threads

Classes
class	ChildProcess
	Launches and monitors a child process. More...
class	CriticalSection
	A re-entrant mutex. More...
class	DummyCriticalSection
	A class that can be used in place of a real CriticalSection object, but which doesn't perform any locking. More...
struct	DummyCriticalSection::ScopedLockType
	A dummy scoped-lock type to use with a dummy critical section. More...
class	DynamicLibrary
	Handles the opening and closing of DLLs. More...
class	HighResolutionTimer
	A high-resolution periodic timer. More...
class	InterProcessLock
	Acts as a critical section which processes can use to block each other. More...
class	InterProcessLock::ScopedLockType
	Automatically locks and unlocks an InterProcessLock object. More...
class	Process
	Represents the current executable's process. More...
class	ReadWriteLock
	A critical section that allows multiple simultaneous readers. More...
class	GenericScopedLock< LockType >
	Automatically locks and unlocks a mutex object. More...
class	GenericScopedUnlock< LockType >
	Automatically unlocks and re-locks a mutex object. More...
class	GenericScopedTryLock< LockType >
	Automatically locks and unlocks a mutex object. More...
class	ScopedReadLock
	Automatically locks and unlocks a ReadWriteLock object. More...
class	ScopedWriteLock
	Automatically locks and unlocks a ReadWriteLock object. More...
class	SpinLock
	A simple spin-lock class that can be used as a simple, low-overhead mutex for uncontended situations. More...
class	Thread
	Encapsulates a thread. More...
class	Thread::Listener
	Used to receive callbacks for thread exit calls. More...
class	ThreadLocalValue< Type >
	Provides cross-platform support for thread-local objects. More...
class	ThreadPoolJob
	A task that is executed by a ThreadPool object. More...
class	ThreadPool
	A set of threads that will run a list of jobs. More...
class	ThreadPool::JobSelector
	A callback class used when you need to select which ThreadPoolJob objects are suitable for some kind of operation. More...
class	TimeSliceClient
	Used by the TimeSliceThread class. More...
class	TimeSliceThread
	A thread that keeps a list of clients, and calls each one in turn, giving them all a chance to run some sort of short task. More...
class	WaitableEvent
	Allows threads to wait for events triggered by other threads. More...

Typedefs
using	ScopedLock = CriticalSection::ScopedLockType
	Automatically locks and unlocks a CriticalSection object. More...
using	ScopedUnlock = CriticalSection::ScopedUnlockType
	Automatically unlocks and re-locks a CriticalSection object. More...
using	ScopedTryLock = CriticalSection::ScopedTryLockType
	Automatically tries to lock and unlock a CriticalSection object. More...

Detailed Description

Typedef Documentation

ScopedLock

using ScopedLock = CriticalSection::ScopedLockType

Automatically locks and unlocks a CriticalSection object.

You can use a ScopedLock as a local variable to provide RAII-based locking of a CriticalSection.

e.g.

struct MyObject
{
    CriticalSection objectLock;

    // assuming that this example function will be called by multiple threads
    void foo()
    {
        const ScopedLock myScopedLock (objectLock);

        // objectLock is now locked..

        ...do some thread-safe work here...

        // ..and objectLock gets unlocked here, as myScopedLock goes out of
        // scope at the end of the block
    }
};

See also

CriticalSection, ScopedUnlock

ScopedUnlock

using ScopedUnlock = CriticalSection::ScopedUnlockType

Automatically unlocks and re-locks a CriticalSection object.

This is the reverse of a ScopedLock object - instead of locking the critical section for the lifetime of this object, it unlocks it.

Make sure you don't try to unlock critical sections that aren't actually locked!

e.g.

struct MyObject
{
    CriticalSection objectLock;

    void foo()
    {
        {
            const ScopedLock myScopedLock (objectLock);

            // objectLock is now locked..

            {
                ScopedUnlock myUnlocker (objectLock);

                // ..and now unlocked..
            }

            // ..and now locked again..
        }

        // ..and finally unlocked.
    }
};

See also

CriticalSection, ScopedLock

ScopedTryLock

using ScopedTryLock = CriticalSection::ScopedTryLockType

Automatically tries to lock and unlock a CriticalSection object.

Use one of these as a local variable to control access to a CriticalSection.

e.g.

struct MyObject
{
    CriticalSection objectLock;

    void foo()
    {
        const ScopedTryLock myScopedTryLock (objectLock);

        // Unlike using a ScopedLock, this may fail to actually get the lock, so you
        // must call the isLocked() method before making any assumptions..
        if (myScopedTryLock.isLocked())
        {
           ...safely do some work...
        }
        else
        {
            // If we get here, then our attempt at locking failed because another thread had already locked it..
        }
    }
};

See also

CriticalSection::tryEnter, ScopedLock, ScopedUnlock, ScopedReadLock