CopperSpice API: Multithreading

Classes which are used when writing a multi-threaded application. More...

Classes
class	QAtomicInt
	Platform independent atomic operations on integers More...

class	QAtomicPointer< T >
	Template providing platform independent atomic operations on pointers More...

class	QFuture< T >
	Result of an asynchronous computation More...

class	QFutureSynchronizer< T >
	Convenience class that simplifies QFuture synchronization More...

class	QFutureWatcher< T >
	Allows monitoring a QFuture using signals and slots More...

class	QMutex
	Provides exclusive access to a block of code by different threads More...

class	QMutexLocker
	Simplifies locking and unlocking mutexes More...

class	QReadLocker
	Simplifies locking and unlocking read and write locks for read access More...

class	QReadWriteLock
	Read and write locking More...

class	QRecursiveMutex
	Provides exclusive access to a block of code by different threads More...

class	QRecursiveMutexLocker
	Simplifies locking and unlocking mutexes More...

class	QRunnable
	Base class for all runnable objects More...

class	QSemaphore
	General counting semaphore More...

class	QThread
	Platform independent way to manage threads More...

class	QThreadPool
	Manages a collection of QThreads More...

class	QThreadStorage< T >
	Per-thread data storage More...

class	QWaitCondition
	Condition variable for synchronizing threads More...

class	QWriteLocker
	Simplifies locking and unlocking read and write locks for write access More...

class	QtConcurrentMap
	Header providing Concurrent Map and MapReduce More...

class	QtConcurrentRun
	A header which supports running functions in separate threads More...

Detailed Description

CopperSpice provides thread support in the form of platform independent threading classes, a thread-safe way of posting events, and signal-slot connections across threads. This makes it easy to develop portable multithreaded applications and take advantage of multiprocessor machines. Multithreaded programming is also a useful paradigm for performing time-consuming operations without freezing the user interface of an application.

Threading classes are implemented with native threading APIs such as Win32 and pthreads. They can be used with native threads. Threads are always enabled in CopperSpice.