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authorGravatar gmcdonald2010-02-13 01:32:03 +0000
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Moving axis svn, part of TLP move INFRA-2441
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_H
+#define AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_H
+
+/**
+ * @file axutil_thread_mutex.h
+ * @brief AXIS2 Thread Mutex Routines
+ */
+
+#include <axis2_const.h>
+#include <axutil_allocator.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+ /**
+ * @defgroup axis2_mutex thread mutex routines
+ * @ingroup axis2_util
+ * @{
+ */
+
+ /** Opaque thread-local mutex structure */
+ typedef struct axutil_thread_mutex_t axutil_thread_mutex_t;
+
+#define AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT 0x0 /**< platform-optimal lock behavior */
+
+#define AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_NESTED 0x1 /**< enable nested (recursive) locks */
+
+#define AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED 0x2 /**< disable nested locks */
+
+ /**
+ * Create and initialize a mutex that can be used to synchronize threads.
+ *
+ * @param flags Or'ed value of:
+ * <PRE>
+ * AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT platform-optimal lock behavior.
+ * AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_NESTED enable nested (recursive) locks.
+ * AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_UNNESTED disable nested locks (non-recursive).
+ * </PRE>
+ * @param allocator the allocator from which to allocate the mutex.
+ * @return mutex the memory address where the newly created mutex will be
+ * stored.
+ * @warning Be cautious in using AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT. While this is the
+ * most optimial mutex based on a given platform's performance charateristics,
+ * it will behave as either a nested or an unnested lock.
+ */
+ AXIS2_EXTERN axutil_thread_mutex_t *AXIS2_CALL
+
+ axutil_thread_mutex_create(
+ axutil_allocator_t * allocator,
+ unsigned int flags);
+
+ /**
+ * Acquire the lock for the given mutex. If the mutex is already locked,
+ * the current thread will be put to sleep until the lock becomes available.
+ * @param mutex the mutex on which to acquire the lock.
+ */
+ AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+ axutil_thread_mutex_lock(
+ axutil_thread_mutex_t * mutex);
+
+ /**
+ * Attempt to acquire the lock for the given mutex. If the mutex has already
+ * been acquired, the call returns immediately
+ * @param mutex the mutex on which to attempt the lock acquiring.
+ */
+ AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+ axutil_thread_mutex_trylock(
+ axutil_thread_mutex_t * mutex);
+
+ /**
+ * Release the lock for the given mutex.
+ * @param mutex the mutex from which to release the lock.
+ */
+ AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+ axutil_thread_mutex_unlock(
+ axutil_thread_mutex_t * mutex);
+
+ /**
+ * Destroy the mutex and free the memory associated with the lock.
+ * @param mutex the mutex to destroy.
+ */
+ AXIS2_EXTERN axis2_status_t AXIS2_CALL
+ axutil_thread_mutex_destroy(
+ axutil_thread_mutex_t * mutex);
+
+ /** @} */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* AXIS2_THREAD_MUTEX_H */