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* Copyright (c) 2005, Eric Crahen
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* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
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* to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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* copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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* WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
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* CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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#ifndef __ZTLOCKABLE_H__
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#define __ZTLOCKABLE_H__
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#include "zthread/Exceptions.h"
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* @author Eric Crahen <http://www.code-foo.com>
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* @date <2003-07-16T10:33:32-0400>
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* The Lockable interface defines a common method of adding general <i>acquire-release</i>
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* semantics to an object. An <i>acquire-release</i> protocol does not necessarily imply
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//! Destroy a Lockable object.
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virtual ~Lockable() {}
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* Acquire the Lockable object.
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* This method may or may not block the caller for an indefinite amount
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* of time. Those details are defined by specializations of this class.
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* @exception Interrupted_Exception thrown if the calling thread is interrupted before
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* the operation completes.
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* @post The Lockable is acquired only if no exception was thrown.
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virtual void acquire() = 0;
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* Attempt to acquire the Lockable object.
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* This method may or may not block the caller for a definite amount
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* of time. Those details are defined by specializations of this class;
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* however, this method includes a timeout value that can be used to
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* limit the maximum amount of time that a specialization <i>could</i> block.
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* @param timeout - maximum amount of time (milliseconds) this method could block
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* - <em>true</em> if the operation completes and the Lockable is acquired before
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* the timeout expires.
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* - <em>false</em> if the operation times out before the Lockable can be acquired.
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* @exception Interrupted_Exception thrown if the calling thread is interrupted before
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* the operation completes.
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* @post The Lockable is acquired only if no exception was thrown.
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virtual bool tryAcquire(unsigned long timeout) = 0;
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* Release the Lockable object.
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* This method may or may not block the caller for an indefinite amount
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* of time. Those details are defined by specializations of this class.
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* @post The Lockable is released only if no exception was thrown.
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virtual void release() = 0;
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} // namespace ZThread
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#endif // __ZTLOCKABLE_H__