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BiasedReadWriteLock Class Reference

#include <BiasedReadWriteLock.h>

Inheritance diagram for BiasedReadWriteLock:

List of all members.

Public Methods
	BiasedReadWriteLock ()
virtual	~BiasedReadWriteLock () throw ()
virtual Lockable &	getReadLock ()
virtual Lockable &	getWriteLock ()
Protected Methods
void	beforeRead ()
bool	beforeReadAttempt (unsigned long timeout)
void	afterRead ()
void	beforeWrite ()
bool	beforeWriteAttempt (unsigned long timeout)
void	afterWrite ()
bool	allowReader ()
bool	allowWriter ()
Friends
class	ReadLock
class	WriteLock

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Detailed Description

Author:

Eric Crahen <crahen@cse.buffalo.edu>

Date:

<2002-06-19T08:38:39-0400>

Version:

2.2.7

A specialized ReadWriteLock that has a bias toward writers. It will prefer writers over readers when many threads are competing for this lock.

See also:

ReadWriteLock

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BiasedReadWriteLock (    )  [inline]

Create a fair or somewhat balanced ReadWriteLock

virtual ~BiasedReadWriteLock (    )  throw () [inline, virtual]

Destroy this ReadWriteLock

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Member Function Documentation

virtual Lockable& getReadLock (    )  [inline, virtual]

Get a reference to the read lock Returns : Lockable& read lock Implements ReadWriteLock.

virtual Lockable& getWriteLock (    )  [inline, virtual]

Get a reference to the write lock Returns : Lockable& write lock Implements ReadWriteLock.

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

• BiasedReadWriteLock.h

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