On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:53 AM, mike_wilson <me95mlp@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am a newbie to C++ multi threading (did a bit in java) and would like for
information on the following...

consider:-

class MyClass
{
void SetMyObject(SomeClass const& value)
{
boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(objectMutex);
myObject = value;
}
SomeClass SetMyObject() const
{
boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(objectMutex);
return myObject;
}
private:
SomeClass myObject;
boost::mutex objectMutex;
};

Say one thread accesses the SetMyObject() , given that there is a lock in
the function, it will also lock the GetMyObject() blocking any other
thread from calling?

Yes. Since you use the same mutex in both methods, whenever a thread constructs the lock with the mutex, another thread that later constructs other lock using the same mutex will be blocked until the mutex is unlocked, or in other words, until the lock object is destructed (in your code that happens when the methods 'get' and 'set' ends).

This kind of implies that wherever in the object there is a lock, any
function owned by the object will be locked to any other thread trying to
access. Is this correct?

In the code you submited above, yes. But note that the lock object performs locks and unlocks on a given mutex. So if you use different mutexes in different methods, you'll get some other behaviour.

Thanks again for your help.
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