[boost] synchronized with boost::threads?

[Roland Richter]

Dear all,

 I'm new with Boost.Threads; I've just worked with
 Java Threads so far.
 One feature of the Java language is the "synchronized"
 keyword - to make variables, methods, code blocks etc.
 thread-safe. So, when I first came into the situation
 that I needed threads in C++ as well, I thought of a
 way how to reflect that feature into C++.
 It seems to be easy to synchronize variables - see the
 very minimalistic draft below. But what about synchronized
 class methods etc.?
 Is it worth to go further into that direction?

 I mean, the Boost.Thread library seems to be designed with
 safety in mind, but is still a little bit low-level.
 Are there any efforts to enhance the library further?

- Roland



template<class T> class synchronized
{
public:
  synchronized( T theValue = T() )
    : value( theValue )
  {}
  void set( const T& theValue )
  {
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock( mux );
    value = theValue;
  }
  T get() const
  {
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock( mux );
    return value;
  }
private:
  T value;
  mutable boost::mutex mux;
};
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