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-<concept id="GUID-5C1E776D-5AEF-5326-BEA6-F2108F42CB71" xml:lang="en"><title>condvar:
-Using Condition Variables</title><shortdesc>Examples that explains how to use condition variables. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
+<concept id="GUID-5C1E776D-5AEF-5326-BEA6-F2108F42CB71" xml:lang="en"><title>condvar: Using Condition Variables</title><shortdesc>Examples that explains how to use condition variables. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>
<p/>
<ul>
<li id="GUID-7CD8220E-2844-5FCB-A9B4-9B188F95C6EE"><p><xref href="GUID-5C1E776D-5AEF-5326-BEA6-F2108F42CB71.dita#GUID-5C1E776D-5AEF-5326-BEA6-F2108F42CB71/GUID-8209AA7E-0DFB-512D-9BEB-9063BA617BC5">condvarglobal</xref> </p> </li>
<li id="GUID-74DAFE22-039F-5647-B56E-6BB83B876DED"><p><xref href="GUID-5C1E776D-5AEF-5326-BEA6-F2108F42CB71.dita#GUID-5C1E776D-5AEF-5326-BEA6-F2108F42CB71/GUID-8CF8C4E2-4D74-54C8-9601-97CC44B9C943">condvarlocal</xref> </p> </li>
</ul>
-<section id="GUID-8209AA7E-0DFB-512D-9BEB-9063BA617BC5"><title>condvarglobal</title> <p>This
-example shows the use of the global condition variable IPC mechanism. The
-scope of a global condition variable is inter-process. It can be shared by
-threads of any process in the system. </p> <p><b>Download</b> </p> <p>Click
-on the following link to download the example: <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/zips/guid-ddcb07c8-2646-4414-b33f-086f5758cbfe.zip" scope="external">condvarglobal .zip</xref></p><p>Click <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/guid-ddcb07c8-2646-4414-b33f-086f5758cbfe.html" scope="peer"> browse </xref> to view the example code</p><p><b>Class summary</b></p><p> <xref href="GUID-D16EF740-78E6-3D08-AE2F-AFA5E812FF2B.dita"><apiname>RCondVar </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-C0FEA3A0-7DD3-3B87-A919-CB973BC05766.dita"><apiname>RMutex </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-326A2F4D-0E99-31C0-A35D-E8BF45913F07.dita"><apiname>RChunk </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic</apiname></xref> </p> <p><b>Description</b> </p> <p>This
-example uses an adder and subtractor pattern to show the use of a global condition
-variable. Two processes, the adder and the subtractor, modify a shared variable
-by adding and subtracting random amounts. The condition variable ensures that
-the value remains within given limits, <codeph>KMaxValue</codeph> and <codeph>KMinValue</codeph>,
-by blocking one of the processes if the value crosses a warning threshold. </p> <p>The
-adder program creates a global shared memory chunk. It also creates a global
-mutex to control access to the chunk and a global condition variable to signal
-that the value in the chunk is '<codeph>ready for use</codeph>'. It then initialises
-the value in the chunk to zero and periodically tries to add a random value
-between 1 and 10 . If, having added a value, it finds that the value of the
-chunk is greater than <codeph>KUpperThreshold</codeph>, it waits for a signal
-from the condition variable before adding another value. </p> <p>The subtractor
-program periodically tries to subtract a random value between 1 and 10 from
-the global shared memory chunk. If, having subtracted a value, it finds that
-the value of the chunk is less than <codeph>KLowerThreshold</codeph>, it waits
-for a signal from the condition variable before subtracting another value. </p> <p><b>Design
-and implementation</b> </p> <fig id="GUID-1FAFB189-D2E4-5A05-8D8B-B3F7D28467FC">
-<image href="GUID-857A523E-E660-5AFA-98B1-3A5440A8372F_d0e250294_href.jpg" placement="inline"/>
-</fig> <p><b>Build</b> </p> <p><xref href="GUID-3100800B-B2F7-50EF-BD4C-3C345ECCB2A5.dita">The
-Symbian build process</xref> describes how to build this example. The ConditionVariable
-example builds the following binary files in the standard location (<filepath>\epoc32\release\winscw\
+<section id="GUID-8209AA7E-0DFB-512D-9BEB-9063BA617BC5"><title>condvarglobal</title> <p>This example shows the use of the global condition variable IPC
+mechanism. The scope of a global condition variable is inter-process.
