dox/Common/vtkConditionVariable.h

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/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    vtkConditionVariable.h

  Copyright (c) Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
  All rights reserved.
  See Copyright.txt or http://www.kitware.com/Copyright.htm for details.

     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notice for more information.

=========================================================================*/
#ifndef __vtkConditionVariable_h
#define __vtkConditionVariable_h

#include "vtkObject.h"

#include "vtkMutexLock.h" // Need for friend access to vtkSimpleMutexLock

//BTX
#if defined(VTK_USE_PTHREADS) || defined(VTK_HP_PTHREADS)
#  include <pthread.h> // Need POSIX thread implementation of mutex (even win32 provides mutexes)
typedef pthread_cond_t vtkConditionType;
#endif


// Typically a top level windows application set _WIN32_WINNT. If it is not set we set it to
// 0x0500 (Windows 2000) because visual studio 6...
#ifdef VTK_USE_WIN32_THREADS
#  ifndef _WIN32_WINNT
#    define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0500 // Minimum windows version supported is Windows 2000.
#  endif
#  include "vtkWindows.h" // Needed for win32 CRITICAL_SECTION, HANDLE, etc.
#endif

#ifdef VTK_USE_WIN32_THREADS
#if 1
typedef struct
{
  // Number of threads waiting on condition.
  int WaitingThreadCount;

  // Lock for WaitingThreadCount
  CRITICAL_SECTION WaitingThreadCountCritSec;

  // Semaphore to block threads waiting for the condition to change.
  vtkWindowsHANDLE Semaphore;

  // An event used to wake up thread(s) waiting on the semaphore
  // when pthread_cond_signal or pthread_cond_broadcast is called.
  vtkWindowsHANDLE DoneWaiting;

  // Was pthread_cond_broadcast called?
  size_t WasBroadcast;
} pthread_cond_t;

typedef pthread_cond_t vtkConditionType;
#  else // 0
typedef struct
{
  // Number of threads waiting on condition.
  int WaitingThreadCount;

  // Lock for WaitingThreadCount
  CRITICAL_SECTION WaitingThreadCountCritSec;

  // Number of threads to release when pthread_cond_broadcast()
  // or pthread_cond_signal() is called. 
  int ReleaseCount;

  // Used to prevent one thread from decrementing ReleaseCount all
  // by itself instead of letting others respond.
  int NotifyCount;

  // A manual-reset event that's used to block and release waiting threads. 
  vtkWindowsHANDLE Event;
} pthread_cond_t;

typedef pthread_cond_t vtkConditionType;
#  endif // 0
#endif // VTK_USE_WIN32_THREADS

#ifndef VTK_USE_PTHREADS
#ifndef VTK_HP_PTHREADS
#ifndef VTK_USE_WIN32_THREADS
typedef int vtkConditionType;
#endif
#endif
#endif

// Condition variable that is not a vtkObject.
class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkSimpleConditionVariable
{
public:
  vtkSimpleConditionVariable();
  ~vtkSimpleConditionVariable();

  static vtkSimpleConditionVariable* New();

  void Delete() { delete this; }
  
  void Signal();

  void Broadcast();

  int Wait( vtkSimpleMutexLock& mutex );

protected:
  vtkConditionType   ConditionVariable;
};

//ETX

class VTK_COMMON_EXPORT vtkConditionVariable : public vtkObject
{
public:
  static vtkConditionVariable* New();
  vtkTypeMacro(vtkConditionVariable,vtkObject);
  void PrintSelf( ostream& os, vtkIndent indent );
  
  void Signal();

  void Broadcast();

  int Wait( vtkMutexLock* mutex );

protected:
  vtkConditionVariable() { }

  //BTX
  vtkSimpleConditionVariable SimpleConditionVariable;
  //ETX

private:
  vtkConditionVariable( const vtkConditionVariable& ); // Not implemented.
  void operator = ( const vtkConditionVariable& ); // Not implemented.
};

//BTX
inline void vtkConditionVariable::Signal()
{
  this->SimpleConditionVariable.Signal();
}

inline void vtkConditionVariable::Broadcast()
{
  this->SimpleConditionVariable.Broadcast();
}

inline int vtkConditionVariable::Wait( vtkMutexLock* lock )
{
  return this->SimpleConditionVariable.Wait( lock->SimpleMutexLock );
}
//ETX

#endif // __vtkConditionVariable_h