TCondition.h

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// @(#)root/thread:$Id$
// Author: Fons Rademakers   01/07/97

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#ifndef ROOT_TCondition
#define ROOT_TCondition


//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//                                                                      //
// TCondition                                                           //
//                                                                      //
// This class implements a condition variable. Use a condition variable //
// to signal threads. The actual work is done via the TConditionImp     //
// class (either TPosixCondition or TWin32Condition).                   //
//                                                                      //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

#ifndef ROOT_TObject
#include "TObject.h"
#endif
#ifndef ROOT_TConditionImp
#include "TConditionImp.h"
#endif

class TMutex;


class TCondition : public TObject {

friend class TThread;

private:
   TConditionImp  *fConditionImp;  // pointer to condition variable implementation
   TMutex         *fMutex;         // mutex used around Wait() and TimedWait()
   Bool_t          fPrivateMutex;  // is fMutex our private mutex

   TCondition(const TCondition&);             // not implemented
   TCondition& operator=(const TCondition&);  // not implemented

public:
   TCondition(TMutex *m = 0);
   virtual ~TCondition();

   TMutex *GetMutex() const;

   Int_t   Wait();
   Int_t   TimedWait(ULong_t secs, ULong_t nanoSecs);
   Int_t   TimedWaitRelative(ULong_t ms);
   Int_t   Signal() { if (fConditionImp) return fConditionImp->Signal(); return -1; }
   Int_t   Broadcast() { if (fConditionImp) return fConditionImp->Broadcast(); return -1; }

   ClassDef(TCondition,0)  // Condition variable class
};

#endif