+It can be shared by threads of any process in the system. </p> <p><b>Download</b> </p> <p>Click on the following link to download the
+example: <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/zips/guid-ddcb07c8-2646-4414-b33f-086f5758cbfe.zip" scope="external">condvarglobal .zip</xref></p><p>Click <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/guid-ddcb07c8-2646-4414-b33f-086f5758cbfe.html" scope="peer"> browse </xref> to view the example code</p><p><b>Class
+summary</b></p><p> <xref href="GUID-D16EF740-78E6-3D08-AE2F-AFA5E812FF2B.dita"><apiname>RCondVar </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-C0FEA3A0-7DD3-3B87-A919-CB973BC05766.dita"><apiname>RMutex </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-326A2F4D-0E99-31C0-A35D-E8BF45913F07.dita"><apiname>RChunk </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic</apiname></xref> </p> <p><b>Description</b> </p> <p>This example uses an adder and subtractor
+pattern to show the use of a global condition variable. Two processes,
+the adder and the subtractor, modify a shared variable by adding and
+subtracting random amounts. The condition variable ensures that the
+value remains within given limits, <codeph>KMaxValue</codeph> and <codeph>KMinValue</codeph>, by blocking one of the processes if the value
+crosses a warning threshold. </p> <p>The adder program creates a global
+shared memory chunk. It also creates a global mutex to control access
+to the chunk and a global condition variable to signal that the value
+in the chunk is '<codeph>ready for use</codeph>'. It then initialises
+the value in the chunk to zero and periodically tries to add a random
+value between 1 and 10 . If, having added a value, it finds that the
+value of the chunk is greater than <codeph>KUpperThreshold</codeph>, it waits for a signal from the condition variable before adding
+another value. </p> <p>The subtractor program periodically tries to
+subtract a random value between 1 and 10 from the global shared memory
+chunk. If, having subtracted a value, it finds that the value of the
+chunk is less than <codeph>KLowerThreshold</codeph>, it waits for
+a signal from the condition variable before subtracting another value. </p> <p><b>Design and implementation</b> </p> <fig id="GUID-1FAFB189-D2E4-5A05-8D8B-B3F7D28467FC">
+<image href="GUID-857A523E-E660-5AFA-98B1-3A5440A8372F_d0e255233_href.jpg" placement="inline"/>
+</fig> <p><b>Build</b> </p> <p>The ConditionVariable example builds
+the following binary files in the standard location (<filepath>\epoc32\release\winscw\
<build_variant></filepath>) for Carbide.c++. </p> <ul>
-<li id="GUID-A699F4AF-3A5F-5C24-83CB-1762348AA1D2"><p> <b>adder.exe:</b> Demonstrates
-the use of the global condition variable. It creates a global shared memory
-chunk and periodically adds random values to the chunk. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-30A5BE77-8F99-5206-AD42-51E843D0D3C2"><p> <b>subtractor.exe:</b> Demonstrates
-the use of the global condition variable. It periodically subtracts random
-values from the chunk created by <filepath>adder.exe</filepath>. </p> </li>
-</ul> <p><b>How to run the Example</b> </p> <p>To run the example, perform
-the following steps: </p> <ol id="GUID-312A1E16-C92B-5C33-9D80-83080412E657">
+<li id="GUID-A699F4AF-3A5F-5C24-83CB-1762348AA1D2"><p> <b>adder.exe:</b> Demonstrates the use of the global condition variable. It creates
+a global shared memory chunk and periodically adds random values to
+the chunk. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-30A5BE77-8F99-5206-AD42-51E843D0D3C2"><p> <b>subtractor.exe:</b> Demonstrates the use of the global condition variable. It periodically
+subtracts random values from the chunk created by <filepath>adder.exe</filepath>. </p> </li>
+</ul> <p><b>How to run the Example</b> </p> <p>To run the example,
+perform the following steps: </p> <ol id="GUID-312A1E16-C92B-5C33-9D80-83080412E657">
<li id="GUID-E8E12006-8AAC-503D-B59A-F171092293F4"><p>Run <filepath>adder.exe</filepath>. </p> </li>
<li id="GUID-C9F80A69-218F-5467-9DDE-FC5849753E95"><p>Run eshell. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-457E6D8F-A383-5CF6-BA6E-D98C8FAC20F4"><p>Run <filepath>subtract.exe</filepath> in
-your new eshell. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-122618AE-028B-5BF9-BB4B-4F95099EE839"><p>Switch between eshells
-by pressing <b>CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+T</b>. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-24CCA548-D350-53A7-9919-270EA0C71EC1"><p>To finish, stop each
-application by pressing any key. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-457E6D8F-A383-5CF6-BA6E-D98C8FAC20F4"><p>Run <filepath>subtract.exe</filepath> in your new eshell. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-122618AE-028B-5BF9-BB4B-4F95099EE839"><p>Switch between
