多线程在各种编程语言中都是难点,很多语言中实现起来很麻烦,objective-c虽然源于c,但其多线程编程却相当简单,可以与java相媲美。这篇文章主要从线程创建与启动、线程的同步与锁、线程的交互、线程池等等四个方面简单的讲解一下iphone中的多线程编程。
一、线程创建与启动
线程创建主要有二种方式:
- (id)init; // designated initializer - (id)initWithTarget:(id)target selector:(SEL)selector object:(id)argument;
当然,还有一种比较特殊,就是使用所谓的convenient method,这个方法可以直接生成一个线程并启动它,而且无需为线程的清理负责。这个方法的接口是:
+ (void)detachNewThreadSelector:(SEL)aSelector toTarget:(id)aTarget withObject:(id)anArgument
前两种方法创建后,需要手机启动,启动的方法是:
- (void)start;
二、线程的同步与锁
要说明线程的同步与锁,最好的例子可能就是多个窗口同时售票的售票系统了。我们知道在java中,使用synchronized来同步,而iphone虽然没有提供类似java下的synchronized关键字,但提供了NSCondition对象接口。查看NSCondition的接口说明可以看出,NSCondition是iphone下的锁对象,所以我们可以使用NSCondition实现iphone中的线程安全。这是来源于网上的一个例子:
SellTicketsAppDelegate.h 文件
// SellTicketsAppDelegate.h import <UIKit/UIKit.h> @interface SellTicketsAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> { int tickets; int count; NSThread* ticketsThreadone; NSThread* ticketsThreadtwo; NSCondition* ticketsCondition; UIWindow *window; } @property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window; @end
SellTicketsAppDelegate.m 文件
// SellTicketsAppDelegate.m import "SellTicketsAppDelegate.h" @implementation SellTicketsAppDelegate @synthesize window; - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application { tickets = 100; count = 0; // 锁对象 ticketCondition = [[NSCondition alloc] init]; ticketsThreadone = [[NSThread alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:@selector(run) object:nil]; [ticketsThreadone setName:@"Thread-1"]; [ticketsThreadone start]; ticketsThreadtwo = [[NSThread alloc] initWithTarget:self selector:@selector(run) object:nil]; [ticketsThreadtwo setName:@"Thread-2"]; [ticketsThreadtwo start]; //[NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(run) toTarget:self withObject:nil]; // Override point for customization after application launch [window makeKeyAndVisible]; } - (void)run{ while (TRUE) { // 上锁 [ticketsCondition lock]; if(tickets > 0){ [NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:0.5]; count = 100 - tickets; NSLog(@"当前票数是:%d,售出:%d,线程名:%@",tickets,count,[[NSThread currentThread] name]); tickets--; }else{ break; } [ticketsCondition unlock]; } } - (void)dealloc { [ticketsThreadone release]; [ticketsThreadtwo release]; [ticketsCondition release]; [window release]; [super dealloc]; } @end
三、线程的交互
线程在运行过程中,可能需要与其它线程进行通信,如在主线程中修改界面等等,可以使用如下接口:
- (void)performSelectorOnMainThread:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)arg waitUntilDone:(BOOL)wait
由于在本过程中,可能需要释放一些资源,则需要使用NSAutoreleasePool来进行管理,如:
- (void)startTheBackgroundJob { NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; // to do something in your thread job ... [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(makeMyProgressBarMoving) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO]; [pool release]; }
如果你什么都不考虑,在线程函数内调用 autorelease 、那么会出现下面的错误:NSAutoReleaseNoPool(): Object 0x********* of class NSConreteData autoreleased with no pool in place ….
四、关于线程池,大家可以查看NSOperation的相关资料。