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SbMutex Class Reference
[Portable thread-handling abstractions]

#include <Inventor/threads/SbMutex.h>

List of all members.


Detailed Description

A basic class for managing a mutex.

This class provides a portable framework around the mutex interface of the underlying native thread-handling toolkit.


Public Member Functions

 SbMutex (void)
 ~SbMutex (void)
int lock (void)
SbBool tryLock (void)
int unlock (void)

Friends

class SbCondVar


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SbMutex::SbMutex ( void   )  [inline]

Constructor.

SbMutex::~SbMutex ( void   )  [inline]

Destructor.


Member Function Documentation

int SbMutex::lock ( void   )  [inline]

This method locks the mutex. 0 is returned on success.

If the mutex was previously unlocked, the thread will lock the mutex and continue running. If the mutex was already locked when this call is made, the thread will be suspended until the other thread holding the mutex releases it.

This is a blocking operation.

SbBool SbMutex::tryLock ( void   )  [inline]

This method tries to lock the mutex, and returns whether it was locked or not. This is a non-blocking operation.

int SbMutex::unlock ( void   )  [inline]

This method unlocks the mutex.


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