchObject)
virtual	~Lock ()
Protected Attributes
bool	validSynchObject_
VCF::SynchObject &	synchObject_

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Detailed Description

The Lock class represents a way to automatically lock or unlock a syncronizeable primitive, like a thread, mutex, or semaphore, by having the lifetime of the Lock stack based.

This frees the developer from having to remember to call lock or unlock on the sync object. For example:

Mutex* mutex = //get a mutex
Lock l( *mutex );
//do some operations on a shared resource

When the lock instance falls off of the stack, and it's destructor is called, and the sync object's unlock method will be called.

See also:

SynchObject

Author:

Tiziano Franzoi, Nov 15, 2001

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

VCF::Lock::Lock (  VCF::SynchObject &  synchObject  )  [inline]

virtual VCF::Lock::~Lock (   )  [inline, virtual]

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Member Data Documentation

VCF::SynchObject& VCF::Lock::synchObject_ [protected]

bool VCF::Lock::validSynchObject_ [protected]

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

• vcf/FoundationKit/Lock.h

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