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SbBarrier Class Reference
[Portable thread-handling abstractions]

The SbBarrier class implements the "barrier" multi-thread synchronization technique.

A barrier is a synchronization mechanism that is used for blocking threads as they enter the barrier until a given number of threads are blocked, at which point all the threads are released again. More...

#include <Inventor/threads/SbBarrier.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

 SbBarrier (unsigned int count)
 ~SbBarrier (void)
int enter (void)


Detailed Description

The SbBarrier class implements the "barrier" multi-thread synchronization technique.

A barrier is a synchronization mechanism that is used for blocking threads as they enter the barrier until a given number of threads are blocked, at which point all the threads are released again.


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

SbBarrier::SbBarrier ( unsigned int  count  )  [inline]

Constructor. The SbBarrier will be set for count number of threads.

SbBarrier::~SbBarrier ( void   )  [inline]

Destructor.


Member Function Documentation

int SbBarrier::enter ( void   )  [inline]

This method blocks the calling thread on this barrier. It returns when the given number of threads have been blocked. 1 is returned if the caller was the last thread to enter the barrier, 0 otherwise.


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