pt.ua.concurrent

Interface Signal

All Superinterfaces:

InterruptibleAwaitingThreads

All Known Implementing Classes:

PersistentSignal, TransientSignal

public interface Signal
extends InterruptibleAwaitingThreads

A simple signal abstraction module.

This class follows DbC(tm) methodology (Wikipedia). Where possible, contracts are implement with native's Java assert.

Author:

Miguel Oliveira e Silva (mos@ua.pt)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	await() Waiting to be signaled (receiver).
void	send() Signaling (sender).

Methods inherited from interface pt.ua.concurrent.InterruptibleAwaitingThreads

interruptWaitingThreads, registerAwaitingThreads

Method Detail

send

void send()

Signaling (sender).

await

void await()
    throws ThreadInterruptedException

Waiting to be signaled (receiver).

Throws:

ThreadInterruptedException