dispatch_group_t

Dispatch group用来阻塞一个线程，直到一个或多个任务完成执行。有时候你必须等待任务完成的结果，然后才能继续后面的处理。dispatch group也可以替代线程join。


基本的流程是设置一个组，dispatch任务到queue，然后等待结果。你需要使用 dispatch_group_async 函数，会关联任务到相关的组和queue。使用 dispatch_group_wait 等待一组任务完成。

第一种用法
dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
dispatch_group_t group = dispatch_group_create();

// Add a task to the group
dispatch_group_async(group, queue, ^{
   // Some asynchronous work
});

// Do some other work while the tasks execute.

// When you cannot make any more forward progress,
// wait on the group to block the current thread.
dispatch_group_wait(group, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);

// Release the group when it is no longer needed.
dispatch_release(group);

第二种方式

dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
dispatch_group_t group = dispatch_group_create();
dispatch_group_async(group, queue, ^{
[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:1];
NSLog(@"group1");
});
dispatch_group_async(group, queue, ^{
[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:2];
NSLog(@"group2");
});
dispatch_group_async(group, queue, ^{
[NSThread sleepForTimeInterval:3];
NSLog(@"group3");
});
dispatch_group_notify(group, dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
NSLog(@"updateUi");
});
dispatch_release(group);

dispatch_group_async是异步的方法，运行后可以看到打印结果：

2012-09-25 16:04:16.737 gcdTest[43328:11303] group1
2012-09-25 16:04:17.738 gcdTest[43328:12a1b] group2
2012-09-25 16:04:18.738 gcdTest[43328:13003] group3
2012-09-25 16:04:18.739 gcdTest[43328:f803] updateUi

每个一秒打印一个，当第三个任务执行后，upadteUi被打印。