thwait.rb - thread synchronization class $Release Version: 0.9 $ $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 1998/06/26 03:19:34 $ by Keiju ISHITSUKA(Nihpon Rational Software Co.,Ltd.)
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feature: provides synchronization for multiple threads. class methods: * ThreadsWait.all_waits(thread1,...) waits until all of specified threads are terminated. if a block is supplied for the method, evaluates it for each thread termination. * th = ThreadsWait.new(thread1,...) creates synchronization object, specifying thread(s) to wait. methods: * th.threads list threads to be synchronized * th.empty? is there any thread to be synchronized. * th.finished? is there already terminated thread. * th.join(thread1,...) wait for specified thread(s). * th.join_nowait(threa1,...) specifies thread(s) to wait. non-blocking. * th.next_wait waits until any of specified threads is terminated. * th.all_waits waits until all of specified threads are terminated. if a block is supplied for the method, evaluates it for each thread termination.