php-doc-en/reference/pthreads/modifiers.xml

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<chapter xml:id="pthreads.modifiers" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <title>Method Modifiers</title>
 <titleabbrev>Modifiers</titleabbrev>
 <para>
  pthreads overrides the functionality of the protected and private method modifiers in order to provide functionality more suited to multi-threaded objects.
  pthreads applies this functionality to all Thread, Worker and Stackable objects from creation.
 </para>
 <example>
  <title>protected method example: protected methods can only be executed by one Thread at a time.</title>
  <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class ExampleThread extends Thread {
	public function run() {
		/* thread code */
		if ($this->synchronized()) {
			
		}
	}
	
	protected function synchronized() {
		/* synchronized method */
	}
}

$thread = new ExampleThread();
if ($thread->start()) {
	$thread->synchronized();
}
?>
]]>
  </programlisting>
 </example>
 <example>
  <title>private method example: private methods may only be executed by the Thread, Worker, or Stackable during execution</title>
  <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class ExampleThread extends Thread {
	public function run() {
		/* thread code */
		if ($this->insideonly()) {
			
		}
	}
	
	private function insideonly() {
		/* private method */
	}
}

$thread = new ExampleThread();
if ($thread->start()) {
	$thread->insideonly();
}
?>
]]>
  </programlisting>
 </example>
</chapter>

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