SYNOPSIS

#include <Inventor/threads/SbBarrier.h>

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 intcount) [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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