[#BloombergLP-bslmt-QLock]
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An efficient statically‐initializable synchronization primitive that enables serialized access to shared resources. Objects of this class can only be manipulated through the use of a `QLockGuard`. The following idiom is used to initialize objects of type `QLock`: ` QLock mylock = BSLMT_QLOCK_INITIALIZER; `

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslmt_qlock.h>`

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struct QLock;
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== Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/QLock/initialize.adoc[`initialize`] 
| Set this lock into the initial unlocked state.
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/QLock/isLocked.adoc[`isLocked`] 
| Return true if this lock is locked and false otherwise.
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== Data Members

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bslmt/QLock/d_guardQueueTail.adoc[`d_guardQueueTail`] 
| Pointer to the last guard in the queue of guards waiting for this lock, or 0 if the lock is unlocked.
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