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The Mutex Counter is a counter variable which can safely be incremented or decremented by multiple threads. More...
#include <thread.h>
Public Member Functions | |
MutexCounter (const char *id=NULL) | |
Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter. | |
MutexCounter (int initial, const char *id=NULL) | |
Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter with an initial value. | |
Friends | |
__EXPORT int | operator++ (MutexCounter &mc) |
__EXPORT int | operator-- (MutexCounter &mc) |
The Mutex Counter is a counter variable which can safely be incremented or decremented by multiple threads.
A Mutex is used to protect access to the counter variable (an integer). An initial value can be specified for the counter, and it can be manipulated with the ++ and -- operators.
ost::MutexCounter::MutexCounter | ( | const char * | id = NULL | ) |
Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter.
id | name for mutex counter, optional for deadlock testing. |
ost::MutexCounter::MutexCounter | ( | int | initial, |
const char * | id = NULL |
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Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter with an initial value.
initial | value of counter. |
id | name of counter, optional for deadlock testing. |
__EXPORT int operator++ | ( | MutexCounter & | mc | ) | [friend] |
__EXPORT int operator-- | ( | MutexCounter & | mc | ) | [friend] |