Thread-Safe Interface
Explore how to implement thread-safe interfaces that ensure safe concurrent usage of objects in C++. Understand why locking only in public interface methods avoids deadlocks, and how the Non-Virtual Interface idiom helps maintain thread safety in virtual functions.
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The thread-safe interface tells us how to write interfaces when objects are used in a concurrent environment. The thread-safe interface extends the critical region to an object, meaning the object should only be used by one thread at any point in time.
Let’s see why doing this is important. Let’s suppose we have a class that has many methods inside it and then use synchronization measures (like mutex locks). This will have the following disadvantages:
- The performance of the