Base class: Object
This class allows multithreaded applications to perform blocking operations. A semaphore can be signaled by one thread and waited on by another thread, for thread synchronization.
A semaphore will provide faster threading performance than frequent mutex locks.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Signal | Method | sets the semaphore to the signaled state and releases any blocked threads waiting for it |
| Wait | Method | waits for the semaphore to reach the signaled state, and then resets it to the unsignaled state |
| CreateSemaphore | Function | creates a new semaphore object |