Chapter 4: The Synchronization Package

• 4.1 Introducing the Synchronization Package
• 4.1.1 Interpackage Dependencies
• 4.1.2 Including the Header Files
• 4.2 Definitions
• 4.3 Synchronization Class Hierarchy
• 4.3.1 The Synchronization Class Hierarchy
• 4.3.2 The Guard Class Hierarchy
• 4.4 Getting Started
• 4.4.1 Creating Two or More Threads that Access the Same Resources
• 4.4.2 Using Mutexes
• 4.4.3 Using Guards
• 4.4.4 Building Monitors
• 4.4.5 Using Condition Variables
• 4.5 The Synchronization Classes
• 4.5.1 The RWMutexLock Class
• 4.5.2 The RWFIFOMutexLock Class
• 4.5.3 The RWNullMutexLock Class
• 4.5.4 The RWTRecursiveLock Class
• 4.5.5 The RWReadersWriterLock Class
• 4.5.6 The RWCriticalSection Class
• 4.5.7 The RWSemaphore Class
• 4.5.8 The RWCondition Class
• 4.5.9 The RWBarrier Class
• 4.5.10 The RWTMonitor Class
• 4.6 The Guard Classes
• 4.6.1 Using a Lock Guard
• 4.6.2 Releasing and Reacquiring a Guarded Lock
• 4.6.3 Using the Unlock Guard Class
• 4.6.4 Using the RWTTryLockGuard Template Class
• 4.6.5 Using Classes with Read-Write Synchronization Resources

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