Bell Class Reference

Synchronization object allowing to sleep for given timespan. More...

#include <bell.h>

Inheritance diagram for Bell:

Collaboration diagram for Bell:

Public Member Functions
	Bell ()
	Constructor. More...
void	ring ()
	Ring the bell. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from Waitingroom
	Waitingroom ()
	Constructor. More...
virtual	~Waitingroom ()
	Destructor. More...
virtual void	remove (Thread *customer)
	Remove a given thread prematurely from the Waitingroom. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	sleep (unsigned int ms)
	Creates a temporary bell object and sleep for the given timespan. More...

Private Attributes
unsigned int	counter
	Internal counter for managing bell objects in the Bellringer.

Friends
class	Bellringer

Detailed Description

Synchronization object allowing to sleep for given timespan.

A bell is a synchronization object enabling one or more threads to sleep for a particular timespan.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Bell()

Bell::Bell ( )

inline

Constructor.

Constructs a new bell; the newly created bell is, at first, disabled.

Member Function Documentation

ring()

void Bell::ring

(

)

Ring the bell.

Method called by the Bellringer once the waiting time passed. Wakes up the sleeping thread(s).

Todo:

Implement Method

sleep()

void Bell::sleep ( unsigned int  ms )

static

Creates a temporary bell object and sleep for the given timespan.

Parameters

ms	time in milliseconds

Todo:

Implement Method

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

• sync/bell.h
• sync/bell.cc