Menge::ReadersWriterLock Class Reference

The definition of a readers-writer lock. More...

#include <ReadersWriterLock.h>

Public Member Functions
	ReadersWriterLock ()
	Constructor.
virtual	~ReadersWriterLock ()
	Destructor.
void	lockRead () const
	Requests access to read a resource. When this function returns, the resource will be safe to read. The calling thread must call releaseRead otherwise deadlocks may occur.
void	releaseRead () const
	Releases the lock for reading. This must only be called by threads which had previously successfully called lockRead.
void	lockWrite () const
	Requests access to write a resource. When this function returns, the resource will be safe to write. The calling thread must call releaseWrite otherwise deadlocks will occur.
void	releaseWrite () const
	Releases the lock for writing. This must only be called by threads which had previously successfully called lockWrite.

Detailed Description

The definition of a readers-writer lock.

A readers-writer lock can be used to secure a resource for concurrent usage such that multiple readers can safely utilize the resource but writing tasks must have sole access.

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

• src/menge/MengeCore/Runtime/ReadersWriterLock.h
• src/menge/MengeCore/Runtime/ReadersWriterLock.cpp