JUCE/modules/juce_core/threads/juce_ScopedReadLock.h

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#ifndef __JUCE_SCOPEDREADLOCK_JUCEHEADER__
#define __JUCE_SCOPEDREADLOCK_JUCEHEADER__

#include "juce_ReadWriteLock.h"


//==============================================================================
/**
    Automatically locks and unlocks a ReadWriteLock object.

    Use one of these as a local variable to control access to a ReadWriteLock.

    e.g. @code

    ReadWriteLock myLock;

    for (;;)
    {
        const ScopedReadLock myScopedLock (myLock);
        // myLock is now locked

        ...do some stuff...

        // myLock gets unlocked here.
    }
    @endcode

    @see ReadWriteLock, ScopedWriteLock
*/
class JUCE_API  ScopedReadLock
{
public:
    //==============================================================================
    /** Creates a ScopedReadLock.

        As soon as it is created, this will call ReadWriteLock::enterRead(), and
        when the ScopedReadLock object is deleted, the ReadWriteLock will
        be unlocked.

        Make sure this object is created and deleted by the same thread,
        otherwise there are no guarantees what will happen! Best just to use it
        as a local stack object, rather than creating one with the new() operator.
    */
    inline explicit ScopedReadLock (const ReadWriteLock& lock) noexcept   : lock_ (lock) { lock.enterRead(); }

    /** Destructor.

        The ReadWriteLock's exitRead() method will be called when the destructor is called.

        Make sure this object is created and deleted by the same thread,
        otherwise there are no guarantees what will happen!
    */
    inline ~ScopedReadLock() noexcept                                     { lock_.exitRead(); }


private:
    //==============================================================================
    const ReadWriteLock& lock_;

    JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE (ScopedReadLock);
};


#endif   // __JUCE_SCOPEDREADLOCK_JUCEHEADER__