vtkCriticalSection Class Reference

Critical section locking class. More...

#include <vtkCriticalSection.h>

Inheritance diagram for vtkCriticalSection:

Collaboration diagram for vtkCriticalSection:

Public Types
typedef vtkObject	Superclass
Public Types inherited from vtkObject
typedef vtkObjectBase	Superclass

Public Member Functions
virtual int	IsA (const char *type)
vtkCriticalSection *	NewInstance () const
void	PrintSelf (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
void	Lock ()
void	Unlock ()
Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObject
vtkObject *	NewInstance () const
virtual void	DebugOn ()
virtual void	DebugOff ()
bool	GetDebug ()
void	SetDebug (bool debugFlag)
virtual void	Modified ()
virtual unsigned long	GetMTime ()
unsigned long	AddObserver (unsigned long event, vtkCommand *, float priority=0.0f)
unsigned long	AddObserver (const char *event, vtkCommand *, float priority=0.0f)
vtkCommand *	GetCommand (unsigned long tag)
void	RemoveObserver (vtkCommand *)
void	RemoveObservers (unsigned long event, vtkCommand *)
void	RemoveObservers (const char *event, vtkCommand *)
int	HasObserver (unsigned long event, vtkCommand *)
int	HasObserver (const char *event, vtkCommand *)
void	RemoveObserver (unsigned long tag)
void	RemoveObservers (unsigned long event)
void	RemoveObservers (const char *event)
void	RemoveAllObservers ()
int	HasObserver (unsigned long event)
int	HasObserver (const char *event)
template<class U , class T >
unsigned long	AddObserver (unsigned long event, U observer, void(T::*callback)(), float priority=0.0f)
template<class U , class T >
unsigned long	AddObserver (unsigned long event, U observer, void(T::*callback)(vtkObject *, unsigned long, void *), float priority=0.0f)
template<class U , class T >
unsigned long	AddObserver (unsigned long event, U observer, bool(T::*callback)(vtkObject *, unsigned long, void *), float priority=0.0f)
int	InvokeEvent (unsigned long event, void *callData)
int	InvokeEvent (const char *event, void *callData)
int	InvokeEvent (unsigned long event)
int	InvokeEvent (const char *event)
Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObjectBase
const char *	GetClassName () const
virtual void	Delete ()
virtual void	FastDelete ()
void	Print (ostream &os)
virtual void	Register (vtkObjectBase *o)
virtual void	UnRegister (vtkObjectBase *o)
void	SetReferenceCount (int)
void	PrintRevisions (ostream &)
virtual void	PrintHeader (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
virtual void	PrintTrailer (ostream &os, vtkIndent indent)
int	GetReferenceCount ()

Static Public Member Functions
static vtkCriticalSection *	New ()
static int	IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkCriticalSection *	SafeDownCast (vtkObjectBase *o)
Static Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObject
static int	IsTypeOf (const char *type)
static vtkObject *	SafeDownCast (vtkObjectBase *o)
static vtkObject *	New ()
static void	BreakOnError ()
static void	SetGlobalWarningDisplay (int val)
static void	GlobalWarningDisplayOn ()
static void	GlobalWarningDisplayOff ()
static int	GetGlobalWarningDisplay ()
Static Public Member Functions inherited from vtkObjectBase
static int	IsTypeOf (const char *name)
static vtkObjectBase *	New ()

Protected Member Functions
virtual vtkObjectBase *	NewInstanceInternal () const
	vtkCriticalSection ()
	~vtkCriticalSection ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from vtkObject
	vtkObject ()
virtual	~vtkObject ()
virtual void	RegisterInternal (vtkObjectBase *, int check)
virtual void	UnRegisterInternal (vtkObjectBase *, int check)
void	InternalGrabFocus (vtkCommand *mouseEvents, vtkCommand *keypressEvents=NULL)
void	InternalReleaseFocus ()
Protected Member Functions inherited from vtkObjectBase
	vtkObjectBase ()
virtual	~vtkObjectBase ()
virtual void	CollectRevisions (ostream &)
virtual void	ReportReferences (vtkGarbageCollector *)
	vtkObjectBase (const vtkObjectBase &)
void	operator= (const vtkObjectBase &)

Protected Attributes
vtkSimpleCriticalSection	SimpleCriticalSection
Protected Attributes inherited from vtkObject
bool	Debug
vtkTimeStamp	MTime
vtkSubjectHelper *	SubjectHelper
Protected Attributes inherited from vtkObjectBase
vtkAtomicInt32	ReferenceCount
vtkWeakPointerBase **	WeakPointers

Detailed Description

Critical section locking class.

vtkCriticalSection allows the locking of variables which are accessed through different threads. This header file also defines vtkSimpleCriticalSection which is not a subclass of vtkObject. The API is identical to that of vtkMutexLock, and the behavior is identical as well, except on Windows 9x/NT platforms. The only difference on these platforms is that vtkMutexLock is more flexible, in that it works across processes as well as across threads, but also costs more, in that it evokes a 600-cycle x86 ring transition. The vtkCriticalSection provides a higher-performance equivalent (on Windows) but won't work across processes. Since it is unclear how, in vtk, an object at the vtk level can be shared across processes in the first place, one should use vtkCriticalSection unless one has a very good reason to use vtkMutexLock. If higher-performance equivalents for non-Windows platforms (Irix, SunOS, etc) are discovered, they should replace the implementations in this class

Definition at line 42 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

Member Typedef Documentation

typedef vtkObject vtkCriticalSection::Superclass

Definition at line 47 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

vtkCriticalSection::vtkCriticalSection ( )

inlineprotected

Definition at line 58 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

vtkCriticalSection::~vtkCriticalSection ( )

inlineprotected

Definition at line 59 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

Member Function Documentation

static vtkCriticalSection* vtkCriticalSection::New ( )

static

static int vtkCriticalSection::IsTypeOf ( const char *  type )

static

virtual int vtkCriticalSection::IsA ( const char *  name )

virtual

Return 1 if this class is the same type of (or a subclass of) the named class. Returns 0 otherwise. This method works in combination with vtkTypeMacro found in vtkSetGet.h.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

static vtkCriticalSection* vtkCriticalSection::SafeDownCast ( vtkObjectBase *  o )

static

virtual vtkObjectBase* vtkCriticalSection::NewInstanceInternal ( ) const

protectedvirtual

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

vtkCriticalSection* vtkCriticalSection::NewInstance

(

)

const

void vtkCriticalSection::PrintSelf ( ostream &  os, vtkIndent  indent  )

virtual

Methods invoked by print to print information about the object including superclasses. Typically not called by the user (use Print() instead) but used in the hierarchical print process to combine the output of several classes.

Reimplemented from vtkObject.

void vtkCriticalSection::Lock ( )

inline

Lock the vtkCriticalSection

Definition at line 67 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

void vtkCriticalSection::Unlock ( )

inline

Unlock the vtkCriticalSection

Definition at line 72 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

Member Data Documentation

vtkSimpleCriticalSection vtkCriticalSection::SimpleCriticalSection

protected

Definition at line 57 of file vtkCriticalSection.h.

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

• /home/boeckb/code/depot/group-kitware/vtk/build-release/Utilities/Doxygen/dox/Common/Core/vtkCriticalSection.h