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InterProcessLock Class Reference

Acts as a critical section which processes can use to block each other. More...

Classes

class  ScopedLockType
 Automatically locks and unlocks an InterProcessLock object. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 InterProcessLock (const String &name)
 Creates a lock object. More...
 
 ~InterProcessLock ()
 Destructor. More...
 
bool enter (int timeOutMillisecs=-1)
 Attempts to lock the critical section. More...
 
void exit ()
 Releases the lock if it's currently held by this process. More...
 

Detailed Description

Acts as a critical section which processes can use to block each other.

See also
CriticalSection

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ InterProcessLock()

InterProcessLock::InterProcessLock ( const String name)
explicit

Creates a lock object.

Parameters
namea name that processes will use to identify this lock object

◆ ~InterProcessLock()

InterProcessLock::~InterProcessLock ( )

Destructor.

This will also release the lock if it's currently held by this process.

Member Function Documentation

◆ enter()

bool InterProcessLock::enter ( int  timeOutMillisecs = -1)

Attempts to lock the critical section.

Parameters
timeOutMillisecshow many milliseconds to wait if the lock is already held by another process - a value of 0 will return immediately, negative values will wait forever
Returns
true if the lock could be gained within the timeout period, or false if the timeout expired.

Referenced by InterProcessLock::ScopedLockType::ScopedLockType().

◆ exit()

void InterProcessLock::exit ( )

Releases the lock if it's currently held by this process.


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