ISemaphore.Acquire Method (Int32)

ISemaphoreAcquire Method (Int32)

Hazelcast .Net Client Class Library

Acquires the given number of permits, if they are available, and returns immediately, reducing the number of available permits by the given amount.

Namespace: Hazelcast.Core
Assembly: Hazelcast.Net (in Hazelcast.Net.dll) Version: 3.8.0.1

Syntax

C++

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void Acquire(
	int permits
)

Sub Acquire ( 
	permits As Integer
)

void Acquire(
	int permits
)

abstract Acquire : 
        permits : int -> unit

Parameters

permits: Type: SystemInt32
the number of permits to acquire

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	if permits is negative
InvalidOperationException	if hazelcast instance is shutdown while waiting

Remarks

Acquires the given number of permits, if they are available, and returns immediately, reducing the number of available permits by the given amount.

If insufficient permits are available then the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until one of two things happens:

Some other thread invokes one of the release methods for this semaphore, the current thread is next to be assigned permits and the number of available permits satisfies this request;
This ISemaphore instance is destroyed;

Reference

ISemaphore Interface

Acquire Overload

Hazelcast.Core Namespace