The condition module provides a primitive for synchronized condition
checking.
License:
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Author:
Sean Kelly
class Condition;
This class represents a condition variable as concieved by C.A.R. Hoare. As
per Mesa type monitors however, "signal" has been replaced with "notify" to
indicate that control is not transferred to the waiter when a notification
is sent.
this(Mutex m);
Initializes a condition object which is associated with the supplied
mutex object.
Params:
Mutex m
The mutex with which this condition will be associated.
Throws:
SyncException on error.
void wait();
Wait until notified.
Throws:
SyncException on error.
bool wait(double period);
Suspends the calling thread until a notification occurs or until the
supplied time period has elapsed. The supplied period may be up to a
maximum of (uint.max - 1) milliseconds.
Params:
double period
The time to wait, in seconds (fractional values are accepted).
In: period must be less than (uint.max - 1) milliseconds.
Returns: true if notified before the timeout and false if not.
Throws:
SyncException on error.
void notify();
Notifies one waiter.
Throws:
SyncException on error.
void notifyAll();
Notifies all waiters.
Throws:
SyncException on error.
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