Vala.Concurrent.Mutex – Valacore – Vala Binding Reference

Description:

public class Mutex : Object

Mutex wrapper with utility methods.

This class wraps GLib.Mutex and provides a safer withLock() helper to avoid unlock leaks when exceptions or early returns happen.

Example:

    var mutex = new Mutex ();
    mutex.withLock (() => {
        // critical section
    });

Package: Valacore

Content:

Creation methods:

public Mutex ()

Methods:

public void @lock ()

Acquires the mutex lock.

public void @unlock ()

Releases the mutex lock.

public bool tryLock ()

Attempts to acquire the lock without blocking.

public void withLock (WithLockFunc func)

Executes a function while holding the lock.

Inherited Members:

All known members inherited from class GLib.Object

Mutex