Mutex Class Reference

#include </home/sspr/src/www/orocos-1.0/export/build/orocos-rtt-1.2.2/build/rtt/os/Mutex.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for Mutex:

List of all members.

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Detailed Description

An object oriented wrapper around a non recursive mutex.

A mutex can only be unlock()'ed, by the thread which lock()'ed it. A trylock is a non blocking lock action which fails or succeeds.

Warning:

Mutex instances should only be created in soft realtime, since the initialisation of a mutex can not be done in hard realtime.

See also:

MutexLock, MutexTryLock, MutexRecursive

Public Member Functions
	Mutex ()
	Initialize a Mutex.
virtual	~Mutex ()
	Destroy a Mutex.
virtual void	lock ()
virtual void	unlock ()
virtual bool	trylock ()
	Try to lock this mutex.
Protected Attributes
rt_mutex_t	m
Friends
class	OS::MutexLock
class	OS::MutexTryLock

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual ~Mutex

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)

[inline, virtual]

Destroy a Mutex.

This is a blocking operation on the mutex itself. The mutex may not be locked when you call the destructor.

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Member Function Documentation

virtual bool trylock

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)

[inline, virtual]

Try to lock this mutex.

Returns:

true when the locking succeeded, false otherwise

Implements MutexInterface.

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

• rtt/os/Mutex.hpp

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