waitconditions.cpp Example File
^{threads/waitconditions/waitconditions.cpp}

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 #include <QtCore>

 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>

 const int DataSize = 100000;
 const int BufferSize = 8192;
 char buffer[BufferSize];

 QWaitCondition bufferNotEmpty;
 QWaitCondition bufferNotFull;
 QMutex mutex;
 int numUsedBytes = 0;

 class Producer : public QThread
 {
 public:
     void run();
 };

 void Producer::run()
 {
     qsrand(QTime(0,0,0).secsTo(QTime::currentTime()));

     for (int i = 0; i < DataSize; ++i) {
         mutex.lock();
         if (numUsedBytes == BufferSize)
             bufferNotFull.wait(&mutex);
         mutex.unlock();

         buffer[i % BufferSize] = "ACGT"[(int)qrand() % 4];

         mutex.lock();
         ++numUsedBytes;
         bufferNotEmpty.wakeAll();
         mutex.unlock();
     }
 }

 class Consumer : public QThread
 {
 public:
     void run();
 };

 void Consumer::run()
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < DataSize; ++i) {
         mutex.lock();
         if (numUsedBytes == 0)
             bufferNotEmpty.wait(&mutex);
         mutex.unlock();

         fprintf(stderr, "%c", buffer[i % BufferSize]);

         mutex.lock();
         --numUsedBytes;
         bufferNotFull.wakeAll();
         mutex.unlock();
     }
     fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 }

 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
     Producer producer;
     Consumer consumer;
     producer.start();
     consumer.start();
     producer.wait();
     consumer.wait();
     return 0;
 }