+eshells by pressing <b>CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+T</b>. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-24CCA548-D350-53A7-9919-270EA0C71EC1"><p>To finish, stop
+each application by pressing any key. </p> </li>
</ol> </section>
-<section id="GUID-8CF8C4E2-4D74-54C8-9601-97CC44B9C943"><title>condvarlocal</title> <p>This
-example shows the use of the local condition variable IPC mechanism. The scope
-of a local condition variable is intra-process. It can be shared by threads
-of the process that creates the condition variable. </p> <p><b>Download</b> </p> <p>Click
-on the following link to download the example: <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/zips/guid-527239ad-3eff-4d62-a7fe-b7e43658dd2f.zip" scope="external">condvarlocal .zip </xref></p><p>Click <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/guid-527239ad-3eff-4d62-a7fe-b7e43658dd2f.html" scope="peer"> browse </xref> to view the example.</p> <p><b>Class summary</b></p><p> <xref href="GUID-C0FEA3A0-7DD3-3B87-A919-CB973BC05766.dita"><apiname>RMutex </apiname></xref><xref href="GUID-B0E661BC-4058-3256-B9C3-5A4FD52F6DE5.dita"><apiname>RThread </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-D16EF740-78E6-3D08-AE2F-AFA5E812FF2B.dita"><apiname>RCondVar</apiname></xref></p> <p><b>Description</b> </p> <p>This
-example uses the producer and the consumer model to show the use of the local
-condition variable. </p> <p>The example creates two local threads: a producer
-and a consumer. The two threads share a buffer, which is an object of the <codeph>CQueue</codeph> class.
-The CQueue object creates a local condition variable using the <codeph>RCondVar::CreateLocal()</codeph> function.
-It also defines the methods to insert and remove a token from the queue. The <codeph>CQueue::Insert()</codeph> function
-inserts a token into the queue and signals the condition variable. The <codeph>CQueue::Remove()</codeph> function
-tries to remove a token from the queue. If the queue is empty, it must wait
-for a signal from the condition variable. </p> <p>An object of the <codeph>CProducer</codeph> class
-creates and calls the producer thread. The producer thread is called once
-every two seconds using an object of the <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic</apiname></xref> class.
-This thread inserts a token into the queue when it is called. It calls the <codeph>CQueue::Insert()</codeph> function
-on the shared <codeph>CQueue</codeph> object. </p> <p>An object of the <codeph>CConsumer</codeph> class
-creates and calls the consumer thread. The consumer thread is called once
-a second using an object of the <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic</apiname></xref> class. This thread
-removes a token from the queue when it is called. It calls the <codeph>CQueue::Remove()</codeph> function
-on the shared <codeph>CQueue</codeph> object. </p> <p>For more information,
-refer to <xref href="http://support.entegrity.com/private/doclib/docs/osfhtm/develop/appdev/Appde179.htm" scope="external">Condition Variables</xref>. </p> <p> <note> Symbian
-is not responsible for the content of external websites.</note> </p> <p><b>Design
-and implementation</b> </p> <fig id="GUID-CA344322-0982-59C3-B93A-7A1F175728F3">
-<image href="GUID-CAB30473-7829-5F2E-9F45-A2344DEDFC35_d0e250496_href.jpg" placement="inline"/>
-</fig> <p><b>Build</b> </p> <p><xref href="GUID-3100800B-B2F7-50EF-BD4C-3C345ECCB2A5.dita">The
-Symbian build process</xref> describes how to build this example. The ConditionVariable
-example builds the following binary files in the standard location (<filepath>\epoc32\release\winscw\
- <build_variant></filepath>) for Carbide.c++. </p> <p> <filepath>condvarlocal.exe</filepath>:
-Demonstrates the use of the local condition variable. </p> <p><b>How to run
-the Example</b> </p> <p>To run the example, perform the following steps: </p> <ol id="GUID-D07D5782-6A32-5552-B42B-7D2672F1C94F">
-<li id="GUID-CD0F5EAF-780F-5BC7-A216-2FE9CA3B284D"><p>Run <filepath>condvarlocal.exe</filepath>.
-The program calls the producer and the consumer threads periodically as shown
-in the description section. It also displays a menu. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-106E7D1D-4ECB-5FA2-A42C-CB1549F4811F"><p>Press <b>‘d’</b> to
-display the contents of the queue. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-AA9ABD22-E280-5F21-A1A1-F47FFAAC58F2"><p>Press <b>‘p’</b> to
-insert a token into the queue. </p> </li>
-<li id="GUID-96C5D556-0700-5632-80A1-E728C97A62C1"><p>Press any key to stop
-the program. </p> </li>
+<section id="GUID-8CF8C4E2-4D74-54C8-9601-97CC44B9C943"><title>condvarlocal</title> <p>This example shows the use of the local condition variable IPC
+mechanism. The scope of a local condition variable is intra-process.
