lock
Specify a code block to execute after obtaining a lock on the object of an expression.
The code block constitutes a critical section that only one thread may execute at a time.
This construct ensures that one thread does not enter a critical section of
code while another thread is in the critical section gated by the same
locked object.
If another thread attempts to enter a locked block, it will wait, blocking
until the lock on the object is released.
Grammar
lock <expression> <block>
Platform
On .Net this acts the same as the C# lock statement
Examples
# Critical section is to generate output through a single shared writer fm multiple threads class Tester var _statusWriter as Writer? ... cue init ... _statusWriter = MyWriter() # gen and setup multiple threads with .runInThread as the thread code to run ... def runInThread while true ... lock _statusWriter _statusWriter.writeLine(statusLine)
# This is the example from the C# lock doc page converted to cobra use System.Threading class Account var _thisLock = Object() # is private var balance as int var r = Random() cue init(initial as int) is public base.init .balance = initial def withdraw(amount as int) as int # This condition will never be true unless the lock statement # is commented out: if .balance < 0 throw Exception("Negative Balance") # Comment out the next line to see the effect of leaving out # the lock keyword: lock _thisLock if .balance >= amount print "Balance before Withdrawal : ", .balance print "Amount to Withdraw : -" , amount .balance = .balance - amount print "Balance after Withdrawal : ", .balance return amount else return 0 # transaction rejected def doTransactions is public for i in 0 : 100 .withdraw(.r.next(1, 100)) class Test def main is shared threads = Thread[](10) acc = Account(1000) for i in 0 : 10 t = Thread(ThreadStart(ref acc.doTransactions)) threads[i] = t for i in 0 : 10 threads[i].start