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//
// Copyright 2005 The Android Open Source Project
//
// Inter-process semaphore.
//
// These are meant for IPC, not thread management. The Mutex and Condition
// classes are much lighter weight.
//
#ifndef __LIBS_SEMAPHORE_H
#define __LIBS_SEMAPHORE_H
#ifdef HAVE_ANDROID_OS
#error DO NOT USE THIS FILE IN THE DEVICE BUILD
#endif
namespace android {
/*
* Platform-independent semaphore class.
*
* Each object holds a single semaphore.
*
* The "key" is usually the process ID of the process that created the
* semaphore (following POSIX semantics). See the comments in shmem.h.
*/
class Semaphore {
public:
Semaphore(void);
virtual ~Semaphore(void);
/*
* Create a new semaphore, with the specified initial value. The
* value indicates the number of resources available.
*/
bool create(int key, int initialValue, bool deleteExisting);
/*
* Attach to an existing semaphore.
*/
bool attach(int key);
/*
* Acquire or release the semaphore.
*/
void acquire(void);
void release(void);
bool tryAcquire(void); // take a timeout?
private:
bool adjust(int adj, bool wait);
unsigned long mHandle; // semid(int) or HANDLE
bool mCreator;
int mKey;
};
}; // namespace android
#endif // __LIBS_SEMAPHORE_H