EFlag

EFlag — Simple thread synchronization

Synopsis

                    EFlag;
EFlag*              e_flag_new                          (void);
gboolean            e_flag_is_set                       (EFlag *flag);
void                e_flag_set                          (EFlag *flag);
void                e_flag_clear                        (EFlag *flag);
void                e_flag_wait                         (EFlag *flag);
gboolean            e_flag_timed_wait                   (EFlag *flag,
                                                         GTimeVal *abs_time);
void                e_flag_free                         (EFlag *flag);

Description

An EFlag is a simple thread synchronization mechanism. It implements a thread-safe flag that can be blocked on.

Details

EFlag

typedef struct _EFlag EFlag;

The EFlag struct is an opaque data structure representing a thread-safe flag. It should be accessed only by using the following functions.


e_flag_new ()

EFlag*              e_flag_new                          (void);

Returns :


e_flag_is_set ()

gboolean            e_flag_is_set                       (EFlag *flag);

flag :

Returns :


e_flag_set ()

void                e_flag_set                          (EFlag *flag);

flag :


e_flag_clear ()

void                e_flag_clear                        (EFlag *flag);

flag :


e_flag_wait ()

void                e_flag_wait                         (EFlag *flag);

flag :


e_flag_timed_wait ()

gboolean            e_flag_timed_wait                   (EFlag *flag,
                                                         GTimeVal *abs_time);

flag :

abs_time :

Returns :


e_flag_free ()

void                e_flag_free                         (EFlag *flag);

flag :