Unlock

This function unlocks a mutex. When a mutex is locked, other threads that lock the mutex will pause until the locking thread calls Mutex::Unlock().

Syntax

Example

#include "Leadwerks.h"

using namespace Leadwerks;

Mutex* mutex = NULL;

Object* ThreadFunction(Object* object)
{
for (int i = 0; i<1000; i++)
{
//Lock the mutex so the two threads dont interfere with each other
mutex->Lock();

System::Print("Thread 2 printing...");

//Unlock the mutex so the other thread can run
mutex->Unlock();

Leadwerks::Time::Delay(1);
}

//Create something to give back to the main thread
Vec3* v = new Vec3(1, 2, 3);
return v;
}

int main(int argc, const char *argv[])
{
//Create a mutex
mutex = Mutex::Create();

//Create a thread. This will launch into the thread function
Thread* thread = Thread::Create(ThreadFunction);

//Wait for the thread to finish
while (thread->GetState() != Thread::Finished)
{
//Lock the mutex so the two threads don't interfere with each other
mutex->Lock();

System::Print("Thread 1 printing...");

//Unlock the mutex so the other thread can run
mutex->Unlock();

Leadwerks::Time::Delay(1);
}

//Get the thread result
Object* result = thread->GetResult();
System::Print(result);

//Cleanup
result->Release();
thread->Release();
mutex->Release();

return 0;
}