1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ace/Token.h b/ace/Token.h
index c4fc805061b..54835a1ef1f 100644
--- a/ace/Token.h
+++ b/ace/Token.h
@@ -169,6 +169,19 @@ public:
   /// Return the id of the current thread that owns the token.
   ACE_thread_t current_owner (void);
 
+  /**
+   * Force all threads waiting to acquire the token to return one by
+   * one.  The method sets the <signal_all_thread_> to non-zero if
+   * there're threads waiting, and returns the number of threads
+   * waiting.  If there's no thread waiting for the token, the call
+   * returns 0 and doesn't do anything.  The last thread releases the
+   * token also reset the <singal_all_thread_> flag to 0.  This means,
+   * any threads that try to acquire the token after the call is
+   * issued will also get "signaled" and the number of threads waiting
+   * the token is only a snapshot.
+   */
+  int signal_all_threads (void);
+
   /// Dump the state of an object.
   void dump (void) const;
 
@@ -269,6 +282,9 @@ private:
   /// Current nesting level.
   int nesting_level_;
 
+  /// Whether we are "signaling" all threads or not.
+  int signal_all_threads_;
+
   /// The attributes for the condition variables, optimizes lock time.
   ACE_Condition_Attributes attributes_;
 };