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<h1><a name="L004775" id="L004775">ThreadsWait</a></h1>
<p>provides synchronization for multiple threads.</p>
<h2><a name="L004776" id="L004776">Class Methods:</a></h2>
<dl>
<dt><a name="L004777" id="L004777"><code>ThreadsWait.all_waits(<var>thread1</var>,...)</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>waits until all of specified threads are terminated.
if a block is supplied for the method, evaluates it for
each thread termination.</p>
<pre>require 'thwait'
threads = []
5.times {|i|
threads << Thread.new { sleep 1; p Thread.current }
}
ThreadsWait.all_waits(*threads) {|th| p th }
=> #<Thread:0x401a0ca8 run>
#<Thread:0x401a0d70 run>
#<Thread:0x401a1130 run>
#<Thread:0x401a13ec run>
#<Thread:0x401a17d4 run>
#<Thread:0x401a0ca8 dead>
#<Thread:0x401a0d70 dead>
#<Thread:0x401a1130 dead>
#<Thread:0x401a13ec dead>
#<Thread:0x401a17d4 dead></pre></dd>
<dt><a name="L004778" id="L004778"><code>ThreadsWait.new(<var>thread1</var>,...)</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>creates synchronization object, specifying thread(s) to wait.</p></dd>
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<h2><a name="L004779" id="L004779">Methods:</a></h2>
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<dt><a name="L004780" id="L004780"><code>ThreadsWait#threads</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>list threads to be synchronized</p></dd>
<dt><a name="L004781" id="L004781"><code>ThreadsWait#empty?</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>is there any thread to be synchronized.</p></dd>
<dt><a name="L004782" id="L004782"><code>ThreadsWait#finished?</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>is there already terminated thread.</p></dd>
<dt><a name="L004783" id="L004783"><code>ThreadsWait#join(<var>thread1</var>,...)</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>wait for specified thread(s).</p></dd>
<dt><a name="L004784" id="L004784"><code>ThreadsWait#join_nowait(<var>threa1</var>,...)</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>specifies thread(s) to wait. non-blocking.</p></dd>
<dt><a name="L004785" id="L004785"><code>ThreadsWait#next_wait</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>waits until any of specified threads is terminated.</p></dd>
<dt><a name="L004786" id="L004786"><code>ThreadsWait#all_waits</code></a></dt>
<dd>
<p>waits until all of specified threads are terminated.
if a block is supplied for the method, evaluates it for
each thread termination.</p></dd>
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