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+// -*- C++ -*-
+
+//==========================================================================
+/**
+ * @file Semaphore.h
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Moved from Synch.h.
+ *
+ * @author Douglas C. Schmidt <schmidt@cs.wustl.edu>
+ */
+//==========================================================================
+
+#ifndef ACE_SEMAPHORE_H
+#define ACE_SEMAPHORE_H
+#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
+
+#include "ace/ACE_export.h"
+
+#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
+# pragma once
+#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */
+
+#include "ace/OS.h"
+
+class ACE_Time_Value;
+
+/**
+ * @class ACE_Semaphore
+ *
+ * @brief Wrapper for Dijkstra style general semaphores.
+ */
+class ACE_Export ACE_Semaphore
+{
+public:
+ // = Initialization and termination.
+ /// Initialize the semaphore, with initial value of "count".
+ ACE_Semaphore (unsigned int count = 1, // By default make this unlocked.
+ int type = USYNC_THREAD,
+ const ACE_TCHAR *name = 0,
+ void * = 0,
+ int max = 0x7fffffff);
+
+ /// Implicitly destroy the semaphore.
+ ~ACE_Semaphore (void);
+
+ /**
+ * Explicitly destroy the semaphore. Note that only one thread
+ * should call this method since it doesn't protect against race
+ * conditions.
+ */
+ int remove (void);
+
+ /// Block the thread until the semaphore count becomes
+ /// greater than 0, then decrement it.
+ int acquire (void);
+
+ /**
+ * Block the thread until the semaphore count becomes greater than 0
+ * (at which point it is decremented) or until <tv> times out (in
+ * which case -1 is returned and <errno> == <ETIME>). Note that <tv>
+ * is assumed to be in "absolute" rather than "relative" time. The
+ * value of <tv> is updated upon return to show the actual
+ * (absolute) acquisition time.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Solaris threads do not support timed semaphores.
+ * Therefore, if you're running on Solaris you might want to
+ * consider using the ACE POSIX pthreads implementation instead,
+ * which can be enabled by compiling ACE with
+ * -DACE_HAS_PTHREADS, rather than -DACE_HAS_STHREADS or
+ * -DACE_HAS_POSIX_SEM. */
+ int acquire (ACE_Time_Value &tv);
+
+ /**
+ * If <tv> == 0 then call <acquire()> directly. Otherwise, Block
+ * the thread until the semaphore count becomes greater than 0
+ * (at which point it is decremented) or until <tv> times out (in
+ * which case -1 is returned and <errno> == <ETIME>). Note that
+ * <*tv> is assumed to be in "absolute" rather than "relative" time.
+ * The value of <*tv> is updated upon return to show the actual
+ * (absolute) acquisition time.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Solaris threads do not support timed semaphores.
+ * Therefore, if you're running on Solaris you might want to
+ * consider using the ACE POSIX pthreads implementation instead,
+ * which can be enabled by compiling ACE with
+ * -DACE_HAS_PTHREADS, rather than -DACE_HAS_STHREADS or
+ * -DACE_HAS_POSIX_SEM. */
+ int acquire (ACE_Time_Value *tv);
+
+ /**
+ * Conditionally decrement the semaphore if count is greater than 0
+ * (i.e., won't block). Returns -1 on failure. If we "failed"
+ * because someone else already had the lock, <errno> is set to
+ * <EBUSY>.
+ */
+ int tryacquire (void);
+
+ /// Increment the semaphore by 1, potentially unblocking a waiting
+ /// thread.
+ int release (void);
+
+ /// Increment the semaphore by <release_count>, potentially
+ /// unblocking waiting threads.
+ int release (u_int release_count);
+
+ /**
+ * Acquire semaphore ownership. This calls <acquire> and is only
+ * here to make the <ACE_Semaphore> interface consistent with the
+ * other synchronization APIs.
+ */
+ int acquire_read (void);
+
+ /**
+ * Acquire semaphore ownership. This calls <acquire> and is only
+ * here to make the <ACE_Semaphore> interface consistent with the
+ * other synchronization APIs.
+ */
+ int acquire_write (void);
+
+ /**
+ * Conditionally acquire semaphore (i.e., won't block). This calls
+ * <tryacquire> and is only here to make the <ACE_Semaphore>
+ * interface consistent with the other synchronization APIs.
+ * Returns -1 on failure. If we "failed" because someone else
+ * already had the lock, <errno> is set to <EBUSY>.
+ */
+ int tryacquire_read (void);
+
+ /**
+ * Conditionally acquire semaphore (i.e., won't block). This calls
+ * <tryacquire> and is only here to make the <ACE_Semaphore>
+ * interface consistent with the other synchronization APIs.
+ * Returns -1 on failure. If we "failed" because someone else
+ * already had the lock, <errno> is set to <EBUSY>.
+ */
+ int tryacquire_write (void);
+
+ /**
+ * This is only here to make the <ACE_Semaphore>
+ * interface consistent with the other synchronization APIs.
+ * Assumes the caller has already acquired the semaphore using one of
+ * the above calls, and returns 0 (success) always.
+ */
+ int tryacquire_write_upgrade (void);
+
+ /// Dump the state of an object.
+ void dump (void) const;
+
+ /// Declare the dynamic allocation hooks.
+ ACE_ALLOC_HOOK_DECLARE;
+
+ /// Return the underlying lock.
+ const ACE_sema_t &lock (void) const;
+
+protected:
+ ACE_sema_t semaphore_;
+
+ /// Keeps track of whether <remove> has been called yet to avoid
+ /// multiple <remove> calls, e.g., explicitly and implicitly in the
+ /// destructor. This flag isn't protected by a lock, so make sure
+ /// that you don't have multiple threads simultaneously calling
+ /// <remove> on the same object, which is a bad idea anyway...
+ int removed_;
+
+private:
+ // = Prevent assignment and initialization.
+ void operator= (const ACE_Semaphore &);
+ ACE_Semaphore (const ACE_Semaphore &);
+};
+
+#if defined (__ACE_INLINE__)
+#include "ace/Semaphore.inl"
+#endif /* __ACE_INLINE__ */
+
+#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
+#endif /* ACE_SEMAPHORE_H */