CriticalSection Class

 

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Represents a critical section object.

Syntax

class CriticalSection;  

Members

Constructor

Name	Description
CriticalSection::CriticalSection Constructor	Initializes a synchronization object that is similar to a mutex object, but can be used by only the threads of a single process.
CriticalSection::~CriticalSection Destructor	Deinitializes and destroys the current CriticalSection object.

Public Methods

Name	Description
CriticalSection::TryLock Method	Attempts to enter a critical section without blocking. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the critical section.
CriticalSection::Lock Method	Waits for ownership of the specified critical section object. The function returns when the calling thread is granted ownership.
CriticalSection::IsValid Method	Indicates whether the current critical section is valid.

Protected Data Members

Name	Description
CriticalSection::cs_ Data Member	Declares a critical section data member.

Inheritance Hierarchy

CriticalSection

Requirements

Header: corewrappers.h

Namespace: Microsoft::WRL::Wrappers

See Also

Microsoft::WRL::Wrappers Namespace