[Frank Fock]

Hi David,

David Duville wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm new in using AGENT++ 3.4, I thought I read the documentation but one point is still not clear for me is the use  of  start_synch() .... end_synch() .
>
> I wanted to know how works the ThreadManager start_synch()  method.
> Does it woks  like in Java  that is to say all resources accessed  beetween start_synch()   and end_synch()  are locked and reserved by the Thread which is using them and these resouces are release after the bloc or does is works by doing a copy  of  the resouces what permit other Threads to process requests  which came during the execution of the  start_synch() .... end_synch()  block.
>
It works like "synchronized (Object) { }" statement in Java. The Object
in AGENT++
is the object on whose behalf the start_synch() and end_synch() methods
are called.

>
> my question is because in my code  while updating an EntryView in a
> table even if I use this block or not I have no error and everything
> seems to be OK
>
>
If you do not use the lock, you may get a segmentation violation
when two threads simultaneously update your table. This is relatively
unlikely but will happen sometime.

Best regards,
Frank