+It can be shared by threads of the process that creates the condition
+variable. </p> <p><b>Download</b> </p> <p>Click on the following link
+to download the example: <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/zips/guid-527239ad-3eff-4d62-a7fe-b7e43658dd2f.zip" scope="external">condvarlocal .zip </xref></p><p>Click <xref href="guid-6013a680-57f9-415b-8851-c4fa63356636/guid-527239ad-3eff-4d62-a7fe-b7e43658dd2f.html" scope="peer"> browse </xref> to view the example.</p> <p><b>Class
+summary</b></p><p> <xref href="GUID-C0FEA3A0-7DD3-3B87-A919-CB973BC05766.dita"><apiname>RMutex </apiname></xref><xref href="GUID-B0E661BC-4058-3256-B9C3-5A4FD52F6DE5.dita"><apiname>RThread </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic </apiname></xref> <xref href="GUID-D16EF740-78E6-3D08-AE2F-AFA5E812FF2B.dita"><apiname>RCondVar</apiname></xref></p> <p><b>Description</b> </p> <p>This example uses the producer and the
+consumer model to show the use of the local condition variable. </p> <p>The example creates two local threads: a producer and a consumer.
+The two threads share a buffer, which is an object of the <codeph>CQueue</codeph> class. The CQueue object creates a local condition
+variable using the <codeph>RCondVar::CreateLocal()</codeph> function.
+It also defines the methods to insert and remove a token from the
+queue. The <codeph>CQueue::Insert()</codeph> function inserts a token
+into the queue and signals the condition variable. The <codeph>CQueue::Remove()</codeph> function tries to remove a token from the queue. If the queue is
+empty, it must wait for a signal from the condition variable. </p> <p>An object of the <codeph>CProducer</codeph> class creates and
+calls the producer thread. The producer thread is called once every
+two seconds using an object of the <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic</apiname></xref> class.
+This thread inserts a token into the queue when it is called. It calls
+the <codeph>CQueue::Insert()</codeph> function on the shared <codeph>CQueue</codeph> object. </p> <p>An object of the <codeph>CConsumer</codeph> class creates and calls the consumer thread. The consumer thread
+is called once a second using an object of the <xref href="GUID-3CECC9FC-58C1-3117-AAF2-FDF88341F56F.dita"><apiname>CPeriodic</apiname></xref> class. This thread removes a token from the queue when it is called.
+It calls the <codeph>CQueue::Remove()</codeph> function on the shared <codeph>CQueue</codeph> object. </p> <p>For more information, refer to <xref href="http://support.entegrity.com/private/doclib/docs/osfhtm/develop/appdev/Appde179.htm" scope="external">Condition Variables</xref>. </p> <p> <note> Symbian
+is not responsible for the content of external websites.</note> </p> <p><b>Design and implementation</b> </p> <fig id="GUID-CA344322-0982-59C3-B93A-7A1F175728F3">
+<image href="GUID-CAB30473-7829-5F2E-9F45-A2344DEDFC35_d0e255432_href.jpg" placement="inline"/>
+</fig> <p><b>Build</b> </p> <p>The Symbian build process describes
+how to build this example. The ConditionVariable example builds the
+following binary files in the standard location (<filepath>\epoc32\release\winscw\
+ <build_variant></filepath>) for Carbide.c++. </p> <p> <filepath>condvarlocal.exe</filepath>: Demonstrates the use of the
+local condition variable. </p> <p><b>How to run the Example</b> </p> <p>To run the example, perform the following steps: </p> <ol id="GUID-D07D5782-6A32-5552-B42B-7D2672F1C94F">
+<li id="GUID-CD0F5EAF-780F-5BC7-A216-2FE9CA3B284D"><p>Run <filepath>condvarlocal.exe</filepath>. The program calls the producer and the
+consumer threads periodically as shown in the description section.
+It also displays a menu. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-106E7D1D-4ECB-5FA2-A42C-CB1549F4811F"><p>Press <b>‘d’</b> to display the contents of the queue. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-AA9ABD22-E280-5F21-A1A1-F47FFAAC58F2"><p>Press <b>‘p’</b> to insert a token into the queue. </p> </li>
+<li id="GUID-96C5D556-0700-5632-80A1-E728C97A62C1"><p>Press any key
+to stop the program. </p> </li>
</ol> </section>
</conbody></concept>
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