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The Mutex Counter is a counter variable which can safely be incremented or decremented by multiple threads. More...
#include <thread.h>
Inherits ost::Mutex.
Public Member Functions | |
MutexCounter () | |
Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter. | |
MutexCounter (int initial) | |
Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter with an initial value. | |
int | operator++ () |
int | operator-- () |
Protected Attributes | |
volatile int | counter |
The Mutex Counter is a counter variable which can safely be incremented or decremented by multiple threads.
A Mutex is used to protect access to the counter variable (an integer). An initial value can be specified for the counter, and it can be manipulated with the ++ and – operators.
Thread protected integer counter.
ost::MutexCounter::MutexCounter | ( | int | initial | ) |
Create and optionally name a mutex protected counter with an initial value.
initial | value of counter. |