The Threading library provides general-purpose tools for working in multi-threaded environments.
You have two options for adding this library to your project: as a framework or as source.
Drag the Threading.xcodeproj file into your app's Xcode project. Make sure that it is being added as a dependency.
With the library added to your project, you can now import the library header.
#import <NimbusKitThreading/NimbusKitThreading.h>Drag all of the files from the src directory into your app.
With the library added to your project, you can now import the library header.
#import "NimbusKitThreading.h"NILockStore plays nicely with Objective-C's @synchronized for locking on a per-object basis.
In the following example, two threads need read/write access to the same data. By sharing a NILockStore instance we're able to ensure that data is safely accessed between the two threads.
NSString* const kSomeKey = @"somekey"; // Defined externally
// A single lock store object is designed to be shared by multiple threads.
NILockStore* lockStore = [NILockStore new];
Thread 1 {
@synchronized(lockStore[kSomeKey]) {
// Read
id someThreadSafeObject = lockStore[kSomeKey].object;
// Write
lockStore[kSomeKey].object = someNewThreadSafeObject;
}
}
Thread 2 {
@synchronized(lockStore[kSomeKey]) {
// Write
lockStore[kSomeKey].object = someNewThreadSafeObject;
}
}NINamedDispatchBlock is a particularly handy debugging tool that can be used to identify dispatched blocks.
NSString* threadName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ waiting for message %@",
NSStringFromProtocol(messageProtocol),
messageName];
dispatch_block_t work = ^{
// Thread work
};
// When the block begins execution, NINamedDispatchBlock will set the name of
// the NSThread.
// Upon completion, NINamedDispatchBlock will reset the name of the thread
// to its previous value.
dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0),
NINamedDispatchBlock(threadName, work));
NIDispatchProxy is an NSProxy implementation that can be used to post invocations to an object on a separate dispatch queue. This is particularly useful if you have a delegate whose methods should only be invoked on the main thread.
New dispatch features.
- [new] NIDispatchTools' NINamedDispatchBlock.
- [new] NIDispatchProxy for asynchronously sending messages to objects.
- Renamed the library from LockStore to Threading to capture the new scope of the library.
Initial release.
- Includes NILockStore.
Threading was built by Jeff Verkoeyen (featherless).
You can be the first! Open a pull request now.
NimbusKit's Threading is licensed under the BSD three-clause license. For a more permissive license (no redistribution of copyright notice, etc.), please contact Jeff at jverkoey@gmail.com for pricing.