Name

Monitor — Exclusive monitor section class

Synopsis

This class represents exclusive sections between threads.

Required Library

require ‘monitor’

Included Module

MonitorMixin

Class Method

Monitor::new

Creates a Monitor object

Instance Methods

m.enter

Enters exclusive section.

m.exit

Leaves exclusive section.

m.owner

Returns the thread that owns the monitor.

m.synchronize{...}

Enters exclusive section and executes the block. Leaves the exclusive section automatically when the block exits.

m.try_enter

Attempts to enter exclusive section. Returns false if lock fails.

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