GCDSwift

GCDSwift is no longer supported. For iOS 10+, use the Dispatch framework.

GCDSwift is a Swift wrapper for the most commonly used features of Grand Central Dispatch. It has four main aims:

• Organize the flat C API into appropriate classes.
• Use intention-revealing names to distinguish between synchronous and asynchronous functions.
• Use more convenient arguments such as time intervals.
• Add convenience methods.

GCDSwift defines the same API as GCDObjC.

Usage

GCDSwift requires Swift 2.0.

For usage examples, see GCDSwiftTests.swift.

Install via CocoaPods:

pod "GCDSwift"

GCDQueue

Queues are implemented in the GCDQueue class.

• convenience accessors for global queues

class var mainQueue: GCDQueue { get }
class var globalQueue: GCDQueue { get }
class var highPriorityGlobalQueue: GCDQueue { get }
class var lowPriorityGlobalQueue: GCDQueue { get }
class var backgroundPriorityGlobalQueue: GCDQueue { get }

• creating serial and concurrent queues

class func serialQueue() -> GCDQueue
class func concurrentQueue() -> GCDQueue

• queueing blocks for asynchronous execution

func queueBlock(block: dispatch_block_t)
func queueBlock(block: dispatch_block_t, afterDelay seconds: Double)
func queueBlock(block: dispatch_block_t, inGroup group: GCDGroup)

• queueing blocks for synchronous execution

func queueAndAwaitBlock(block: dispatch_block_t)
func queueAndAwaitBlock(block: ((Int) -> Void), iterationCount count: Int)

• queueing barrier blocks for synchronous or asynchronous execution

func queueBarrierBlock(block: dispatch_block_t)
func queueAndAwaitBarrierBlock(block: dispatch_block_t)

• queueing notify blocks on groups

func queueNotifyBlock(block: dispatch_block_t, inGroup group: GCDGroup)

• suspending and resuming a queue

func suspend()
func resume()

GCDSemaphore

Semaphores are implemented in the GCDSemaphore class.

• creating semaphores

GCDSemaphore()
GCDSemaphore(value: Int)

• signaling and waiting on a semaphore

func signal() -> Bool
func wait()
func wait(seconds: Double) -> Bool

GCDGroup

Groups are implemented in the GCDGroup class.

• creating groups

GCDGroup()

• entering and leaving a group

func enter()
func leave()

• waiting on completion of a group

func wait()
func wait(seconds: Double) -> Bool