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<CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+2>ACE Tutorial 016</FONT></B></CENTER>
<CENTER><B><FONT SIZE=+2>Making ACE_Condition easier to use</FONT></B></CENTER>
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The ACE framework has quite a few objects for syncronizing your
threads and even processes. We've mentioned a few in passing already:
ACE_Thread_Mutex and ACE_Barrier for instance.
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Another interesting one is the ACE_Condition template. By using an
ACE_Condition you can have your code wait for an arbitrary condition
to occur. That condition is "embodied" in a variable of your choice.
That variable can, in turn, be any data type you wish. This makes
ACE_Condition much more flexible than a simple mutex, barrier or
semaphore.
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In this tutorial, I'll create a wrapper class around the ACE_Condition
and the assorted housekeeping items necessary to make it work. I'll
use a simple integer as the condition variable but keep in mind that
you can use any data type you want.
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