ipc Namespace Reference

Contains classes for working with the IPC mechanisms available in Linux using the pthread library. More...

Classes
class	Event
	IPC object that offers the functionality of an event (Windows IPC object), implemented by means of a combination of the pthread mutex and conditional variables API. More...
class	IPCObject
	Class base of all the IPC classes that has the basic operations (Init, Wait and Dispose) to be overloaded. More...
class	Mutex
	IPC object that offers the functionality of a mutex, implemented by means of the pthread mutex API. More...
class	RdWrLock
	IPC object that offers the functionality of a read/write lock, implemented by means of the pthread rwlock API. More...

Enumerations
enum	WaitResult { WAIT_OBJECT = 0, WAIT_TIMEOUT, WAIT_ERROR }
	Enumeration of the possible values returned when a wait operation is performed for an IPC object. More...

Detailed Description

Contains classes for working with the IPC mechanisms available in Linux using the pthread library.

These classes have been implemented to offer an object-oriented mechanism similar to the one offered by Windows, because of its simplicity and flexibility.

Enumeration Type Documentation

enum ipc::WaitResult

Enumeration of the possible values returned when a wait operation is performed for an IPC object.

Enumerator
WAIT_OBJECT	Wait successful (object got)
WAIT_TIMEOUT	Time out.
WAIT_ERROR	Error.