---
name: "ACE_Thread_Mutex"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libace-doc"
version: "5.0.7-4"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ACE_Thread_Mutex"
---

# ACE\_Thread\_Mutex(3)

ACE\_Thread\_Mutex wrapper (only valid for threads in the same process).

## NAME

ACE\_Thread\_Mutex -  ACE\_Thread\_Mutex wrapper (only valid for threads in the same process).

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <ace/Synch.h>
class ACE_Thread_Mutex
{
  public:
    friend class ACE_Condition_Thread_Mutex;
    ACE_Thread_Mutex (LPCTSTR name = 0, void *arg = 0);
    ~ACE_Thread_Mutex (void);
    int remove (void);
    int acquire (void);
    int tryacquire (void);
    int release (void);
    int acquire_read (void);
    int acquire_write (void);
    int tryacquire_read (void);
    int tryacquire_write (void);
    const ACE_thread_mutex_t &lock (void) const;
    void dump (void) const;
    ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;
    ACE_thread_mutex_t lock_;
    int removed_;
  private:
    void operator= (const ACE_Thread_Mutex &);
    ACE_Thread_Mutex (const ACE_Thread_Mutex &);
};
```

## DESCRIPTION

Wrappers for various synchronization routines.

## Prevent assignment and initialization.

```
void operator= (const ACE_Thread_Mutex &);
```

```
ACE_Thread_Mutex (const ACE_Thread_Mutex &);
```

## AUTHOR

Doug Schmidt

## LIBRARY

ace