jevois::Semaphore< BB > Class Template Reference

#include <jevois/Types/Semaphore.H>

template<BlockingBehavior BB>
class jevois::Semaphore< BB >

A simple semaphore.

A semaphore is a thread-safe mechanism to share resources between multiple threads of execution.

See this Wikipedia page for basic information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_%28programming%29

This code is derived from the Neuromorphic Robotics Toolkit (NRT).

Template Parameters

BB	defines the blocking behavior and should be a value from jevois::BlockingBehavior

Definition at line 70 of file Semaphore.H.

Inheritance diagram for jevois::Semaphore< BB >:

Public Member Functions
	Semaphore (size_t n=0)
	Create a semaphore with n initial resources.
void	increment (size_t n)
	Release n resources to the semaphore.
void	decrement (size_t n)
	Remove n resources from the semaphore, blocking until they are available or throwing if they are not.
size_t	count () const
	Get the current count.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Semaphore()

template<BlockingBehavior BB>

jevois::Semaphore< BB >::Semaphore

(

size_t

n = 0

)

Create a semaphore with n initial resources.

Member Function Documentation

count()

template<BlockingBehavior BB>

size_t jevois::Semaphore< BB >::count

(

)

const

Get the current count.

decrement()

template<BlockingBehavior BB>

void jevois::Semaphore< BB >::decrement

(

size_t

n

)

Remove n resources from the semaphore, blocking until they are available or throwing if they are not.

increment()

template<BlockingBehavior BB>

void jevois::Semaphore< BB >::increment

(

size_t

n

)

Release n resources to the semaphore.

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

• include/jevois/Types/Semaphore.H