CppConcurrentFileAcess Repository

Defines read and write retry wrappers for file streams

Quick Status

Code functions correctly

no known defects

Demonstration code

yes

Documentation

yes - needs more

Test cases

none, but planned

Static library

no, but planned

Build requires

C++17 option

Planned design changes

Refactor into library

1.0 Responsibilities

CppConcurrentFileAccess provides a small library for opening, using, and closing files in a concurrent user environment.

2.0 Implementation

Both readers and writers attempt to open standard file streams. Open may fail because another user has already opened the file. The opener tests open success, and if failed, it sleeps for a specified time and tries again. It will do that a specified number of times before declaring open failure. This retry facility should work well for a Mult-threaded File Server.

3.0 Build

CppConcurrentFileAccess was built with Visual Studio Community Edition - 2019, and tested on Windows 10.