Public Member Functions | |
| ReadWriteLock () | |
| ctor creates with defaults | |
| ~ReadWriteLock () | |
| dtor destroys it | |
| void | readLock () |
| Lock for reading, this only block writes, not other reads. | |
| bool | tryReadLock () |
| Try the lock for reading, this only block writes,. | |
| bool | writeLock () |
| lock for writing, this blocks reads and all writes | |
| bool | tryWriteLock () |
| lock for writing, this blocks reads and all writes | |
| void | unlock () |
| unlock the lock | |
Protected Attributes | |
| pthread_rwlock_t | _lock |
| my pthread rwlock that implements this | |
A read/write lock that allows multiple readers to gain access to the lock, but only one writer at a time.
The current implementation may not be recursive as I can't figure out how to make it so or if it is so by default.