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ZThreads

A platform-independent, multi-threading and synchronization library for C++

BiasedReadWriteLock Class Reference

#include <BiasedReadWriteLock.h>

Inheritance diagram for BiasedReadWriteLock:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	BiasedReadWriteLock ()
virtual	~BiasedReadWriteLock ()
	Destroy this ReadWriteLock.
virtual Lockable &	getReadLock ()
virtual Lockable &	getWriteLock ()
Protected Member Functions
void	beforeRead ()
bool	beforeReadAttempt (unsigned long timeout)
void	afterRead ()
void	beforeWrite ()
bool	beforeWriteAttempt (unsigned long timeout)
void	afterWrite ()
bool	allowReader ()
bool	allowWriter ()
Friends
class	ReadLock
class	WriteLock

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Detailed Description

Author:

Eric Crahen <http://www.code-foo.com>

Date:

<2003-07-16T10:22:34-0400>

Version:

2.2.7

A BiasedReadWriteLock has a bias toward writers. It will prefer read-write access over read-only access when many threads are contending for access to either Lockable this ReadWriteLock provides.

See also:

ReadWriteLock

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BiasedReadWriteLock (   )  [inline]

Create a BiasedReadWriteLock Exceptions: Initialization_Exception  thrown if resources could not be allocated for this object.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual Lockable& getReadLock (   )  [inline, virtual]

See also: ReadWriteLock::getReadLock() Implements ReadWriteLock.

virtual Lockable& getWriteLock (   )  [inline, virtual]

See also: ReadWriteLock::getWriteLock() Implements ReadWriteLock.

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

• BiasedReadWriteLock.h

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