Qore::Thread::Sequence Class Reference

The Sequence class implements a thread-safe increment-only object. More...

Public Member Methods
	constructor ()
	Creates a new Sequence object. More...
	constructor (softint start)
	Creates a new Sequence object with a starting value. More...
	copy ()
	Creates a new Sequence object, not based on the original. More...
int	getCurrent ()
	Returns the current value of the sequence. More...
int	next ()
	Atomically increments the sequence value and returns the last value. More...

Detailed Description

The Sequence class implements a thread-safe increment-only object.

This class does not block therefore is not tagged with Qore::PO_NO_THREAD_CLASSES

Member Function Documentation

constructor() [1/2]

Qore::Thread::Sequence::constructor

(

)

Creates a new Sequence object.

Example:

Sequence seq();

constructor() [2/2]

Qore::Thread::Sequence::constructor

(

softint

start

)

Creates a new Sequence object with a starting value.

Example:

Sequence seq(20);

copy()

Qore::Thread::Sequence::copy

(

)

Creates a new Sequence object, not based on the original.

Example:

Sequence s2 = seq.copy();

getCurrent()

int Qore::Thread::Sequence::getCurrent

(

)

Returns the current value of the sequence.

Returns

current value of the sequence

Code Flags:

CONSTANT

Example:

int v = seq.getCurrent();

next()

int Qore::Thread::Sequence::next

(

)

Atomically increments the sequence value and returns the last value.

Returns

the last value of the sequence

Example:

int next = seq.next();