Semaphore Class Reference

#include <OnixS/CboeCFE/Trading/BOE/Threading/Semaphore.h>

Public Member Functions
	Semaphore (unsigned int count=1)
	~Semaphore ()
bool	acquire (int timeoutInMs=-1)
bool	tryAcquire ()
void	release ()

Detailed Description

Semaphore.

Limits number of threads that can access the shared resource simultaneously.

Definition at line 33 of file Semaphore.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Semaphore

(

unsigned int

count = 1

)

Constructor.

The state of the semaphore is signaled when its counter is greater than zero and non-signaled when it is zero.

Parameters

count

the counter value.

~Semaphore

(

)

Member Function Documentation

bool acquire

(

int

timeoutInMs = -1

)

Decrements the counter by one.

If the counter is already zero, blocks the thread until the counter becomes greater than zero.

void release

(

)

Increments the counter by one.

bool tryAcquire

(

)

Tries to decrement the counter by one.

Returns

`false' if the counter is already zero, otherwise - true.

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

• include/OnixS/CboeCFE/Trading/BOE/Threading/Semaphore.h