Class

DispatchGroup

A group of tasks that you monitor as a single unit.

Declaration

class DispatchGroup : DispatchObject

Overview

Groups allow you to aggregate a set of tasks and synchronize behaviors on the group. You attach multiple work items to a group and schedule them for asynchronous execution on the same queue or different queues. When all work items finish executing, the group executes its completion handler. You can also wait synchronously for all tasks in the group to finish executing.

Topics

Creating a Dispatch Group

init()

Creates a new group to which you can assign block objects.

Adding a Completion Handler

func notify(qos: DispatchQoS, flags: DispatchWorkItemFlags, queue: DispatchQueue, execute: () -> Void)

Schedules the submission of a block with the specified attributes to a queue when all tasks in the current group have finished executing.

func notify(queue: DispatchQueue, work: DispatchWorkItem)

Schedules the submission of a block to a queue when all tasks in the current group have finished executing.

Waiting for Tasks to Finish Executing

func wait()

Waits synchronously for the previously submitted work to finish.

func wait(timeout: DispatchTime) -> DispatchTimeoutResult

Waits synchronously for the previously submitted work to complete, and returns if the work is not completed before the specified timeout period has elapsed.

func wait(wallTimeout: DispatchWallTime) -> DispatchTimeoutResult

Waits synchronously for the previously submitted work to complete, and returns if the work is not completed before the specified timeout period has elapsed.

Updating the Group Manually

func enter()

Explicitly indicates that a block has entered the group.

func leave()

Explicitly indicates that a block in the group finished executing.

Relationships

Inherits From

DispatchObject