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### io_service::strand

Provides serialised handler execution.

    class strand

##### Member Functions

Name | Description
--- | ---
dispatch | Request the strand to invoke the given handler.
get_io_service | Get the io_service associated with the strand.
post | Request the strand to invoke the given handler and return immediately.
running_in_this_thread | Determine whether the strand is running in the current thread.
strand | Constructor.
wrap | Create a new handler that automatically dispatches the wrapped handler on the strand.
~strand | Destructor.

The `io_service::strand` class provides the ability to post and dispatch handlers with the guarantee that none of those handlers will execute concurrently.

##### Order of handler invocation

Given:

- a strand object `s`
- an object `a` meeting completion handler requirements
- an object `a1` which is an arbitrary copy of `a` made by the implementation
- an object `b` meeting completion handler requirements
- an object `b1` which is an arbitrary copy of `b` made by the implementation

if any of the following conditions are true:

- `s.post(a)` happens-before `s.post(b)`
- `s.post(a)` happens-before `s.dispatch(b)`, where the latter is performed outside the strand
- `s.dispatch(a)` happens-before `s.post(b)`, where the former is performed outside the strand
- `s.dispatch(a)` happens-before `s.dispatch(b)`, where both are performed outside the strand

then `asio_handler_invoke(a1, &a1)` happens-before `asio_handler_invoke(b1, &b1)`.

Note that in the following case:

    async_op_1(..., s.wrap(a));
    async_op_2(..., s.wrap(b));

the completion of the first async operation will perform `s.dispatch(a)`, and the second will perform `s.dispatch(b)`, but the order in which those are performed is unspecified. That is, you cannot state whether one happens-before the other. Therefore none of the above conditions are met and no ordering guarantee is made.

##### Remarks

The implementation makes no guarantee that handlers posted or dispatched through different `strand` objects will be invoked concurrently.

##### Thread Safety

Distinct objects: Safe.

Shared objects: Safe.

##### Requirements

Header: `boost/asio/strand.hpp`

Convenience header: `boost/asio.hpp`