ThreadLock Struct Reference

This class provides an easy and less error-prone way of locking and releasing a mutex. More...

#include <ThreadLib.h>

Public Member Functions
	ThreadLock (ThreadMutex &m)
	Acquire the mutex until scope exit. More...
	ThreadLock (ThreadMutex *m)
	Acquire the mutex until scope exit. More...
	~ThreadLock ()
	Unlock the mutex. More...

Friends
struct	ThreadReleaseLock

Usage and lifecycle

This class provides an easy and less error-prone way of locking and releasing a mutex.

The class should be instantiated on the stack such that the constructor locks the mutex when the scope becomes active and the destructor releases the mutex when the scope becomes inactive.

{ ThreadLock lock(dispMutex);
   //Protected web-server calls here
}

This is a C++ class only. Use a named local variable so it lives for the intended scope. Do not copy a lock object or acquire a mutex recursively; recursive acquisition is not portable across ThreadLib implementations.

See also

ThreadMutex ThreadReleaseLock