ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM > Class Template Reference

A reverse (or anti) lock. More...

#include <Reverse_Lock_T.h>

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Public Types

typedef ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM ACE_LOCK

Public Member Functions

 ACE_Reverse_Lock (ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM &lock, ACE_Acquire_Method::METHOD_TYPE acquire_method=ACE_Acquire_Method::ACE_REGULAR)
 Constructor. All locking requests will be forwarded to <lock>.
virtual ~ACE_Reverse_Lock (void)
virtual int acquire (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int tryacquire (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int release (void)
 Acquire the lock.
virtual int acquire_read (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int acquire_write (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int tryacquire_read (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int tryacquire_write (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int tryacquire_write_upgrade (void)
 Release the lock.
virtual int remove (void)
 Explicitly destroy the lock.

Private Attributes

ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM & lock_
 The concrete locking mechanism that all the methods delegate to.
ACE_Acquire_Method::METHOD_TYPE acquire_method_
 This indicates what kind of acquire method will be called.

Detailed Description

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
class ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >

A reverse (or anti) lock.

This is an interesting adapter class that changes a lock into a reverse lock, i.e., <acquire> on this class calls <release> on the lock, and <release> on this class calls <acquire> on the lock. One motivation for this class is when we temporarily want to release a lock (which we have already acquired) but then reacquire it soon after. An alternative design would be to add a Anti_Guard or Reverse_Guard class which would <release> on construction and <acquire> destruction. However, there are *many* varieties of the Guard class and this design choice would lead to at least 6 new classes. One new ACE_Reverse_Lock class seemed more reasonable.


Member Typedef Documentation

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
typedef ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::ACE_LOCK


Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL ACE_INLINE ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::ACE_Reverse_Lock ( ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM &  lock,
ACE_Acquire_Method::METHOD_TYPE  acquire_method = ACE_Acquire_Method::ACE_REGULAR 
)

Constructor. All locking requests will be forwarded to <lock>.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
ACE_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::~ACE_Reverse_Lock ( void   )  [virtual]

Destructor. If <lock_> was not passed in by the user, it will be deleted.


Member Function Documentation

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::acquire ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::acquire_read ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::acquire_write ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::release ( void   )  [virtual]

Acquire the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::remove ( void   )  [virtual]

Explicitly destroy the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::tryacquire ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::tryacquire_read ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::tryacquire_write ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
int ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::tryacquire_write_upgrade ( void   )  [virtual]

Release the lock.

Implements ACE_Lock.


Member Data Documentation

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
ACE_Acquire_Method::METHOD_TYPE ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::acquire_method_ [private]

This indicates what kind of acquire method will be called.

template<class ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM>
ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM& ACE_Reverse_Lock< ACE_LOCKING_MECHANISM >::lock_ [private]

The concrete locking mechanism that all the methods delegate to.


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