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# BiasedReadWriteLock Class Reference

`#include <BiasedReadWriteLock.h>`

Inheritance diagram for BiasedReadWriteLock:

List of all members.

## Public Member Functions
| BiasedReadWriteLock ()
virtual | ~BiasedReadWriteLock ()
| Destroy this ReadWriteLock.
virtual Lockable & | getReadLock ()
virtual Lockable & | getWriteLock ()
## Protected Member Functions
void | beforeRead ()
bool | beforeReadAttempt (unsigned long timeout)
void | afterRead ()
void | beforeWrite ()
bool | beforeWriteAttempt (unsigned long timeout)
void | afterWrite ()
bool | allowReader ()
bool | allowWriter ()
## Friends
class | ReadLock
class | WriteLock

## Detailed Description

Author:
  Eric Crahen <http://www.code-foo.com>

Date:
  <2003-07-16T10:22:34-0400>

Version:
  2.2.7

A BiasedReadWriteLock has a bias toward writers. It will prefer read-write access over read-only access when many threads are contending for access to either Lockable this ReadWriteLock provides.

See also:
  ReadWriteLock

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

BiasedReadWriteLock | ( |  | ) | `[inline]`

  | Create a BiasedReadWriteLock Exceptions:
  Initialization_Exception | thrown if resources could not be allocated for this object.

## Member Function Documentation

virtual Lockable& getReadLock | ( |  | ) | `[inline, virtual]`

| See also: ReadWriteLock::getReadLock() Implements ReadWriteLock.

virtual Lockable& getWriteLock | ( |  | ) | `[inline, virtual]`

| See also: ReadWriteLock::getWriteLock() Implements ReadWriteLock.

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

- BiasedReadWriteLock.h