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NAME

       SbBarrier -

       The SbBarrier class implements the ’barrier’ multi-thread
       synchronization technique.

       A barrier is a synchronization mechanism that is used for blocking
       threads as they enter the barrier until a given number of threads are
       blocked, at which point all the threads are released again.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Inventor/threads/SbBarrier.h>

   Public Member Functions
       SbBarrier (unsigned int count)
       ~SbBarrier (void)
       int enter (void)

Detailed Description

       The SbBarrier class implements the ’barrier’ multi-thread
       synchronization technique.

       A barrier is a synchronization mechanism that is used for blocking
       threads as they enter the barrier until a given number of threads are
       blocked, at which point all the threads are released again.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

   SbBarrier::SbBarrier (unsigned int count) [inline] Constructor. The
       SbBarrier will be set for count number of threads.
   SbBarrier::~SbBarrier (void) [inline] Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

   int SbBarrier::enter (void) [inline] This method blocks the calling thread
       on this barrier. It returns when the given number of threads have been
       blocked. 1 is returned if the caller was the last thread to enter the
       barrier, 0 otherwise.

Author

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